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Tyler Perry Pulled Over, Accuses White Cops of Racial Profiling via Facebook
Reuters ^ | Thu Apr 5, 2012 | By Andrew Chow

Posted on 04/05/2012 3:27:49 PM PDT by barmag25

Tyler Perry's April 1 Facebook post about police pulling him over was no April Fool's joke: The highest-paid man in entertainment is accusing a pair of white Atlanta police officers of racial profiling.

Four days later, Perry's post boasts more than 117,000 "likes," 21,000 comments, and 12,000 shares. Atlanta police have launched an internal investigation, E! News reports.

Perry's predicament began when he admittedly made a left turn from a far-right lane -- a trick his security detail taught him, to make sure he wasn't being followed, Perry explained on Facebook.

Two white Atlanta police officers pulled him over, but apparently did not realize they'd just stopped Tyler Perry.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: leo; racecard; tylerperry
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Story reads like a Ron White comedy skit: “As it turn out, that night they were stopping everyone stealing a left from the right lane...That’s Profiling!”


61 posted on 04/05/2012 4:49:21 PM PDT by Deaf Smith
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To: tomkat

It will to *me*!
What if I get frisked?!?

Eeeeewwww!

;D


62 posted on 04/05/2012 4:50:14 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: barmag25

Why is a routine traffic stop a racial incident? Do blacks want absolute immunity? Well, they’re not going to get it.


63 posted on 04/05/2012 4:52:50 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Socialism isn't going to work this time, either.)
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To: barmag25

While I’m happy for Mr. Perry’s success as a director, I have to admit that I’ve never seen a picture of him. The lesson here is that successful people shouldn’t have to stop for the police. Let’s call it the “O.J. Rule”.


64 posted on 04/05/2012 4:56:12 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Socialism isn't going to work this time, either.)
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To: barmag25

They actually allow whites to be cops in Atlanta, I figured that was just some ethnic cesspool of cronyism and affirmative action.


65 posted on 04/05/2012 4:58:19 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: barmag25

They actually allow whites to be cops in Atlanta, I figured that was just some ethnic cesspool of cronyism and affirmative action.


66 posted on 04/05/2012 4:58:35 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: hampdenkid
Frankly, if you consider what has happened to the racial divide since Obama took office, unmitigated hell has already descended upon us.

Well "frankly"...your word is mud. And you won't bet on it.

What's that say about your word? You tell me.

67 posted on 04/05/2012 5:00:52 PM PDT by Osage Orange (The MSM is the most dangerous entity in the United States of America.)
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To: Keith in Iowa

I was being sarcastic, but really, what IS his talent that he should be so highly paid??? Most of todays comedians are truly UNfunny.


68 posted on 04/05/2012 5:03:19 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: barmag25
Perry's predicament began when he admittedly made a left turn from a far-right lane -- a trick his security detail taught him, to make sure he wasn't being followed, Perry explained on Facebook.

Two white Atlanta police officers pulled him over, but apparently did not realize they'd just stopped Tyler Perry.

They didn't realize it was him? The horror! If they had realized it, making an illegal turn would have been ok then. (It actually turned out that way. TMZ said that he didn't get a ticket. So it seems he got away with it. Your average citizen would get the ticket.)

69 posted on 04/05/2012 5:06:56 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Rick Santorum For President (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N89LGhm-Ztc))
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To: barmag25
Here's the picture of Tyler Perry the media will publish:


70 posted on 04/05/2012 5:10:49 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: barmag25

I would not even know if it was a Tyler Perry or not, have no clue what he looks like.


71 posted on 04/05/2012 5:10:49 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: barmag25
"DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"

No.

72 posted on 04/05/2012 5:11:09 PM PDT by rlmorel (A knife in the chest from a unapologetic liberal is preferable to a knife in the back from a RINO.)
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To: barmag25

Apparently the new term for making a left turn from the far-right lane will now be called pulling a Tyler Perry.


73 posted on 04/05/2012 5:12:20 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: barmag25

People like Mr. Perry have been pulling this racist s#$% for years. Don’t fall for it.


74 posted on 04/05/2012 5:13:56 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Ha. Sounds almost like the term I use for a U-Turn...”Pulling a you-eee...”


75 posted on 04/05/2012 5:15:59 PM PDT by rlmorel (A knife in the chest from a unapologetic liberal is preferable to a knife in the back from a RINO.)
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(A Wiki copy/paste...Not sure how the HTML will turn out...)

