.@WinfieldPolice @JoyAnnReid Probable cause to detain & conduct warrentless search, IF...you are a person of color. W/ no other indications of illegal activity, just vegetation. Many people don't understnd this bec, as whites they aren't typically subject to these stops. /thread
Just keep quiet, be respectful and you'll be fine, they say. As if, after being repeatedly stopped bec...you seem suspicious, doesn't give you the right to be angry. All you have to do is be quiet, cooperate, no worries. Except you know you'll be targeted again.../1
..soon for th unpardonable sin of yet again..still..exist'g while black, bec basically, that's suspicious enough by itself. Like the fabled Chinese water torture, uh "enhanced interrogation" technique, the effect is cumulative. As far as most ppl are concerned, no harm done..../2
..right? It's a small intrusion, and at the end, everybody's safe. So say ppl who have no idea what being constantly subjected to negative profiling feels like. How much it eats into your soul, to know every single day, you have to prove you're legit.../3
After all, only white people get automatic acceptance, not even looked at twice, all the while assuming what they have is just what everyone gets who is law abiding. Black people ought to just stop whining.../4.
I lost my dear son, way too soon, last year. He was a gentle caring supportive soul, an RN who was loved by his patients. And every day of his life, when he encountered strangers, he would go out of his way to put them at ease, to let them know../5
..he was no danger, tht he was a normal person, jst like them. As I recall his do'g tht it breaks my heart still.
Jst bec u hv ready acceptance, unfettered freedom, & maybe never experienced being wrong before you open your mouth, doesn't mean it doesn't happen....../end
Jst bec u hv ready acceptance, unfettered freedom, & maybe never experienced being wrong before you open your mouth, doesn't mean it doesn't happen....../end
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