[BillyBonebrake]

Some folks just can't seem to get along...

[AppyPappy]

The irony meter is on 10 here

[wideawake]

Tucker's mother, Barbara Fair, of the New Haven-based People Against Injustice, was in a meeting about reforming the criminal justice system when she learned of her daughter's arrest.

Translation: Tucker's mother, Barbara Fair, of the New Haven-based People Against Injustice, was vigorously smoking rock with longtime associates when she learned of her daughter's arrest.

[Spirited]

The socialist state of CT will see to it that this elite female gets out of it.

The elite is always above the law.

[Lockbar]

When will we understand that all white MF's are racist? (sarc)

[squirt-gun]

The hand is always out for a free ride in everything.

[aomagrat]

"We have plenty of witnesses. We have people who will exonerate her,"

I hope there was a camera on that bus.

[ARCADIA]

What a great parental example. Where are social services when you need them?

[Renfield]

"Ativist"?? Is that an atavistic activist??

[Onelifetogive]

Before getting off the bus, Tucker scolded the two officers and the bus driver, all of whom were white, with racial epithets....

Tucker faces three counts of intimidation based on bigotry and bias, three counts of second-degree threatening, two counts of assault on a police officer, two counts of interfering with police and a count of breach of peace.

Uhhhh???? Where's the "Hate Crime" charge?

[csvset]

..apparently failed to pay her bus fare and then threatened the driver when told to get off the bus.

Two officers called in to defuse the situation found an angry Tucker..

Hmmm... let's see. "Threatened the driver" and "defuse the situation". Defuse? Defuse! WTH? She threatened the driver. C'mon officers, arrest her, that's your job.

...found an angry Tucker

Yeah, she's a [F]Tucker, no doubt about that.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Not exactly Rosa Parks.

[sgtbono2002]

*****"We have plenty of witnesses. We have people who will exonerate her," *****

Translation. She will lie and the witnesses will swear to it. Some of whom werent even in the neighborhood at the time.

[Adder]

"Tucker faces three counts of intimidation based on bigotry and bias, three counts of second-degree threatening, two counts of assault on a police officer, two counts of interfering with police and a count of breach of peace"

OOO...hate cwimes.

Funny how they end up being applied.
"Bigotry is not just wrong...its against the law." Puleeze.

Throw the book at her for the assault and the rest but drop the bigotry and bias nonsense.
I don't care who you are, that ain't right.[Yeah I know, it was intended to punish white people for assumed racism.]

[mewzilla]

Before getting off the bus, Tucker scolded the two officers and the bus driver, all of whom were white, with racial epithets.

Scolded? So, if some white bigot yells the n-word at a black person, the white bigot is just scolding the black guy? I don't think so.

[Grut]

Either the woman was irrational to start with or the report is missing something, but I think we'd be well advised to withold judgement for a little while. This reads like the police version of the facts.

[QwertyKPH]

Oddly enough, I see nothing in the story where Tucker claims to have paid. So we're left to speculate if she was claiming some kind of right to a free ride or did she claim to have paid when the driver said she didn't?

Either way, her reaction was way outta line and hopefully some of the charges will stick.

[nonliberal]

Just ignore her. She is black. She can do what she wants.

[normy]

In the work I do I deal with every race under the sun and I deal with them in their homes. People say its racist to speak about people like this but I will anyway.

If I were to rank the pleasantness of my customers by race and the ease of dealing with them it would go like this(best being first and last being worst).

1. Hispanics: Friendly and willing to pay the price quoted. Almost never get in the way of doing the job.

Blacks:Friendly, good conversation while working almost never rude, never interfere with the job, always pay the price quoted.

Whites: Usually nice but can be rude or dismissive. Usually pay the price quoted but can be known to ask for discounts. Sometimes stay out of the way but not always.

Asians; Generally very nice. Like to get a deal after being quoted price but not pushy. Usually supervise work but do not get in the way.

Indian(dots not feathers):Almost always try to talk down from quoted price and are aggressive but nice in doing so. Always question your work and usually ask for extra to be done. Will bargain w/ a smile on their face and are generally friendly customers.

Mid Eastern: Always want better deal than agreed price once the job is done. Sometimes friendly but usually only to get deal. Ready to accuse of being cheated and not afraid to do so to get a deal. Will refer me to family even after arguing price and accusing me of cheating them. Are not loyal to me as a company if my price is only slightly higher than a unknown company. Generally lie to me about the price I quoted over the phone vs. price charged. "The guy on the phone said $200 and you say $225, what is the deal my main man?"

"I am the guy you spoke with on the phone and you know I said $225."

I guess the reason I said all that is because I was thinking how blacks sometimes get a bad rap because of stupid storys like this. One person makes an ass of themselves and somehow blacks are tainted with it. Whites could pass this off as just some nut on the bus and it wouldn't touch them.

[bert]

Cooler time....

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Hate crime?