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Racist Blocks Black Doctor From Entering Her Gated Community -- Then Calls the Cops on Her
Police state that the man, who was not identified, blocked her because there had been a series of air conditioner thefts in the community - which the homeowners association denied.
By Tom Boggioni / Raw Story
June 22, 2018, 3:09 AM GMT
https://www.alternet.org/racist-blocks-black-doctor-entering-her-gated-community-then-calls-cops-her
In a video posted online, a black doctor in Atlanta who attempted to enter the gated community where she has a home was blocked from entering by a man who called the police to have her arrested, reports 11 Alive.
According to Dr. Nnenna Aguocha, she had just come off a night shift and was attempting to pull into the Buckhead Townhome complex where she has lived for eight years when the man blocked her with his SUV in a confrontation that lasted 30 minutes.
In the video you can see the man's white car blocking the only way into the complex, with Aguocha approaching the man and pointing out where she lived as he muttered at her with his window rolled up.
"He got out of the car and threatened to call the police on me because I was trespassing," she said in the video, adding. "This is racial profiling at its finest."
According to the doctor, her antagonist called the police -- as did she, explaining: "He called the police, so I called the police as well."
Aguocha added that man said he didn't believe she lived in the complex and called her a trespasser -- saying it was an obvious case of racism.
"I absolutely think it was racially motivated," Aguocha explained. "When this altercation was going on, what went through my mind was this guy could do absolutely anything to me. He could shoot me dead on the spot because he was trying to protect the neighborhood and the property and people would make up stories later."
Police state that the man, who was not identified, blocked her because there had been a series of air conditioner thefts in the community - which the homeowners association denied.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)marble falls
(57,063 posts)Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)I'm wypipo, and I would have stood shoulder to shoulder with her against this piece of shit.
marble falls
(57,063 posts)worst moment and if you are you catch it and feel bad about it.
Iggo
(47,545 posts)nykym
(3,063 posts)Maybe she can have him evicted or something.
It is time we started to fight back.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:42 PM - Edit history (1)
meet me away from this man.
All these people just look at you and decide you're a criminal
they could shoot you
and with him making the call to cops they could have shot her too!
marble falls
(57,063 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Much harder to be kind and thoughtful. The lady is a doctor (8+ years of additional training from HS.)for goodness sake and she lived there. Imagine if he needed her help in the ER. Irony.
Being introspective and kind means you have to review your own life when you are making decisions. Means you have to be good yourself bc YOU KNOW what you are supposed to do based on your thinking. If you are just mad and angry, it just perpetuates itself in a never ending cycle. Kindness needs to be dealt from all of us. Both sides, and empathy training should be taught in grade school. Just my opinion.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)If decency or a public dragging can't sway a wannabe-vigilante, perhaps a bill will. Motherfucker just lowered property values across the complex.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Shes lived there for eight years.
Racist ready for her to move. Intimidation.
hlthe2b
(102,192 posts)I know there are some good people who will stand up to this among her neighbors, as I would have had I been there--even if they (we) are only damned "wypipo"
moriah
(8,311 posts)It's never been a descriptor for all white people, unlike the n-word having its origins in being a term for everyone of color even if NotRacists(tm) like my deceased father justify its use by saying they mean "black people who behave a certain way".
It actually started out meaning essentially "white people who we want to shake and say 'WHY are you doing this stupid shit we've seen enough to stereotype ourselves???'"
So no, if your reaction to this was "Why the fuck would someone do that? That shit gets people killed! Thank God they weren't carrying..."
You aren't "wypipo".
tonedevil
(3,022 posts)a statement of exasperation that is frequently accompanied by the act of burying one's forehead in one's palm.