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Stonepounder

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21. I'm going to have to look at my insurance plan to see if it covers Counseling for depression.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sat Jul 15, 2017, 04:43 PM

Jul 2017

I grew up in the damn 50's with Jim Crow laws, the KKK, and lynchings. I marched for fair housing in Columbus, OH. I marched and demonstrated for Civil Rights legislation. I cheered when US Marshals were called out 50 years ago to put down riots over James Meredith registering at Ole Miss.

And blacks and minorities still have to face this shit. Cops seem to have a mind set that all blacks are criminals and are preparing to kill cops until proven otherwise and that it is better to shoot first and ask questions later.

I'm just glad that I'm old and don't have to grow up watching my country crumble around me as it turns into a third world banana republic.

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Lifesaving Advice From A Black Woman HELD AT GUNPOINT BY POLICE [View all] MrScorpio Jul 2017 OP

Sad to have to say this... sheshe2 Jul 2017 #1

My heart rate is up just reading that. NT enough Jul 2017 #2

Cop's fears often equal a dead POC irisblue Jul 2017 #3

And if he had murdered her ThoughtCriminal Jul 2017 #4

Very scary. murielm99 Jul 2017 #5

Listing that she's college educated and has no criminal record isn't germane. rogue emissary Jul 2017 #6

It IS germane, because many white people don't realize that it doesn't matter how much pnwmom Jul 2017 #9

That unintentionally suggests a black person that hasn't achieved anything . . . rogue emissary Jul 2017 #12

It's entirely germane... MrScorpio Jul 2017 #18

Agreed, as a retort to that assertion. rogue emissary Jul 2017 #19

Yes, that was my favorite line as well. femmedem Jul 2017 #24

It's germane here... DAMANgoldberg Jul 2017 #28

It's a good thing she didn't pick up her cell phone when it rang Warpy Jul 2017 #7

I cried Scarsdale Jul 2017 #8

Sad story tiredtoo Jul 2017 #10

I am so sick and tired of these EVIL fucking police !!!! SamKnause Jul 2017 #11

" they think everyone not wearing a badge is a criminal" heaven05 Jul 2017 #33

Thank you for posting GeoWilliam750 Jul 2017 #13

philando was calm. cops aren't when they kill blacks. pansypoo53219 Jul 2017 #14

So my first thought was - what if one thing changed - the color of her skin rurallib Jul 2017 #15

I believe you're right True Dough Jul 2017 #26

If someone had mistaken the off-duty cop pointing a gun as the villain and shot him, I WinkyDink Jul 2017 #16

This is a must read. What African Americans have been saying for years. LuckyLib Jul 2017 #17

K&R and Tweeted Mr. S! yuiyoshida Jul 2017 #20

I'm going to have to look at my insurance plan to see if it covers Counseling for depression. Stonepounder Jul 2017 #21

This is a great post...and very well written..Thank You for posting..I must add this.. Stuart G Jul 2017 #22

Whoa! MAN was she smart. calimary Jul 2017 #23

Wow. I found I was holding my breath just reading that. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2017 #25

This is just so wrong. And you know what? Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2017 #27

This reminded me of something that happened to me 30 years ago DFW Jul 2017 #29

I'm quite sure I would have knocked on the door tavernier Jul 2017 #30

This is the reality of the cop/ suspect scenario. And it shouldn't be. Fla Dem Jul 2017 #31

on this day of worship heaven05 Jul 2017 #32

Excellent and frightening account. Nitram Jul 2017 #34

i think most gun nuts fantasize about pulling a gun and shooting a black person JI7 Jul 2017 #35