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After George Floyd's death, she quit her job in law enforcement and moved to Mexico
CNN ^ | August 4, 2020 | Faith Karimi

Posted on 08/04/2020 1:42:19 PM PDT by C19fan

Demetria Brown knew the exact moment she decided she'd had it.

She'd just watched a video of George Floyd pinned under an officer's knee, saying he couldn't breathe as he begged for his life. She sobbed as she played it over and over.

On June 1, a week after Floyd's death, she quit her job as a detention officer for the Los Angeles County Probation Department. In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, she sold her house, stuffed her belongings into 13 duffel bags and relocated to Puerto Vallarta on Mexico's Pacific coast.

Brown, 42, is one of many African Americans leaving the United States permanently for many reasons, including racism and fear of police brutality. Her flight landed in her new hometown on June 25, a month to the day Floyd died.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blm; race
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To: C19fan

That’s hilarious. I was in line at a checkpoint in the Mexican Baja and a soldier on a halftrack had his rail mounted twin fifties pointed at my windshield with his hands on the triggers. I was going to take his picture and the driver leapt over and covered me while knocking the camera away. He said, “If he sees you take his picture he will kill us.”

Oh, yeah, America is SO bad.


41 posted on 08/04/2020 2:05:42 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud?)
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To: EEGator

Ok, here we go, here’s the “Well.....bye” guy we all like to see.


42 posted on 08/04/2020 2:06:02 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Army Air Corps

Good riddance to her.

Enjoy the Mexican police, Felicia!


43 posted on 08/04/2020 2:07:13 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: C19fan

Free country...hasta la vista!


44 posted on 08/04/2020 2:08:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: C19fan

Racism is worse in México. I used to live there - they don’t like blacks.


45 posted on 08/04/2020 2:08:26 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: tallyhoe

That’s right.

It’s like crawling out of a gun battle to end up in a furnace.


46 posted on 08/04/2020 2:09:03 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: C19fan

I notice her foot is still in the door. If you want to leave, leave. Renounce your citizenship. Until then it’s just a big show.


47 posted on 08/04/2020 2:10:14 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: C19fan

So unless she has a dual citizenship with Mexico she will soon be an illegal alien there.

Mexico treats illegals much harsher than anything she has been exposed to in America.


48 posted on 08/04/2020 2:11:13 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftists/Leftism ruins everything it touches.)
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To: 1Old Pro
said, "fear of police brutality
She ain't seen nuthin yet"

Here I'm worried about the spill over to the US from the cartel driven civil war in Mexico. Where bodies are left to rot on the streets.

49 posted on 08/04/2020 2:11:18 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: null and void; aragorn; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; Black Agnes; blueyon; Brown Deer; ...
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PING

Oh, what a grand idea!

50 posted on 08/04/2020 2:11:29 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: Boomer

Bingo. She has NO idea....


51 posted on 08/04/2020 2:12:28 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: C19fan
Has Ms. Brown ever noticed the complexion of the elites who run Mexico?

It's been for long a silent scandal in Latin America how Mexicans treat their black population; second class citizens laugh at them. By American standards, racism there is rampant.
I'll wager that in a handful of months Ms. Brown will quietly relocate back north. She may not want to kiss the ground upon return, just rub her cheek gently on it.

52 posted on 08/04/2020 2:13:13 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Ping.


53 posted on 08/04/2020 2:14:04 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: C19fan

DEMETRIA BROWN
DETENTION SERVICES OFFICER (2018)
Regular pay: $63,825.00
Overtime pay: $15,213.00
Other pay: $6,550.00
Total pay: $85,588.00
Benefits: $33,422.00
Total pay & benefits: $119,010.00


54 posted on 08/04/2020 2:14:25 PM PDT by artichokegrower (I)
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To: C19fan

It sounds like he said he couldn’t breathe before he went down


55 posted on 08/04/2020 2:14:50 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: C19fan

Puerto Vallarta Is a pretty community, significant expat presence


56 posted on 08/04/2020 2:15:10 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: Responsibility2nd

LOL!

I guess she’s okay with daily beheadings/heads hanging off of bridges, all while Los Federales turn a blind eye.

Let’s hear from Demetria in about a year....if she lasts living there, that long.


57 posted on 08/04/2020 2:16:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: C19fan

Out of the frying pan, into the muy caliente.


58 posted on 08/04/2020 2:16:42 PM PDT by moovova
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To: artichokegrower

Gosh, she really seems to be suffering, no?


59 posted on 08/04/2020 2:17:02 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: C19fan
Maybe she speaks expañol, fluently, and will just blend right in...


60 posted on 08/04/2020 2:18:34 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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