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Related: About this forumTrump emboldened white woman calls cops on Black couple bar- b- queing in the Park
lark
(23,166 posts)People need to pay a price for their hate.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)trusty elf
(7,402 posts)She somehow reminds me of Sarah Suckabee Handers.
yuck
joe_stampingbull
(165 posts)brush
(53,924 posts)life is a thingthe trump effect.
I love how the picnickers are paying no attention to her as they continue their cookout.
irisblue
(33,036 posts)Watching the video is difficult, seeing aggressive passive behavior by blue hoody woman is teeth gritting.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)minorities that the deplorables clearly plan on harming.
This is all a warm up for the day when they have to do their Russian duty and defend putin/rump
infullview
(982 posts)Did she get her property back? Was this covered in the news?
niyad
(113,618 posts)Volaris
(10,275 posts)how does a person live their day to day life in that kind of existential dread and NOT end up in a mental health facility (other than we got rid of a good number of them).
I cant imagine being that afraid of my own life and surrounding world. maybe when I was 5....
niyad
(113,618 posts)off for the third time n one month (at night). haven't given in to that kind of fear since.
freshman22
(27 posts)Black people are getting tired of this crap.
MythosMaster
(445 posts)niyad
(113,618 posts)that it isn't the crazies in other countries I worry about, it is the crazies here. they are soooo scared, sooooo frightened, they are like cornered, dangerous beasts.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)A society, a civilization always destroys itself from within.
niyad
(113,618 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)"lots of room, comfy bench!"
And good company.
niyad
(113,618 posts)Randomthought
(837 posts)sitting down with you.
Polly Hennessey
(6,811 posts)I would love to share your bench.
niyad
(113,618 posts)the wine and appetizers will be along in a minute.
niyad
(113,618 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)can't believe we still see this shit
RVN VET71
(2,698 posts)The woman is reprehensible and, had she any sense of shame, would feel enormously ashamed of her actions. That said, the woman accosting her in the video needs to understand that she'd already won the battle. Her relentless in-your-face demand for whatever her card was and however she handed it to the woman who then refused to return it was just, well, unnecessarily escalating -- I know she was ticked off at sunglasses-lady, but why confuse an obviously racist situation in which you were being victimized by being overtly threatening and casting a shadow on yourself?
Don't know how the cops resolved the issue. But by the time they arrived -- and they had much, much more important things to do that day, I'm sure -- they had to sort out "who did what to whom and when" because it had to look to them like the big crybaby was, quite possibly the victim in this situation.
Upthevibe
(8,083 posts)..........
packman
(16,296 posts)Yonnie3
(17,500 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Good golly.
The park regulations and the map in question:
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/government/o/opr/s/Parks/index.htm
Charcoal grilling: Allowed in designated areas only where stationary grill pits have been installed. Please do not remove hot coals from pits.
Non-charcoal grilling: Allowed in designated areas only. You may bring in your own portable non-charcoal grill, not to exceed 27 inches in width.
Please note: Charcoal grills are not allowed in non-charcoal designated areas.
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/opr/documents/marketingmaterial/oak056316.pdf
Portable charcoal grills are not allowed in that park, but I doubt that is what is driving this woman's problem.
eissa
(4,238 posts)She so turned on the tears as soon as the police showed up. You really have to have absolutely no life to commit yourself for this long over a grill. Love to know how this ended.
SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)More at blog:
After the lady ran away to a Quik Stop on Brooklyn and Newton, the police arrived and talked to her. The officer told Dione that she did not do anything wrong following her as long as she did not touch her. Dione informed the police that the woman should have called the Park services and not the police. The police agreed. As Smith noticed that she appeared to be mentally unstable, the police said that she wanted to evaluate her mental health too.
All this was taking place within 30 minutes, and despite the police showing up, the lady returned later at 4:15 pm according to Smith. The White woman harassed them again and said they werent supposed to be there, they were supposed to move. Smith told her that the Oakland police officer said to them that they did not have to move, and that the charcoal code was not enforced.
https://panthertimes.com/2018/05/02/white-privilege-used-to-fight-racially-charged-harassment-at-lake-merritt/
What is amazing is this woman spent all day obsessing with going after a few people having a BBQ at a park.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)...... ............
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)turbinetree
(24,726 posts)she was questioning the use of the open pit vs the enclosed pit..............I just gotta ask, did this person do the same thing....................at some point in her barbecuing life-------------------------how many minutes does her phone company have on her plan.......................they really should shrink it to less than 1 minute of calling time and take her phone away, after all the 911 operator on the other end might be getting a call of some major accident, or something really important..................but nope they have someone making a fool of themselves......................
