white people calling the police on black people
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‘She’s Playing the Black Card’: NYC Karen Repeatedly Calls Police on Black Woman for…Sitting in a Public Park
A week ago, Amy Cooper, a.k.a. “Central Park Karen,” went viral for all the wrong reasons after she called the police on a black man, claiming he was threatening her life while video footage showed she was in no danger. Cooper lost her job and her dog following the incident, which has served as a…
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Professor That Called the Cops on Student Has Been Suspended
It appears that the saga at Ball State University has ended, for now. NBC News reports that Professor Shaheen Borna has been suspended for the remainder of the semester. Last month, Borna garnered much-deserved controversy after calling the police on a black student who didn’t want to switch his seat. A statement issued by the…
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Students at Ball State University Staged Walkout to Protest Professor Calling Cops
Last week, a professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., came under fire after video was released of him calling the cops on a student for not switching seats mid-lecture. Unsatisfied with the university’s response, students have decided to take action. According to the Star Press, on Tuesday, hundreds of students staged a walkout…
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White Student Allegedly Attacks Black Student, Gets ‘That Smoke’; Black Student Gets Arrested, Banned From Campus, Labeled as Too ‘Aggressive’
A black college student was kicked out of a prestigious university after a white fellow student allegedly attacked the black undergraduate and became an unwilling participant in the groundbreaking study: Don’t Start None, Won’t Be None: Consequences Related to the Involuntary Reception of “Deez Hands.” But, while the school severely disciplined the black student, the…
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Student Refuses to Move Seats. Professor Calls Police Because That’s Normal
So if the last couple years or so have made something apparent, it’s that white people love calling the police over bullshit. I think it’s up there with reruns of The Office and putting marshmallows in dishes that clearly don’t need it as their top three favorite things. Seriously though, fruit salad is perfectly fine…
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An Intimate Look at How White Women Spent the Last 10 Years Doing the Most…and the Least
It’s that special time of the year where I only play Christmas carols and reflect on the previous 300-some odd days before. Fortunately for me, since 2019 is also the end of what’s been quite a decade, I’ve been reflecting a bit more ahead of the year 2020. And as the video team at The…
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Oh, the Irony! White Woman Who Called Cops on Black Woman for Napping Wants Police to Release the Video
A white woman who made headlines for summoning plantation overseers police officers after she was threatened by an aggressively napping black woman has now taken up the mantle for criminal justice reform, criticizing law enforcement officials for being “hostile” and for refusing to release bodycam footage of the— Hold up. Let me finish laughing and…
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Man Kicked Out of Portland Doubletree for 'Calling His Mom While Black' Files $10 Million Lawsuit Claiming Systemic Racial Discrimination
A black man thrown out of a Portland DoubleTree Hotel after calling his mother in the hotel lobby is suing the hotel chain for $10 million. Jermaine Massey, who filmed the encounter between himself and a hotel security guard that went viral last year, filed the suit against the Hilton hotel chain on Wednesday, alleging…
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White Man Whose Son Begged Him Not to Call the Cops on Black Guy Whitesplains Why He Did It
None of us know Christopher Cukor well enough to make cuckold jokes, but trust me, I know we all want to. Cukor was thrust into the African-American zeitgeist the way that most white people throughout history have thrust themselves into African-American history: by minding other people’s business. Here’s how The Root Senior Writer Michael Harriot…