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A white woman called police on a black 12-year-old who was mowing grass(race critique)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ ^ | 6/30/18 | Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

Posted on 07/01/2018 1:30:45 PM PDT by BBell

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To: taxcontrol

Yes. The neighbor who got her lawn mower by mistake didn’t dare approach and talk to the kid. He had an assault mower after all.


41 posted on 07/01/2018 2:14:02 PM PDT by Bitman
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To: Spok
And the police who responded and the lady who called it in was fine with it. She just didn’t want lawn mowed inadvertently. She probably didn’t need to call the police but we don’t know the dynamic between these neighbors.

So it probably wasn't really racism. Aw the poor lefties don't get their evil whitey narrative of the day. how sad for them.

42 posted on 07/01/2018 2:15:51 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (Good intentions? Most leftists would throw every one of us in Gulag if they could get away with it)
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To: BBell

Yes you missed the whole thing! This boy is clearly a racist provocateur! He is showing his hatred of Hispanics, by his stealing what is clearly a job for poor undocumented Hispanic refugee and his family of twelve equally undocumented who came across the border for the third time.

There are any number of Government programs which would give him money to lay around all day playing violent sex seeped video games and hanging with friends instead of learning about working for yourself, free enterprise and self-reliance.

What he should be doing is spending his time learn about micro-aggression, how the ‘man’ is holding him back and of the joys of socialism wherein everything is FREE and you don’t have to work not stealing the tacos from the very mouths of children.


43 posted on 07/01/2018 2:16:57 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Spok

Read one of the links. The neighbors have an adversarial moment. Instead of treating the lawn mowing with humor, the *itch called the police. It’s about as low-class as it gets to involve police with kids who aren’t doing anything hurtful.


44 posted on 07/01/2018 2:26:34 PM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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To: BBell

The a-hole author of the Chicago Trib original story made it about race. The story should have been about the byatch who called the cops. Hell, I would have given the kid another $20 bucks to finish the whole yard then thanked him with a tip.


45 posted on 07/01/2018 2:27:21 PM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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To: Kartographer
ATTENTION EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD

According to this article--

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5902449/Ohio-boy-12-mowing-lawns-summer-POLICE-called-customers-angry-neighbor.html

it was one of the two black women in the video sweeping lawn clippings who called the cops.

THE RACISM ANGLE IS PURE FAKE NEWS. DON'T BE FOOLED

46 posted on 07/01/2018 2:30:41 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (Good intentions? Most leftists would throw every one of us in Gulag if they could get away with it)
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Can someone break this down into a simple straight forward story?

I can't get through it and it seems to be a jumble of various claims.

I did like the video where the guy asks the kids to explain how they feel (clearly hoping they would express their sadness over 'racism'). Instead the kid says, 'it's been good for business.'

I don't believe that's what the interviewer wanted to hear.

47 posted on 07/01/2018 2:32:15 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: AlaskaErik
the neighbors in the video appear to be black....

but whatever....it was silly of whomever to call the police...

48 posted on 07/01/2018 2:39:28 PM PDT by cherry (official troll)
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To: yesthatjallen
jumble of various claims.

Misleading race baiting propaganda.

49 posted on 07/01/2018 2:48:20 PM PDT by BBell (Ich bin Ein Wenig Teekanne ):>()
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To: ExpatCanuck

Exactly! Everything is about race in their small minds.


50 posted on 07/01/2018 2:50:50 PM PDT by BBell (Ich bin Ein Wenig Teekanne ):>()
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To: Cubs Fan

oh i agree. I can’t figure out how some of these stories are NEWS in the 1st place.
and PS- it’s bad to be white. these are just little pSA in case you are not on board yet.


51 posted on 07/01/2018 2:52:10 PM PDT by ronniesgal ( I wonder what his FR handle is??)
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To: Kartographer

The adults will have plenty of time to show him the errors of his ways. Starting with the seed planted by articles such as this.


52 posted on 07/01/2018 2:52:51 PM PDT by BBell (Ich bin Ein Wenig Teekanne ):>()
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To: BBell

I read this story yesterday and there was NO mention of “doing anything while black”. It was about a kid earning money and running afoul of the neighbor’s proprty line. I shared this inspiring story with my wife and even mentioned to her I should send my commercial Toro self-propelled mower to the kid. I’m tied of cutting the grass.

Leave it to the CT to make it all about race...even bringing in other non-related occurrences.


53 posted on 07/01/2018 3:01:17 PM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

This same article was on my local news website. New Orleans area. I sense a pattern.


54 posted on 07/01/2018 3:06:09 PM PDT by BBell (Ich bin Ein Wenig Teekanne ):>()
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To: Cubs Fan; All
I was going to ask people with CT accounts to post comments directing them to the DM article but when I scrolled down I see they turned off the comments.
55 posted on 07/01/2018 3:07:35 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: glenduh

Did the popo really run that woman out of her own front yard at the end of the video?


56 posted on 07/01/2018 3:08:01 PM PDT by moovova
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To: toldyou

“The police were not called on the young boy — the police were called on the garbage I have next door,” Ms. Krakora said. “We called the police to ask the woman to have the kids stop mowing on our property because we can’t talk to her.”

Ms. Krakora still sounds like the fruitcake. “ — the police were called on the garbage I have next door,” Ms. Krakora said.”


57 posted on 07/01/2018 3:20:00 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Bitman

“He had an assault mower after all.”

He needed one of those high-capacity clippings bag.


58 posted on 07/01/2018 3:23:18 PM PDT by moovova
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To: toldyou
Anyhow...the kid now has almost $32,000 in his Go Fund Me account!

LOL! Does this mean they've paid or is this a promise from liberals that they think they might pay?

59 posted on 07/01/2018 3:38:06 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici ("Defeat David Trone")
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To: Cubs Fan

Like I posted what of the poor undocumented immigrant he stealing jobs from? SHAME, SHAME, SHAM....


60 posted on 07/01/2018 3:38:32 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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