Yonnie3
(17,500 posts)Police did ultimately respond to calls over the grill and took down a report with both parties saying they were harassed. No one was cited or arrested, and the barbecue was allowed to continue.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-barbecue-Lake-Merritt-Sunday-confrontation-12902520.php
paleotn
(17,989 posts)There are people out there with chainsaws and you're calling us! It's a damn grill!
bmpbmp
(310 posts)First, waiting for 2 hours for police to break up a family bbq in a public park is a bit much. It's reasonable to consider racism in this thing, but in the end, the woman's assertion appears to be correct. Is she as aggressive though, for jaywalking, etc?
What was interesting to me is how people behave when they've stepped out of their comfort level and found themselves challenged.
The video of the guy tearing up (well, trying to) a sign a few days ago - he had no idea what to do. He actually lifted the lid off a garbage can at his antagonist's urging, only to put it back because he was completely void at that moment of how to behave.
The sunglass woman in this OP's video - same thing, except she was a lot weirder. What would have happened if she'd given the videotaper's card back at any point in the video?
And what a drama queen when LE arrived! Human behavior is fascinating.
madaboutharry
(40,234 posts)He looked like he was thinking "For crying out loud, why am I dealing with this crap!"
3Hotdogs
(12,439 posts)askyagerz
(776 posts)She definitely had the rules down like it was rehearsed and was like "they usually call back". I bet they could arrest her on 911 violations if they investigated it
Marcuse
(7,530 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)It is interesting to see how a harasser reacts when people stand up to her. She didn't like it one bit. Too bad.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,178 posts)So tough when she stood there with her phone with the plan to bring down God's white justice on this dark stain in her neighbourhood. I wish they had been two black policemen that had answered the call. I'm sure she'd have a different reaction. Her face at seeing that white cop was like...OMG daddy is here to save me and coddle me and wipe away my tears and protect me from these bad people that are harassing me just because I was harassing others that don't fit into my world.
avebury
(10,952 posts)to the Dispatch on the phone). Someone in the comment section of the YouTube page indicated that John George is a psychiatric facility.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Seems like pretty much a b***h, but if the rules of the park says no charcoal, they shouldn't be using charcoal to grill there, that's straight-forward. It's not real difficult to understand why using a charcoal grill on top of GRASS ... is maybe not the best idea. Granted it's green and therefore unlikely to catch fire, but it can still get burnt and damaged.
Now ... *I'd* never call the cops on someone for it, no matter what color, race, etc. But some people are just busy-bodies ... doesn't necessarily mean this woman must be 'racist' simply because she's white, and the scofflaw renegade Quers ... are not.
I don't subscribe to the 'anytime a white calls the police on a non-white, it must be because they are racists' ... if the non-white is actually breaking the law, I require addt'l evidence before asserting 'racism'. But that's just me.
Feel free to flame away, but personally I'd rather save my outrage for cases where I can more positively assert 'racism', otherwise I feel like I'm crying wolf.
She's definitely a super-lame person though ... in serious need of 'a life' it would appear.
niyad
(113,618 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,347 posts)It happened to the kid of someone I know. What looks like a small pile oh white ash can still burn the shit out of a kids foot. Not pretty.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)At least two people heard her make racist remarks. So you might want to rethink your position.
kacekwl
(7,024 posts)After 2 hours the police would have come and told her to go home. You can't reason with this type of nut. After awhile you start to look crazy too.
Sounds like the white woman has a mental problem.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)So you're cool with breaking up black people's legal BBQ's?
JDC
(10,135 posts)She seems to be a weirdo that calls the cops on people a lot. She knew the process pretty well.
Her breaking down into hysterics at the end makes me think she is unstable. Also, does she say anything that is racist, or just call the cops because she thinks Charcoal BBQs are not allowed in the park?
pansypoo53219
(21,004 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)appalachiablue
(41,182 posts)to do & was this maybe set up to involve police? Due to racist aggression, or problems wanting attention. Sickening hassler.
Bengus81
(6,936 posts)This would have never seen the light of day. She would have woofed it down and been back for more.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)marble falls
(57,353 posts)and Judy Carnes says. "I've black for two minutes and already I don't like white people."
I haven't been black even one second and I have to admit, I don't like white people.