Posted on 11/23/2021 7:25:57 AM PST by Mr.Unique
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Bay Area police departments have called what happened at various retail stores this weekend "looting."
We saw similar crimes happen in the wake of the George Floyd protests, but are the past weekend's crimes truly considered looting?
Race and Social Justice Reporter Julian Glover is here to give us some context of looting.
SNIP
To some, the distinction may be small, but Lorenzo Boyd, PhD, Professor of Criminal Justice & Community Policing at the University of New Haven, and a retired veteran police officer, emphasized that words matter.
"Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something. We tend not to use that term for other people when they do the exact same thing," said Boyd.
"As the Bay Area grapples with a wave of seemingly organized smash and grab robberies this weekend, policing and journalism analysts are cautioning against the use of the term looting," Julian says.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc7news.com ...
Exactly right. Well said.
Running out of words in the dictionary.
So .... “Some people did something” is probably racist too.
Call them “Adults who commit looting crimes”
Looting. Pretty soon it’ll be like Sherman marching through Georgia. More like locusting than looting.
First they came for the Louis Vuitton, and I was not a fashionista...
One day they’ll come for bread.
It was called "looting," "sacking," and "pillaging" when the Vandals and other barbarian hordes (fair-haired, fair-complexioned people for the most part) did it to Rome in ancient times.
Regards,
Agree 100%.
“but Lorenzo Boyd, PhD, Professor of” -— there is the problem right there.
“professor.” Noun, basically a poorly informed ignoramus who is very opinionated.
So much for the left wing narrative that poor people are only stealing things that they need to get by. I don’t see much baby milk and diapers walking out the door.
Perhaps they’re just borrowing the items?
“Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something.
Since when? The term “looting” was around long before the race card was invented and I don’t think it ever had a racial overtone (that is until universities became “woke”)
Julian Glover, ABC 7 San Francisco, quoting Lorenzo Boyd, PhD, Professor of Criminal Justice & Community Policing at the University of New Haven:"Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something. We tend not to use that term for other people when they do the exact same thing. As the Bay Area grapples with a wave of seemingly organized smash and grab robberies this weekend, policing and journalism analysts are cautioning against the use of the term looting,"
Clearly, the new and correct meaning of “expert” is idiot.
Another lunatic professor.
Your tagline is what infuriates me & so many. It’s so wrong & disgusting.
One day they’ll come for bread.
Outstanding.
Re: looting. There was a radio host who called it "undocumented purchasing."
It’s called “mostly honest shopping”
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