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The New York Police Department reportedly told a group of black teenagers that they were not welcome to walk through a predominately white neighborhood unless they could prove that they were being productive members of society.
Just another day in NYC...no surprises here. It's always been the same story of "you must be up to no good" for colored folks...based on well....you are colored! Guilty of DWB (driving while black), WWB (walking while black), or of course one of the most heinous of crimes SWB (standing while black). And this is 2014..you know how bad it was in 1990? 1980? 1950? Scary!
For ages NYPD along with other local police forces have used "profiling" if you will to determine when a person or persons are likely to be up to something.
A group of black teens wondering around Rosebank or Tottenville back in the day would be viewed with suspicion, and rightly so. No blacks lived out there and unless you had a valid reason (invited to a party or something) why would you be walking around out there?
As the other posted stated it worked both ways. Whites walking/driving around certain parts of upper Manhattan (especially in cars with out of state plates) were most always looking for drugs or other sorts of trouble. Again why else would they be driving/wandering around mainly if not totally Latino/Hispanic an or AA areas of Washington Heights especially late at night? Looking at the architecture?
That article sure managed to sensationalize the incident to the max! In reality, the cops barely did anything and what they did do was voiced over the loudspeaker. The best part though is the woman who "outed" this incident. No doubt she would be the first to call 911 if these kids stopped for a spell on her stoop. Hopefully since the cops are now reluctant to engage criminals, women like her will learn the error of their ways and the fact that one can call out criminal behavior without being racist.
Last edited by bigjake54; 10-03-2014 at 10:23 PM..
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