Politics Thank you white people for black history month

it's really simple. some people smoke in private and dont bother people. other people do retarded shit like smoke while driving so you're whole fucking car leaves a smelly trail for a patrolling cop to follow. not to mention itll be on a suspended license and no insurance on the vehicle.

then theres the people who get arrested for something stupid like PDC and instead of giving the cop the tiny bit of weed when most cops would probably say fuck it or at most give you a small ticket, they stick it in their sock and pick up a charge trying to sneak contraband into a jail when it's found during a simple pat search.

 

that had everything to do with your tits and nothing to do with race.

 

i dont pay attention to the race of my friends. all my friends are good people. that's what matters

 

You live in a fantasy land if you think a lawyer could've gotten your friends out of any of that. Jesus Christ.....

You weren't worth what? You think that cop was scared to charge you with crimes because you were white? And looked like your parents might get upset, and hire a lawyer?

Shockingly, white people get charged with crimes, and go to prison every single day. Even the ultra privileged middle class ones, whose parents might get upset about it.

 

I doubt the cop was scared. But police do make value judgments all the time. Was that car speeding enough to stop? Is the person hanging out on a street corner waiting for a friend or dealing drugs? Is the person with backpack in store a shopper or a thief? Cop made value judgment we were "worthy" of being let go.

White people get charged with crimes but white kids get charged with a lot fewer pot smoking crimes than black kids. And there are crimes and crimes - pot smoking is not murder.

 

Do you ever tire of looking for a reason to set your hair on fire?

 

Geez, that must be disappointing! A McDonald's in Cabo! What an eye sore. The last time I was there, there was a little place called Maria's, she made the salsas, cooking, and Boss.
Wonderful thin cut cactus feed beef steaks and Lamb too. No hamburg, and no competition from McDonald's. Great place to hang out for a week after the long voyage.

 

Of course they do. Everyone does. I think the biggest determining factor is the way a person is dressed. Nobody, including a cop, is going to look at a person dressed in slacks and wearing a tie, and say "that person looks like he's selling drugs" regardless of their skin color.

Real life example: one of my "friends" that's been selling drugs for over ten years, only dresses nice. And apparently it works.

Now if that same person was wearing sweatpants, Jordan's, an oversized white t-shirt, and a backwards hat. A cop would probably assume he's up to no good, regardless of skin color.

Real life example: most of my friends that have records.

Or if that person was wearing dirty clothing, and had track marks on his arms. A cop would think, "this guys a drug addict"

Real life example: my oldest brother. Our neighbors called the cops because our house got broken into, and when they showed up, all they tried to do was get my brother to admit he was a junkie. They didn't give a fuck that we didn't want them there, or that our house was broken into. They just kept saying, "where are the drugs? so if we search the house, we won't find drugs?" Obviously, we didn't let them in, and we didn't file a police report.

There's a lot of nerdy white kids that do drugs, but no one looks at a nerdy white kid and thinks "he's probably doing drugs/breaking the law" why? Because he looks like he drinks Monsters, and plays Halo for 16 hours a day.

Obviously, judging someone on how they're dressed isn't always the most appropriate route to go. If they're wearing all black and have a ski mask, sure, make assumptions.

That being said, I know there's a bunch of dumb ass cops that racially profile people as well. And it's because of what @dviss1 said.

They probably didn't grow up around black people, and all they "know" about black people is what they see on TV. So they see a music video of black people rapping about selling coke, then they see a black guy wearing a similar outfit in real life, and they're like "omg look! There's a drug dealer!"

 

I'm also going to assume you were in a small town, decades ago. And the cop 1. Couldn't see through the paper bag. And 2. Was just in a giving mood. He could've at the very least, given your cousin traffic tickets.

 

Frederick Douglass invented the Afro in 1822.

 

its not even that black people are more likely to get arrested for weed. they are more likely to go to jail. and if they go to jail, they are more likely to get harsher sentences. black people are disproportionately fucked by cops and judges in the vast majority of this country.

 

that is a completely idiotic way of determining whether or not someone should get arrested. or found guilty. or serve a longer sentence.

 

Thanks white people, you're the best

 

Same with skin color. And for some reason, it keeps happening. That was kind of my whole point...

And I was talking about people being profiled, and questioned/arrested by cops. Even though, as most of us know, when you go to court, you dress in the best suit you have.

I literally heard a judge tell one of my brothers, "you didn't even wear a tie, do you care about this at all?"

 

fool, the only "golden" thing you are about is showers.

 

Sly is a furry!

 

Whenever America stops having privately owned, for profit prisons, we'll probably stop seeing so many people go to jail for such stupid shit. It's even leaked down into the juvenile system. Ever heard of cash for kids?