Posted on 10/10/2018 3:16:40 PM PDT by ETL
A black baby sitter in Georgia has claimed cops were called on him over the fact that he had two white children in his care.
Corey Lewis said he was in the parking lot of a Cobb County Walmart Sunday when he noticed a white woman watching him and the two children, ages 6 and 10, whom he was baby-sitting.
“She pulls around to the car and she asks, ‘Are the kids alright?’ I said, ‘Why wouldn’t they be?’” Lewis told InsideEdition.com. “She gave a shoulder shrug. She left and then she came back … and said, ‘Can I speak to the little girl and ask her if she knows who you are?’ I said, 'No.'"
He said the unidentified woman then informed him she was going to take down his license plate number.
Lewis said he thought the encounter was over until he went to a nearby gas station and noticed the woman was following him. That’s when he began recording on Facebook Live.
The woman allegedly followed Lewis home and apparently called police. In a video shared of the moment, a police officer questions the children about how they know Lewis.
While Lewis understands the officer was just doing his job, he was emotional about the situation.
“This random lady is trying to assassinate my character based off her assumptions and judgments,” Lewis said.
Lewis, who works with children, was baby-sitting one of the children involved in his after-school program, “Inspired by Lewis” and the child’s sister.
The children’s parents were not pleased when they heard what happened and said Lewis was only questioned because he was driving around two white children.
“B-W-B is the new thing, baby-sitting while black,” David Parker, the children’s father, told WSMV.
Walmart did not respond to InsideEdition.com’s request for comment.
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Usually internet idiots who don't bother to read articles in their entirety..........
was baby-sitting one of the children involved in his after-school program,
"...Or perhaps this woman’s nose was just too damn long..."
This is why I mind my own business. Unless the guy was obviously shady, or the kids looked under duress, I would have went my merry way. With social media today you will be immediately tar and feathered as a racist worldwide, with little recourse to prove otherwise. And there is always a SJW parent to happily see to it, as we see here with these kids’ father.
You are exactly right.
“one of the children involved in his after-school program”
So what?
The after school program wasn’t taking them to Walmart and then to a gas station and then back to their house.
"...This is why I mind my own business..."
There are many viral videos these days of people claiming discrimination in videotaped incidents. Usually, the real story is that someone was just a busybody and race probably wasn’t a factor at all.
However, in this incident, the man makes a valid point. As someone stated above, he should’ve called 911 and reported a stalker.
It’s not about Georgia, though. Here in the Northeast, when out and around with my own children (half-black), sometimes people would question if/why I was with “these kids.” I was amused, but never offended.
However, I once knew a parent (white) who had the police called on him when he was out with his children (half-Filipino). Not sure whether race was a factor, but you never know.
There were a few times I should’ve called the police on people with kids in public. One incident in particular I wonder about to this day.
60 years ago a black man would have been questioned for being with a white woman.
“When you see something shutup? The no snitch culture.”
She saw a man with kids. Call the cops.
I know a white woman who married a black man 60 years ago-——and they did quite well.’
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Stranger danger.
I bet they have some stories about strangers asking her if she was okay in his presence.
"...white woman who married a black man 60 years ago..."
“The woman does sound like a Nosey Nellie but perhaps it’s a little over the top to get bent out of shape about it.”
Probably a hypocritical democrat...that’s how they act.
You do know that I meant it’s a little over the top to get bent out of shape about what she did don’t you?
Nope,it was a couple here in the Boston area-——and I DID say they did quite well,unlike Obama’s folks.
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Normal, polite people don't decide to follow and ask to talk to children being accompanied by another adult. In fact, I would suggest that if some guy came up to a woman and asked her if her kids were OK, and asked to talk to the children, that woman would be very annoyed. She might actually feel endangered, and react accordingly.
But who knows, you sound like the kind of person who likes being stopped by random people and questioned about what you are doing. Or maybe you are the kind of person that feels the need to but into other people's business.
It has nothing to do with "virtue signaling". Ask anyone who has had to deal with the situation faced by the man with two kids who did not look like him.
“It has nothing to do with “virtue signaling”. Ask anyone who has had to deal with the situation faced by the man with two kids who did not look like him.”
My wife is Japanese. I am Caucasian. You can see that in our children. Every now and again I see somebody checking us out, especially if I am somewhere with my adolescent daughter.
Nobody has ever called the police, perhaps because I’m so banged up that it’s obvious: if she couldn’t outrun me, she could probably kick my butt. Not a plausible crime scenario.
The lady may have became increasingly concerned if/when
she saw the kids acting nervous, not knowing or realizing that it was her actions that led to it.
“When you see something shutup? The no snitch culture.”
She saw a man with kids. Call the cops.
Some people are more aware than others.
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