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Joy Reid ✔ @JoyAnnReid
We really need to address the overpolicing of people of color in this country. Seriously.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/bart-police-arrest-sandwich-video-pleasant-hill-14820837.php
BART reviewing video of officer detaining rider eating sandwich
A pair of videos showing a heated confrontation between a BART police officer and a passenger eating a breakfast sandwich has sparked an independent review. The first 15-minute video, taken on the...
sfgate.com
4:38 PM - Nov 10, 2019
Dan
(4,036 posts)At least he didnt shoot him.
dewsgirl
(14,964 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)There is no need for this harassment at all. It shouldn't raise an eyebrow.
CatWoman
(79,626 posts)dalton99a
(84,074 posts)irisblue
(34,181 posts)"Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009"
A lot more at the wiki page
Dennis Donovan
(24,903 posts)irisblue
(34,181 posts)Nictuku
(3,857 posts)Not once have I been harassed. I guess I'm just too white. I see dozens and dozens of white people with coffee.
Passing BART police every day. I have never seen anyone harassed.
This pisses me off to no end. This harassment of black people must stop now.
At least he didn't get shot.
uponit7771
(91,652 posts)Hav
(5,969 posts)You really have to appreciate the absurdity of what happened (pretty much copied from the article, this isn't a joke I made up):
"You are eating, it's against the law"
"So what?"
"You are going to jail"
"I'm not going to jail for eating a sandwich"
"No, for resisting arrest"
Resisting arrest for what? For not being ok with getting detained for eating which wasn't a reason for getting arrested?
Voltaire2
(14,665 posts)Its what cops arrest you for when they know they have no other arrestable offense.
Then its just your word against theirs, or it used to be before everything everywhere was on YouTube.
brettdale
(12,560 posts)Im guessing you cant eat on a platform??????
I mean seriously your harrassing the guy for that?????????
virgogal
(10,178 posts)eat or this lady would not have Tweeted this.
IcyPeas
(22,571 posts)Cop could've just told the guy 'hey, you're not supposed to be eating on the platform'. Instead the cop made it a big deal. Reminds me of Eric Gardner. Another video where you can plainly see the cops exacerbate the situation. My eyes don't deceive me.
And is that cop allowed to grab the guy's backpack and not let go?
I hope we haven't heard the end of this.
Seriously "eating while black" now is a crime.