White people have been calling police on black people over nothing for a long time

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by Loveshiscountry

Because there is a decent chance that person is checking out the neighborhood and is up to no good.

Many times? Why are you walking around a neighborhood where you don't live?

I've done alot of cycling in my day (and I will soon be back once I get a better bicycle). I've biked through neighborhoods I didn't live in. Didn't spy on anyone, just minded my business and biked on. In the university I used to attend, there was a neighborhood behind the school. I didn't live there. I would bike through there or walk through there. Now, in that neighborhood, no calls to the police, that I know of anyway. What I'm saying is that simply being somewhere isn't a good enough reason for me to call the police on someone. There are people in the neighborhood I live in that I've never met. I have no idea who doesn't live there just based on looking.

[brownbagg]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

I don't care what the crime statistics are. If I am not committing crime, then said persons should mind their own business. As it is, Blacks have a history of being unwelcome in certain neighborhoods. This happened regardless of crime rate.

I'm not the one committing the crimes. I have nothing to clean up. It's not my job to clean up the stupid hood rat types. If I'm not committing any crimes, what more can you ask of me?

and i am not the one calling the cops so what more do you want of me.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by brownbagg

and i am not the one calling the cops so what more do you want of me.

I asked the question first. Don't answer a question with a question. Either just answer the question with a response(and not a question) or don't bother. What is so hard about that?

[ChrisC]

Yes. The police should ignore all calls from white people.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by ChrisC

Yes. The police should ignore all calls from white people.

I don't think the police should ignore phone calls. I think the police should discern who is an actual threat vs someone who isn't. And it helps when civilians can discern who is an actual threat and who isn't.

[personone]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

I don't think the police should ignore phone calls. I think the police should discern who is an actual threat vs someone who isn't. And it helps when civilians can discern who is an actual threat and who isn't.

And how exactly are the police supposed to discern?? The one time they ignore something that ends up turning tragic, there would be outrage. The discernment lies directly on civilians. I don't blame civilians in all of these incidents, but some of them are certainly petty.

The cops were just called on a 8 year old white girl for walking her dog alone. Is that racist????????

[Klassyhk]

Originally Posted by Kofi37

So let’s just pretend the media hasn’t shaped these perceptions. White people are just as violent as blacks but the perception in the media displays two different narratives when it comes to black and white crimes. Whites are looked at as innocent sweet college student and the black person is showed to be this big criminal. Which gives white people justification to feel what they do by calling police for stupid stuff on black folks legitimate. Meanwhile white folks out here shooting up hospitals schools movie theaters concerts etc yet they are still painted as this great guy who was disturbed. We are blaming Muslim yet white men out here committing all types of terrorist attacks. They are the biggest threat to society yet they get no push back. White folks are quiet. Let it be anyone else they screaming from the mountain top.

This narrative has existed for 400 years. White folks haven’t earned there perception it was handed to them with soft love although they have a long history of violence and Terror.

Excellently stated!