white people calling the police on black people
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Son Begs Father Not to Call Cops on Black Man for Standing Outside
A man was caught on video performing the sacred ritual passed down from his fugitive slave catcher ancestors when on July 4, he called the police on a black man who refused to submit to his nonexistent authority as the cop caller’s son tearfully begged his father not to continue his public display of assholery.…
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App Developer Responds to ‘The Racist Nextdoor’
The company behind a widely used neighborhood networking app has responded to claims of rampant racial profiling and bigotry following The Root’s examination of racism on the increasingly popular genre of neighborhood-based social media. Nextdoor is used to connect residents in over 198,000 neighborhoods in the U.S. alone, according to the company’s website. The app…
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#ShoppingWhileBlack: Video Shows Store Owner Harassing, Calling Security on Black Boys
When a South Carolina store owner called security and threatened to notify police on a group of black men for talking too loud, putting their negro hands on his merchandise and—most egregiously—paying him no attention, the young men learned a valuable lesson about racial profiling and being black in America. However, it turns out that…
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‘Calling His Mother While Black’: Hotel Guest Demands Public Response From Portland DoubleTree After Being Evicted From His Room [Updated]
A black hotel guest is demanding a Portland, Ore., DoubleTree speak publicly about an alleged racial profiling incident in which he was accused of trespassing by hotel staff. Jermaine Massey, a Washington resident who had traveled to Portland for a Travis Scott concert, filmed the exchange between himself and a hotel security guard, Earl Meyers,…
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#BankingWhileBlack: Bank Calls Cops on Man Because His Paycheck Was Too High
Vigilant employees of a Cleveland area bank alerted the authorities to a black man who suspiciously tried to conduct a financial transaction at a financial institution, causing them to question the motives behind his blatant negro shenanigans. WOIO reports that Paul McCowns went to a Huntington Bank branch in Brooklyn, Ohio, to cash his paycheck…
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#RappingWhileBlack: Neighbor Calls Cops on Black Man After Hearing Him Recite Jay-Z Lyrics
We can add reciting Jay-Z lyrics to the growing list of things black people must refrain from doing after a Tennessee man found himself at the center of an armed police confrontation and quickly realized that he had 99 problems and his neighbor accusing him of domestic abuse was one. According to TMZ, Davon Eddington…
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Dunkin’ Donuts Owner Calls Cops on Black Woman During Dispute Over Free WiFi
Another day, another coffee shop calling the police on a black person for something ridiculous. The morning of Nov. 7 was just like any other for Tirza Wilbon White. She walked into her local Fairfax, Va., Dunkin’ Donuts, a place she visits so regularly, employees know her by sight. She set up her laptop to…
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Black College Student in Texas Escorted Out of Class by Police for Putting Her Feet Up
The University of Texas at San Antonio says it is investigating a possible instance of discrimination after video surfaced of a black student being escorted from class by armed police. Officers were called after senior lecturer Anita Moss confronted the student about having her feet up in class. The student’s classmate, Apurva Rawal, captured the…
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White Woman Calls the Cops on Black Woman for Canvassing In Wealthy Neighborhood
“Never judge a white person until you have walked a mile in their burnt Nikes.”-Ancient African Proverb Guys, I don’t think the practice of calling out white people for calling the police on black people is working as well as we wanted. Instead of white-shaming with nicknames like BBQ Becky or using hashtags like #ConvertingOxygenToCarbonDioxideWhileBlack,…