He was told that it was called in as "suspicious black man" (Reply #7)

In the discussion thread: Black Man Was Stopped by Police for Sitting in His Car, Reading C.S. Lewis [View all]

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 06:06 PM

MH1 (17,059 posts)

7. He was told that it was called in as "suspicious black man"

A Bathurst man says he was pulled over and questioned by RCMP while driving home from Stonehaven wharf, and was told it was because police received several calls regarding a "suspicious black man" in a white car parked at the wharf.

Louizandre Dauphin, the director of parks, recreation and tourism for the City of Bathurst, was reading an anthology of works by C.S. Lewis.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-bathurst-reading-wharf-1.3672419

Couple key points -

* public area. Not like he just pulled over in a neighborhood where he doesn't live just because it was nice and quiet (which was an option left open by the article linked in the OP)
* employed professional - not (just) a "former teacher" as indicated in the OP's link

Doesn't really sound like a depressed person to me. He went to a nice place to read a book. Some shitheads thought he was scary because he was black.

Sigh.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
Black Man Was Stopped by Police for Sitting in His Car, Reading C.S. Lewis [View all]	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	OP
Does not shock me..	HipChick	Jul 2016	#1
Canada defintely has some issues with racism	MrScorpio	Jul 2016	#2
please explain what you mean	cntrfthrs	Jul 2016	#28
Just what Mr. Scorpio said	obamanut2012	Jul 2016	#33
Could be a legitimate "check welfare" stop...	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#3
He was told that it was called in as "suspicious black man"	MH1	Jul 2016	#7
The fact he was reported as "suspicious black man" and that it was a wharf...	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#11
Yes, the lack of details in the original post	MH1	Jul 2016	#12
Third Paragraph of the OP	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	#48
"His actions sound like those of a depressed person"	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2016	#24
Yeah I drive off and park somewhere and read poetry all the time. Then I leave...	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#26
I go to the park when I'm stressed	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2016	#27
I still do not see how a cop pulling this guy over for being black could be construed as a wellness	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#29
Actually, lots of people do that	obamanut2012	Jul 2016	#35
HAHAHA- sorry, didn't pass giggle test. nt	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#39
Just because you don't read poetry, that doesn't mean no one does.	tblue37	Jul 2016	#44
Reading poetry is GREAT when stuck somewhere or waiting on someone...	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#46
Just another white person	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2016	#45
Incorrect. For the record I don't care what color you are. nt	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#47
He said he was "stewing" which isn't being depressed	obamanut2012	Jul 2016	#34
"Stewing" is not being depressed?	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#38
"Canada" didn't call this in	padfun	Jul 2016	#4
Please see my link and excerpt above, it was several people.	MH1	Jul 2016	#9
I know, but even then.	padfun	Jul 2016	#14
Bet that ticked off police. I think it was Richard Pryor who joked about a policeman	Hoyt	Jul 2016	#5
Yup, Canadians can be racist too	IronLionZion	Jul 2016	#6
Murder would be Very Impolite, EH?	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	#17
Ask northern Native Americans if whites are a "tad bit" racist in Canada	Person 2713	Jul 2016	#8
+1	FailureToCommunicate	Jul 2016	#16
Is C.S. Lewis ....	sheshe2	Jul 2016	#10
If so,	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	#18
DWB	Mendocino	Jul 2016	#13
Or more simply: R	kentauros	Jul 2016	#31
OMG.	progressoid	Jul 2016	#42
And of course it happened at a Waffle House	kentauros	Jul 2016	#43
Deep in their instinctive hearts	zentrum	Jul 2016	#15
Disagree.	Elmergantry	Jul 2016	#21
Yeah, that's the easy	zentrum	Jul 2016	#23
NAILED IT!	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	#30
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jul 2016	#49
I think the "easy unthinking reaction"	Elmergantry	Jul 2016	#36
I see no one on this thread blaming "everything on whitey."	LanternWaste	Jul 2016	#40
sounds like it to me	Elmergantry	Jul 2016	#41
training ?	DustyJoe	Jul 2016	#19
i blame the 911 callers & 911 not asking more.	pansypoo53219	Jul 2016	#20
K&R.. thank you..	Cha	Jul 2016	#22
driving while litterate.....oh the humanity	dembotoz	Jul 2016	#25
Oh, I actually think in some ways they can be more racist	obamanut2012	Jul 2016	#32
Just be grateful it wasn't Edgar Allan Poe.	ChairmanAgnostic	Jul 2016	#37

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