Posted on 05/10/2019 5:56:02 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Recently, I witnessed a young black male cut across my yard, duck between my neighbors two cars and try the doors of both, before breaking into the unlocked one. I opened my back door and yelled, I see you getting into that car! He took off running. I called the police and then posted to the (admittedly sometimes racially charged) Nextdoor app, in the hopes that my neighbors would check the locks on their cars and homes.
Break-ins are fairly common in my neighborhood, and this isnt the first time that Ive witnessed what appeared to be a theft and called the police. It was, however, the first time I was certain the suspicious person was a black man. I immediately felt a pang of guilt for calling the police and havent been able to stop thinking about it, given the tragic way things too often end between police and people of color.
I feel an obligation to my family and my neighbors to report crimes. But Id rather have my car broken into than have a persons life ruined by my 911 call. And honestly, I dont even know if its a crime to open someones unlocked vehicle.
If the incident had been a forced entry or violent in any way, I would feel less torn about having called the police. And really, people should know better than to leave their cars unlocked. I sincerely hope the young man wasnt apprehended but instead was just scared off and wont lurk around my home again. But what if he had been arrested? I also shudder to think how many young black men vaguely matching his description were harassed by officers after my call.
Did I do the right thing by calling the police?
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
“What a racist!! Calling the cops when a black man commits a crime! Racist! Racist! Racist!”
Well it is absolutely racist, but not for the reason you imply.
This guy thinks blacks are more prone to breaking the law, as in they can’t help themselves, and thus are entitled to a pass, just to even the playing field of life.
Did I do the right thing by calling the police?
No, you didn't.
But you'll probably never unsderrstadn why.
“But Id rather have my car broken into than have a persons life ruined by my 911 call.”
Really?? I bet he wouldn’t have as conflicted if the kid was white.
He’s another example of a pathetic, miserable, self loathing roach. I truly despise these types.
...unsderrstadn...
Says the wise ass.
Thanks! My points all apply to MO, though.
The author is a lousy neighbor and citizen, no matter where he lives.
In a 2015 survey conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago, about half of African-Americans reported being treated badly by police officers because of their race. (Fewer than 5 percent of white Americans said this.)
How would anyone know what's in the cops' heads?
I agree. At least now his neighbors know they better lock their vehicles.
The most recent I can recall is the state attorney in Maryland looking to overturn 5000 marijuana convictions or Grand Rapids, MI calling it a human rights ordinance, working to criminalize calling the police on POC who are "participating in their lives".
Those are just two I can think of. Many others.
And he perp now knows where the idiot lives. He may decide to return for vengeance.
I walked back and while he was still looking in the car, I said what are you doing? His response was, "Oh sorry, I thought it was my car" then he walked away. I immediately checked my glove compartment and discovered he had stolen my my prescription sun glasses where were in their case.
The only thing I could do at that point was go up to my apartment and call the police, which I did. They came and took a report then searched the area. About an hour later, they found the guy under the bridge over the river outside my complex. Meanwhile I searched thru the wooded area that he had to walk thru hoping to find my glasses but all I found was the case without the glasses......
That was the last I heard of it.
In retrospect, when he turned around when I was behind him, I should have decked him........Since he was only in shorts and a t-shirt with a towel, it's unlikely he had any weapon.
He felt guilty because the Perp was black? WTF? Why? Would he have felt guilt if the guy was white, asian, or whatever????
You are pretending that leftists see all humans as equal, when they have shown themselves repeatedly to have a very clear-cut hierachy of human worth based on which categories people fall into.
I chased after a black guy who stole a jacket out of my car.
Then I realized the dude could be armed.
How does he know the car’s owner was not black?
Yeah, that was a good planet. Too bad the evil orcs, also known as Democrats, took it over.
(At right) He's a "celebrated Princeton philosopher".
In other words, useless in everyday real life.
LOL, how right you are. When I first read it, I thought it was a vanity thread, and the Freeper posting it was the one who called...and then my post became confused...:)
The letter to the editor writer is a fool. The criminal’s race means nothing. No doubt written by a NY liberal. Thus, the plight of the criminal’s is not only his fault, but yours and mine, too.
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