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Everyone covering their heads with hoodies, ski masks etc etc in a weather conditions and situation that does not warrant it is LOOKING suspicious.
Geraldo Riviera made an excellent point: you don't want your kids to be mistaken for a gangsters don't let them dress like gangsters.
by Florida standards, it was cold and raining the night of Feb. 26. I cannot think of more appropriate weather conditions for wearing a hoodie up.
Sure. The wave of crime in the us is just a figment of our imagination. A
Actually, it is mostly imagined. No, I'm not going to google the statistics, but you are welcome to do the research yourself in order to back up your statement that there is a "wave of crime" going on. I will, however, give you this article:
"The last time the crime rate for serious crime – murder, rape, robbery, assault – fell to these levels, gasoline cost 29 cents a gallon and the average income for a working American was $5,807."
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Wearing a hood up inside a convenience store IS SUSPICIOUS, regardless of what the politically correct crowd has to say. White black brown or yellow, it is absolutely suspicious.
Have you really never been to a bank and seen a sign that says "No masks or hoods inside the bank" why do you think that is?
Wearing a hood up inside a convenience store IS SUSPICIOUS, regardless of what the politically correct crowd has to say. White black brown or yellow, it is absolutely suspicious.
Have you really never been to a bank and seen a sign that says "No masks or hoods inside the bank" why do you think that is?
You're talking about a BANK not a convenience store.
It's not politically correct to wear clothing which protects you from cold and rain, as in this case with Martin on Feb. 26. It's common sense. It makes even more sense to be wearing a hoodie up when walking out in the cold and rainy weather while returning home.
No reason the hoodie couldn't be dropped upoon going inside. It used to be customary for men to remove head gear when entering a building. Still is in the military, where custom and common courtesy last much longer.
You're talking about a BANK not a convenience store.
It's not politically correct to wear clothing which protects you from cold and rain, as in this case with Martin on Feb. 26. It's common sense. It makes even more sense to be wearing a hoodie up when walking out in the cold and rainy weather while returning home.
Banks and convenience stores, probably the 2 most robbed institutions in America. I have seen the signs in convenience stores also.
Nobody is saying wearing a hoodie is suspicious. Wearing your hood up inside is what is suspicious!!! How is that not getting through to you?
Right, it's 2012 and headware like hoodies are part of criminal tool to avoid detection. I doubt there's a store owner anywhere, except for c-d storeowners, who doesn't pay special attention to hooded customers.
btw, he wasn't wearing his hoodie up for all his trip home.
I don't know whether it was raining when he entered the 7-11 or was walking there.
Banks and convenience stores, probably the 2 most robbed institutions in America. I have seen the signs in convenience stores also.
Nobody is saying wearing a hoodie is suspicious. Wearing your hood up inside is what is suspicious!!! How is that not getting through to you?
I have never seen such a sign in a convenience store.
I hear you. I just disagree with you specifically in this case. Yes, if it were 85 degrees outside, clear weather, and someone wore a hoodie up in a store, that would certainly seem unusual and suspicious.
However, those were not the circumstances when Martin wore his hoodie up in the convenience store, as well as wearing it up on his way home. The fact that he did wear a hoodie and wore it up should not be held against him as many in this thread are doing. They are using the simple fact that he wore a hoodie as "evidence" in their minds he was up to no good. That's ridiculous now and it was ridiculous when Geraldo said it. The weather conditions in Florida that night warranted the wearing of some type of clothing to protect yourself from rain and cold.
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