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Woman kidnapped, forced to watch 'Roots' to 'understand her racism,' Cedar Rapids police said
Cedar Rapids Gazette ^
Posted on 02/17/2020 12:33:07 PM PST by blindsangamon
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Monday after he allegedly held a woman captive and forced her to watch “Roots” — a 9-hour mini-series that chronicles author Alex Haley’s family line from the capture and enslavement of his ancestor Kunta Kinte to the liberation of Kinte’s decedents. Noye told her to “remain seated and watch the movie with him or he would kill her and spread her body parts across Interstate 380 on the way to Chicago.”
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KEYWORDS: cedarrapids; crime; iowa; plagiarism; plagiarist; racism; socialjustice
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To: blindsangamon
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:34:09 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: blindsangamon
Well. Judging from his mug shot, the movie gave him a real boost!
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:35:37 PM PST
by
albie
To: blindsangamon
Reeducation - it’s the next phase.
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:35:45 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
To: DannyTN
He should be strapped to a chair and forced to watch “Showboat!” for nine hours.....................
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:36:26 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(CWII is coming. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: blindsangamon
"So, which is it, you wanna die or are you going to watch all 9 hours of Roots?"
"I'm thinking, I'm thinking"
To: blindsangamon
Did he at least give her some popcorn? A bathroom break? Glad she lived to tell!
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:37:22 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: blindsangamon
Alex Haley plagiarized the story.
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:38:18 PM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(Mocking Liberals is not only a right, but the duty of all Americans.)
To: windcliff
To: blindsangamon
They musta meant the fictional account of folks rescued from africa?😲
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:41:09 PM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: blindsangamon
Chicken George was my favorite
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:41:15 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: blindsangamon
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:41:17 PM PST
by
Bon mots
To: blindsangamon
...so he took her against her will, held her captive and forced her by fear of death to do as he commanded.. Watch a movie about people who were taken against their will, held captive, and forced by fear of death to do as they were commanded...
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:41:45 PM PST
by
smvoice
(I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
To: blindsangamon
You can kill me but don’t spread my body parts across Interstate 380 on the way to Chicago.
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:41:56 PM PST
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: blindsangamon
I definitely won’t get “woke” being forced to watch Roots.
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:42:01 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: blindsangamon
You mean the book “The African” that Haley stole his material from?
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:43:02 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: blindsangamon; All
IIRC, Red Buttons the comedian 1970’s joke about “Roots”:
Red Buttons:” Yeah I watched “Roots”, but after about 15 minutes and NOBODY scored a basket, I turned it off....”
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:43:22 PM PST
by
musicman
(The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
To: blindsangamon
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:43:47 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: blindsangamon
After all, it is Black History month — you know, each February when half of blacks blame white people for what the other half did to them.
To: musicman
That’s why he never got a dinner!
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posted on
02/17/2020 12:44:45 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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