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S&F is essentially "I can randomly stop you and pat you down if I even think you might be a criminal". No actual proof, just a hunch. That is what that really is. Police state. I don't want that going national. It could be used in not so bad areas.
That happens anyway, and not just to black people, either. My husband and I (white, late 20s and early 30s, driving a 2013 Hyundai Elantra) rode through a "bad part of town" last year and got followed and pulled over by two officers (one white, one black, both around our ages). We were questioned about why we were in a "high crime area," and the answer that we gave (left the gas station, took the side street and were near an area that was affected heavily by Hurricane Matthew, so we decided to cruise through and see what it looked like) wasn't good enough, I guess. We were asked to get out of our car, and one cop actually asked us to show him our arms to see if we had track marks from heroin use! I was mortified. They then asked for permission to search our car; we didn't have anything to hide, so we gave them permission to do so. They were extremely rude and aggressive the entire time and kept telling us that we were going to jail because they knew we had purchased drugs from one of the project housing complexes that we passed while we were in the area. When they didn't find anything, they told us they would "catch us next time." One male officer patted down my husband, and they called for a female officer to come and search me, but no one was available, so they "let us go." We weren't doing anything wrong at all!
I have never seen -- much less used -- heroin in my life. These cops had absolutely no reason to think we were buying drugs; after we left the convenience store, we never stopped one time while in "that area" until the police stopped us.
All I'm saying is that search and frisk already exists, and contrary to what many think, it's not just black people who are affected.
It's no secret. Trump won the majority of non-college educated white men, period. They were joined by a minority of white women, college graduates and millennials, a big enough percentage that, combined with the first group, they added up to, not a majority or even a plurality, but enough votes that when distributed across the states resulted in a majority of electoral college votes.
Which means, one can expect it to become increasingly difficult to get a college education.
We see a lot of events against Trump, thousands of people into the streets to protest against Trump...but so...who voted for Trump?? Many women, blacks, ispanics, actors, singers, all against Trump.
Those are just the people with the biggest mouths.
We see a lot of events against Trump, thousands of people into the streets to protest against Trump...but so...who voted for Trump?? Many women, blacks, ispanics, actors, singers, all against Trump.
What protests? The Oscars will wipe out that daily special, which will soon fade too. I forcast a lot of sucking up to African-American actors and a lot of Electile Disfunction butt-hurt.
I voted for Trump. He's your President for the next four years.
Make that eight years if he decides to run again and we all aren't too sick of winning.
I'd like to thank Madonna and Meryl Streep for helping get Trump elected, and some of y'all too!
It's no secret. Trump won the majority of non-college educated white men, period. They were joined by a minority of white women, college graduates and millennials, a big enough percentage that, combined with the first group, they added up to, not a majority or even a plurality, but enough votes that when distributed across the states resulted in a majority of electoral college votes.
Indeed.
This election was basically Archie Bunker's last stand.
It's no secret. Trump won the majority of non-college educated white men, period. They were joined by a minority of white women, college graduates and millennials, a big enough percentage that, combined with the first group, they added up to, not a majority or even a plurality, but enough votes that when distributed across the states resulted in a majority of electoral college votes.
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Originally Posted by TarHeelNick
Indeed.
This election was basically Archie Bunker's last stand.
According to Pew Research, trump won college educated white men as well as non college educated white men.
He also got a larger percentage of the black and Hispanic vote than either Romney or McCain.
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