Man who allegedly followed, confronted Black woman in Groveland to face criminal charges..

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A man who allegedly followed a Black Groveland woman in her car and then questioned what she was doing in the neighborhood will be summoned to court on criminal charges.

The man, 65, is facing charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace, according to a news release from Groveland police. Authorities didn’t identify the man in the release, but his identity has been verified as Paul Birkhauser by The Boston Globe. Birkhauser is to be summoned to Haverhill District Court for a clerk magistrate’s hearing, police said.

Julia Santos had just picked up a free bag of dog food offered on one of the town’s community Facebook pages when she noticed the man following her. She pulled onto a side street instead of heading home. Birkhauser pulled up alongside her and confronted her about her whereabouts, as shown in a video clip.
Quite frankly, I don’t feel safe right now,” she says.

“You don’t feel safe? I don’t feel safe with you driving around my neighborhood,” he says.

When she asks why, he says there’s “too many people.”

“Or is it because I’m Black? Is that why?” Santos questioned.

The man denies it and says, “I don’t know what color you are,” then asks Santos, “What color are you?”

“I just said I’m Black, and is that why you followed?” she says.

“That’s good, you’re Black,” he says. “Congratulations.”

He then says he doesn’t believe her. Then, someone off camera confronts the man, and he soon pulls away.

https://www.boston.com/news/racial-justice/2020/07/02/groveland-incident-black-woman-followed

[HipChick]

1. What is the male version of Karen?

[ProfessorGAC]

2. "Dick"?

If not, it still fits him!!!

[SiliconValley_Dem]

3. Chad or Biff works for me

[ogsball]

4. At the end you can hear

what looks like a local resident yelling at the guy.

"I don't like the fact that this poor girl is being harassed. . . "

The guy is a jerk. We all need to stand up against people like this, particularly white people.

Be Anti-racist!

[HipChick]

5. K&R for your post