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Shelia Stubbs, who is about to be the first black state assemblywoman in Wisconsin's 77th District, was campaigning door-to-door for votes when the police showed up.
"I felt humiliated. I felt outraged, I felt angry. I felt embarrassed," Stubbs, 47, said.
Madison police said they got a 911 call about a "suspicious vehicle." The police report said the male caller "thinks they are waiting for drugs at the local drug house."
The police officer questioned Stubbs, who had her campaign literature in hand.
"'Well, how do you know what doors to knock on?' And I said, the walk list. And she said, 'Can I see it?' And I said, sure, here you go, and then she said, 'I'm really sorry that that happened to you,'" Stubbs said.
Her 8-year-old daughter was inside the vehicle along with Stubbs' 71-year-old mother.
Stubbs is the second black woman to be questioned by police while campaigning in recent months. Back in July, a deputy confronted an Oregon state senator, Janelle Bynum, who was campaigning for re-election.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/i-felt-humiliated-police-called-on-black-candidate-campaigning-door-to-door/ar-BBNzHGY?li=BBnb7Kz
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)3 generations of black females in 1 car -- must've been terrifying to the caller!
Not much doubt that this call was made due to hate.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)I live in a fairly white neighborhood...modest homes, middle class.
I walked out to get my mail, and I see a young black woman sort of gingerly approaching me. I said can I help you? There was a young black guy walking a bit behind her. Looked like it may have been their first time out.
She told me they were working to get out the vote for my awesome congressman, Emmanuel Cleaver. You should have seen their faces when I launched into a rant about how great Bro. Cleaver is, and how many votes he would be getting at my house.
As they were walking away, I even threw in a Cleaver quote to let them know where this democrat stands...
March On, Democrats!
Ps...people calling the cops on black people have got real problems within themselves