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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:11 AM Original message |
Just got profiled by the 5-0... a little rattled. |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Move to another area. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's not the worst area really, |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. . |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. Raciscm is a reality, here too. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thanks. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. You matched the description and he was civil... |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's true |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Only the dispatch tapes will know for sure |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Well the thing is I heard them cursing afterwards almost like they were really frustrated |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Sounds like you answered your own question! |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Sounds like they were hoping to get the collar |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. I'd try to detach your feelings and imagine being in the officer's |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. On the face of it, I'd say the cop could justify his actions. . . |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I guess what really rattled me is... |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. LOL. . . now THAT would have been hilarious. . . |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It would have actually |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No need to be sorry for it. . .all those incidents happened 20 years ago or more. . . |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. This has happened so many times over the past 5 decades |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. That's called an officer doing his job. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yeah. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. i don't think this is improper profiling unless it fits a larger pattern |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. What's illegal about running behind apartments late at night? |
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BlueStateModerate (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Nothing's illegal about that |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I suppose it is probable cause to pull somebody over for |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Nothing - but there may have been a break-in he didn't tell |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. A friend of mine got jacked up by the cops the other day. |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sorry about your experience, but the cop did NOTHING wrong from your description |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Beer... |
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RapidCreek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. If a white man and black man robbed your house and drove |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. He was responding to a specific call and doing his job. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. Unfortunately you guys matched the description of the parties he was looking for...BUT |
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Alamom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. White, middle-aged, petite female returning home late one night from |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
30. I know that it sucks getting jacked up by the cops, |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
31. Lighten up, man |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
32. The only thing about your story.. |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
35. White people don't understand what it's like to be a minority |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I'm white, and I have been pulled over |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Can you remind what crime had been committed here? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Please, don't be so condescending. |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I'm not trying to be condescending |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I understand what you're saying, and for the most part I agree with you |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Thank you |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Can they stop people when they are only investigating |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. He wasn't arrested, so obviously no crime. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. "I fit a general description of a pair of criminals" |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-04-07 05:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. No, actually the description was of two white guys, both of a certain height |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Some white people do, actually (a LITTLE) |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I'm not even hispanic |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
39. I'm a white guy and this happened to me. |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
42. This brought back a memory.. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've been stopped twice by police apparently for driving white in a black neighborhood |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
49. I'm white, but this happened to me and some friends once when I was a teen. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. My daughter had a similar experience once |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. It Was Decent Profiling In My Opinion. Sometimes We Have To Deal With The Inconvenience. |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
54. Standard practice, standard excuse |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-03-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. This is probably about the 3rd time I think I was pulled over because of race |
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