What color was the car?
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 isn’t the first time that I’ve 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 haven’t 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 I’d rather have my car broken into than have a person’s life ruined by my 911 call. And honestly, I don’t even know if it’s a crime to open someone’s 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 wasn’t apprehended but instead was just scared off and won’t 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?
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The fact that he feels compelled to ask demonstrates the degree to which this society has decayed.
Hell yes
What a racist!! Calling the cops when a black man commits a crime! Racist! Racist! Racist!
This BS is what passes for “ethics” among the godless left. I think the fellow would have done right—in his own eyes—by helping the thief steal the car, perhaps offering the keys to his own in the process. Or maybe shooting a cop in the process. That’s how these people think.
The fact that someone has to question themselves whether they did the right thing in those circumstances is troubling to say the least.
He felt guilty because the Perp was black? WTF? Why? Would he have felt guilt if the guy was white, asian, or whatever????
Ugh.
How about if you open someone's unlocked front door...wander around in the house uninvited, and then open the unlocked bedroom door of a sleeping teen-aged girl? Is that a crime?
If you see something, say something. Let the police and judge worry about whether or not someone's life will be ruined.
All "Black Men" are victims of oppression and are entitled to whatever they want or need. Please leave them alone.......
Sigh. That was the first thing I came away with as well.
What a doofus! Blinded by his sick ideology. Crime is crime. You either fight it or it overtakes your neighborhood and eventually you are a victim, perhaps a fatal victim.
What color was the car?
If he was a white guy, he'd know unlawful entry is illegal.
Call the po-lease. But be prepared to be punished worse than the criminal.
+1.
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I would interested to know if the author has ever been the victim of a crime and, if so, did he ever file a police report.. ?
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Isn't it racist to suggest that a black man can even commit a crime? If one is taking something that technically he doesn't have title to, isn't it just a proper form of early collections of reparations? He's just taking back what would have rightfully been his had the inherent racism in society hadn't deprived him of it. (/sarcasm)
If you dont have an IR scope and silencer then, yes. Yes you did the right thing.
And if the author has any idea of the numbers of crimes, including murder, committed by perps using stolen vehicles.
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