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In reply to the discussion: Texas cops mistakenly pull over, arrest woman with 4 small children inside car [View all]tblue37
(65,527 posts)26. From the article, when a cop is asked whether the stop was at all appropriate:
The police department defends the traffic stop saying the officers responded appropriately to what they believed was a dangerous situation
"For the nature of the call - that a weapon was involved - yes," said Detective Clay with the Forney Police Department told ABC affiliate WFAA.
"For the nature of the call - that a weapon was involved - yes," said Detective Clay with the Forney Police Department told ABC affiliate WFAA.
Earlier in the video interview, the same cop points out that the cops who stopped her were watching that exit, and the woman "took the same exit <emphasis added." How stupid is that? The car isn't even vaguely similar, the occupants don't bear any resemblance to the suspects they are looking for, but, hey, they did use the same highway exit, so that is a close enough match for these incompetent cops.
The cop who is handcuffing the woman tells her that her car matches the description they have of a vehicle they are after. How in the hell does a Red Nissan with a woman and 4 small children match the description of a tan Toyota with 4 adult males?
And that "Does he look young to you?" crap. The kid was 6 freakin' years old. How could that possibly lead the cop to question whether he looks young? Oh, wait--I know:
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/03/black-boys-older.aspx
[font size = "+1"][font color = "red"]Black Boys Viewed as Older, Less Innocent Than Whites, Research Finds:
Police likelier to use force against black children when officers dehumanize blacks, study says[/font][/font]
WASHINGTON Black boys as young as 10 may not be viewed in the same light of childhood innocence as their white peers, but are instead more likely to be mistaken as older, be perceived as guilty and face police violence if accused of a crime, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
<snip>
The study also involved 264 mostly white, female undergraduate students from large public U.S. universities. In one experiment, students rated the innocence of people ranging from infants to 25-year-olds who were black, white or an unidentified race. The students judged children up to 9 years old as equally innocent regardless of race, but considered black children significantly less innocent than other children in every age group beginning at age 10, the researchers found.
The students were also shown photographs alongside descriptions of various crimes and asked to assess the age and innocence of white, black or Latino boys ages 10 to 17. The students overestimated the age of blacks by an average of 4.5 years and found them more culpable than whites or Latinos, particularly when the boys were matched with serious crimes, the study found. Researchers used questionnaires to assess the participants prejudice and dehumanization of blacks. They found that participants who implicitly associated blacks with apes thought the black children were older and less innocent.
<snip>
The evidence shows that perceptions of the essential nature of children can be affected by race, and for black children, this can mean they lose the protection afforded by assumed childhood innocence well before they become adults, said co-author Matthew Jackson, PhD, also of UCLA. With the average age overestimation for black boys exceeding four-and-a-half years, in some cases, black children may be viewed as adults when they are just 13 years old <emphasis added>.
[font size = "+1"][font color = "red"]Black Boys Viewed as Older, Less Innocent Than Whites, Research Finds:
Police likelier to use force against black children when officers dehumanize blacks, study says[/font][/font]
WASHINGTON Black boys as young as 10 may not be viewed in the same light of childhood innocence as their white peers, but are instead more likely to be mistaken as older, be perceived as guilty and face police violence if accused of a crime, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
<snip>
The study also involved 264 mostly white, female undergraduate students from large public U.S. universities. In one experiment, students rated the innocence of people ranging from infants to 25-year-olds who were black, white or an unidentified race. The students judged children up to 9 years old as equally innocent regardless of race, but considered black children significantly less innocent than other children in every age group beginning at age 10, the researchers found.
The students were also shown photographs alongside descriptions of various crimes and asked to assess the age and innocence of white, black or Latino boys ages 10 to 17. The students overestimated the age of blacks by an average of 4.5 years and found them more culpable than whites or Latinos, particularly when the boys were matched with serious crimes, the study found. Researchers used questionnaires to assess the participants prejudice and dehumanization of blacks. They found that participants who implicitly associated blacks with apes thought the black children were older and less innocent.
<snip>
The evidence shows that perceptions of the essential nature of children can be affected by race, and for black children, this can mean they lose the protection afforded by assumed childhood innocence well before they become adults, said co-author Matthew Jackson, PhD, also of UCLA. With the average age overestimation for black boys exceeding four-and-a-half years, in some cases, black children may be viewed as adults when they are just 13 years old <emphasis added>.
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Texas cops mistakenly pull over, arrest woman with 4 small children inside car [View all]
SummerSnow
Aug 2014
OP
On a positive note she wasn't shot dead, neither was her 6 year old son who approached the cops.
Autumn
Aug 2014
#1
That was my first thought, too. She's lucky they didn't just start pumping bullets into her car.
Arkansas Granny
Aug 2014
#3
I actually laughed when I read your response, because it is true and so god damn sad
BaggersRDumb
Aug 2014
#59
Tan car with four adult males. Red car with one adult female and four small children.
Iggo
Aug 2014
#22
Beige. Burgundy. Both begin with a "B." Common mistake. Could happen to anyone. *sarcasm* nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#20
The officer looked at the 6 year old boy and questioned whether or not he looked like a man.
SummerSnow
Aug 2014
#10
Traumatized children. They should get more than that, I think, since the lawyers will take 50%
tblue37
Aug 2014
#34
maybe we should wait a week or two for the facts - i.e. until the police have time to
whereisjustice
Aug 2014
#33
I guess they're just lucky it was the six-year-old who got out of the car.
surrealAmerican
Aug 2014
#38
Wait, it's Texas. I thought you could legally drink, drive, and wave a gun there.
mainer
Aug 2014
#39
Okay. what kind of idiot can't tell the difference between beige and burgundy?
alarimer
Aug 2014
#43
IMO the cops need to be fired if they only pulled the van over because they were looking for a tan
cstanleytech
Aug 2014
#52
I just watched the video clip and I think this may have been an understandable mistake.
Chemisse
Aug 2014
#61
Seeing that child getting out of that car with his hands in the air... oh my God
Number23
Aug 2014
#66