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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What the hell is wrong with this country?
Is is proper to protect your neighbors’ property? If it was a white man, would the letter have been written?
Calling the cops should have been the “least” of what he should have done.
This is nuts. Just nuts.
The idiot is lucky the black dude ran instead of whirling around with a gun in his hand. Dead means never having to worry about being politically incorrect ever again.
Liberalism really is a mental disorder.
Laughing so hard I’m going to puke.
The only way to be sure is after the police arrive to fill out the paperwork.
If they haul you away, you were in the wrong for calling and are living in the wrong country.
2. You did the right thing but the paperwork is a mutha and the cops have put you on their sht list.
Why are wyepepo so obsessed with skin color when the fact remains colorless. Perp was a criminal.
Don’t assume to be held accountable for the prejudices of others.
Or Saudi Arabia. In Cook County he walks no matter what he steals unless it’s worth more than $1,000.
Why would some idiot spent a couple of hours writing this? Insanity.
RACIST!!
All young male minorities have every right to practice their chosen profession without racial hatred and interference impeding their business.
All I can say is - what an idiot!!!
LOL. Perfect.
Of course, there was the gal I knew whose dad was a Chicago cop who stopped a strong young black man breaking into a Porsche with a coat hanger. It turned out to be Walter Payton. He locked his keys in the car. It turned out fine because both men behaved properly.
Answering two questions at once...
What a maroon!
I is the bigotry of low expectations. If you would call the police on a white person doing the same crime then not calling in this case is setting lower expectations based on race.
NextDoor is racially charged in his area?
No he should not call the cops. The proper procedure would be to give the perp a double tap.
I’d just send my dog.He wants to play.
“And honestly, I don’t even know if it’s a crime to open someone’s unlocked vehicle.” Res ipsa loquitur; an idiot’s gotta idiot I guess.
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