Filmography

[edit] Film work

Year Film Credited as
Director Writer Producer Actor Role
2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman No Yes Yes Yes Madea, Joe, Brian
2006 Madea's Family Reunion Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea, Joe, Brian
2007 Daddy's Little Girls Yes Yes Yes No
Why Did I Get Married? Yes Yes Yes Yes Terry Brock
2008 Meet the Browns Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea, Joe (cameo)
The Family That Preys Yes Yes Yes Yes Ben
2009 Madea Goes to Jail Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea, Joe, Brian
Star Trek No No No Yes Admiral Barnett
I Can Do Bad All by Myself Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea, Joe
Precious No No Yes No
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? Yes Yes Yes Yes Terry Brock
For Colored Girls Yes Yes Yes No
2011 Madea's Big Happy Family Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea, Joe
2012 Good Deeds Yes Yes Yes Yes Wesley Deeds
The Marriage Counselor Yes Yes Yes No
I, Alex Cross No No No Yes Alex Cross
Madea's Witness Protection Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea, Joe

[edit] Play work

Year Play Credited as
Director Writer Producer Actor Role
1999 I Know I've Been Changed Yes Yes Yes Yes Joe
2000 I Can Do Bad All By Myself Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea
2001 Diary of a Mad Black Woman Yes Yes Yes Yes Daddy Charles / Madea
2002 Madea's Family Reunion Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea
2003 Madea's Class Reunion Yes Yes Yes Yes Dr. Willie Leroy Jones / Madea
2004 Why Did I Get Married? Yes Yes Yes No
2005 Meet the Browns Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea (Voice)
2006 Madea Goes to Jail Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea
2007 What's Done in the Dark Yes Yes Yes No
2008 The Marriage Counselor Yes Yes Yes No
2009 Laugh to Keep from Crying Yes Yes Yes No
2010 Madea's Big Happy Family Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea
2011 A Madea Christmas Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea
2012 Aunt Bam's Place Yes Yes Yes No
2012 I Don't Want To Do Wrong! Yes Yes Yes No
2012 The Haves And The Have Nots Yes Yes Yes No
2012 Madea Gets a Job Yes Yes Yes Yes

[edit] Television work

Year Show Credited as
Director Writer Producer Actor Role
2006-present Tyler Perry's House of Payne Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea
2009-2011 Meet the Browns Yes Yes Yes Yes Madea (mentioned)
2011-present Tyler Perry's For Better Or Worse Yes Yes Yes Yes Therapist

76 posted on 04/05/2012 5:37:16 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: barmag25

The bastards made an illegal maneuver, period. The cops pulled him over period. This guy is a turd in the sharpton, obama, wright, ayers, jackson, mold.


77 posted on 04/05/2012 5:37:44 PM PDT by vpintheak (Occupy your Brain!)
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To: barmag25

They keep trying to strike a match to ignite a race war but are too intellectually inferior to use the right end of the match.

Another douche bag trying to be a member of the Klan with a Tan but failing.

Keep it up morons because more and more the stereotype is becoming the factual truth.


78 posted on 04/05/2012 5:44:11 PM PDT by Wurlitzer (Welcome to the new USSA (United Socialist States of Amerika))
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To: Salamander
LOL

Happy Motoring ;-)

79 posted on 04/05/2012 6:01:15 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Vendome

1. Cops are in the habit of giving everybody a hard time. Tyler didn’t roll down his passenger window fast enough. The lack of instant obedience pissed off one of the cops.

2. I don’t see this as a racial incident. The only thing wrong with this was the cops decided to make nice once they found out Tyler was famous. Double Standard here.

3. Cops routinely use petty traffic stops to provide probable cause. Usually public school graduates will let police search car and person if they just ask. Improper left turns, failure to signal are favorites.

4. Cops just need to calm down, lose the swagger and attitude. People would be nicer to them.

5. Traffic fines fund the municipal judiciary, the court houses, judges, public defenders. If you go to traffic court remember the judge gets paid out of traffic fines.

The whole system stincks and causes unnecessary stress on everybody. It won’t change because best I can figure voters enjoy being hassled by cops. And cops love to swagger around scaring people. I don’t understand any of this.


80 posted on 04/05/2012 6:01:43 PM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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