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Hooray for playing the race card!

Post by Optimus Prime Rib » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:59 pm

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Is this woman serious?

She wasnt wearing her name badge, she recently had a makeover, she waltzes past security and when they try to stop her she slaps the officer.. But the POLICE are the ones out of line?

The worst part is this officer is going to probably lose his job if he doesnt publicly apologize. And even then its going to spark up another racial debate.
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Post by Professor Smooth » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:18 pm

So let me see if I've got this right. If you're a black female congressperson it's alright to ignore the orders of the police and then to physically attack one of them?
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Post by Shanti418 » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:37 pm

Ah, what the hell, I'll just jump right in.


You have to admit though, if you took the average African American off the street and asked them how many times have they been accosted by law enforcement justly and how many times have they been accosted for no reason other than the color of their skin or the kind of car they drive, more often than not, it's highly questionable.

Not saying that there isn't a clear case as to why the officer reacted the way he did, just saying that you might cry wolf as well after a lifetime of being hunted by wolves.
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Post by Professor Smooth » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:47 pm

Shanti418 wrote:Ah, what the hell, I'll just jump right in.


You have to admit though, if you took the average African American off the street and asked them how many times have they been accosted by law enforcement justly and how many times have they been accosted for no reason other than the color of their skin or the kind of car they drive, more often than not, it's highly questionable.

Not saying that there isn't a clear case as to why the officer reacted the way he did, just saying that you might cry wolf as well after a lifetime of being hunted by wolves.
Right, but did those african americans walk through security checkpoints with no ID then attack the officers who stopped them?
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Post by Optimus Prime Rib » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:30 am

and lets be honest here. that "makeover" makes her look like she sucks penis for crack.
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Post by Pissin' Poonani » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:52 pm

Optimus Prime Rib wrote:and lets be honest here. that "makeover" makes her look like she sucks penis for crack.
I believe that particular style of makeover is known as the 'Whitney Houston'.

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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:34 pm

I would have thought that anyone walking through a security gate will be questioned by a security officer?
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Post by Legion » Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:07 pm

Pissin' Poonani wrote:
Optimus Prime Rib wrote:and lets be honest here. that "makeover" makes her look like she sucks penis for crack.
I believe that particular style of makeover is known as the 'Whitney Houston'.
:up: :D
Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:I would have thought that anyone walking through a security gate will be questioned by a security officer?
hang on, "inappropriately touching and stopping"... she can't be serious, what did he do grabs her by the tits or something?!

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Post by Professor Smooth » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:58 pm

I love this picture of her!

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