#CrimingWhileWhite

[MrScorpio]

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CrimingWhileWhite&src=tyah

https://twitter.com/LeftSentThis/status/540404600973438976

[napkinz]

1. K&R!

nt

[left_of_center]

2. .

[loyalsister]

3. #crimingwhilewhite

I got caught trying to shoplift. The security guard just called my parents, and told me he disliked his job when he caught "someone like me." As we sat waiting for my parents, he gave me some skittles.

[loyalsister]

4. This one really tells the story

#CrimingWhileWhite

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[navarth]

27. Good on him. He makes up for another Cardinals-gear-wearing guy I can think of...

...namely, the 'Moran'.

Now who makes up for those fuck bags that were chanting 'Let's Go Darren' during the playoffs?

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are many good people in St. Lou.

[nxylas]

5. I fear that the cops may take the wrong message from this

As in: "We need to start shooting some unarmed white people, in the name of equality".

[frylock]

17. well maybe then something will change

[Enthusiast]

35. That would change the shit out of things..............fast.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. It doesn't even occur to them to do that.

[WinkyDink]

6. I must protest the neologism "criming" while yet agreeing with the message.

[tclambert]

22. Why? New wordism is fun, and starts the bestest arguments while Scrabbling.

Okay, the best arguments come from using real words no one knows. Try fardels, quietus, or bodkin--all from Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech. Guaranteed to get you accused of cheating.(Quietus is worth 16 points.)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. Now it's #SCRABBLINGWHILEWHITE.

[WinkyDink]

44. Love it!

[alfredo]

34. New words are a sign of a vibrant, living language/society.

[WinkyDink]

47. I've used the OED, don't need a mini-lecture on the language. Not all new words have to be

considered "acceptable". "Criming" exists only to fit into 140 characters on Twitter.

[alfredo]

50. I wasn't lecturing, just stating the obvious. Some words, just like

species, don't make the cut.

[WinkyDink]

45. Heh--Brit Lit teacher here. ;-)

[trusty elf]

7. I once got pulled over in Texas

for going too fast through a school zone. I had an expired California license and an expired inspection sticker. The cop let me off with a warning.


On the other hand, in the 60's a Houston cop tried to run me off of the road while I was riding my bike.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Yup. That is consistent with a story that I heard about a neighbor kid.

He was drunk while driving and when the cops pulled him over the kid was smart enough to show the cop an application to a prominent college, and the cop advised him to go home and stay there until he sobered up. Yeah, the guy was white.

[left_of_center]

11. just would add..

#criminwhilewhite is a brilliant hashtag. It's not like white people don't get arrested or in trouble, but there's a much greater chance of catching a break, that's for sure. Forget the petty stuff. Seen plenty of people get off for what should have been major drug charges because of their connections (and white skin).

[NightWatcher]

12. If Justin Bieber were black he'd have been shot dead by police years ago

That little drag racing stunt in the rich, white suburbs with the lamborgini would have been the end of him.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. I can relate to # 3. Four of us were fighting these white dudes in a parking lot in Columbus

OH. When the cops showed up, the other guys ran. The cops let them get away and one of them (cop) pulled out his gun on us.

[okaawhatever]

15. One of the best ones: Stealing all the land marked purple on this map #Crimingwhilewhite

[logosoco]

16. As a middle aged white woman who drives a mini van, I am so

invisible to cops I thought I should get into the drug business. It's like the perfect cover.

(as long as I stay out of some neighborhoods, there i stick out like a sore thumb because my car is very old).

[DeSwiss]

21. Not in Scarsdale though......

- It's already taken....

[gollygee]

46. Same here

Every time I speed by a cop or run a very yellow light in front of a cop, I worry that I am finally going to pay the price and get pulled over. I'm shocked it hasn't happened yet. I have 0 points on my license but I have a problem with attentiveness and therefore I'm not the best driver. I deserve a few tickets anyway.

[ErikJ]

18. Chris Rock tweet

Chris Rock ?@ozchrisrock 2h2 hours ago
BREAKING NEWS: Police are upset about the #CrimingWhileWhite trend on social media, but they've decided to let everyone off with a warning.

[Derek V]

19. Yep

"okay, Derek, just make sure you tell your Dad about this, y'hear?" I nodded, didn't tell my father, and the cop never checked.

[DeSwiss]

20. K&R!

[MindPilot]

32. That is a perfect christmas card right there.

Sadly perfect.

[LanternWaste]

25. I've got close to a dozen anecdotal stories of my own in line with these.

I've got close to a dozen anecdotal stories of my own in line with these. Half of them involved me holding a loose joint in my hand while driving-- in Texas nonetheless!. Every result (except one, a citation for speeding) was the same-- "go home, get some rest and don't let me see you again."

White, male, clean-cut and well-dressed.

And the story my friends and I still chuckle about resulted in a police officer saying (direct quote) "well, since you appear more sober than I do..." (now go home, get some rest and don't let me see you again).

[MrScorpio]

26. Signing off for a while… Leaving you all with this one...

How the NYT treats a black murder victim vs. a white serial killer:






Later, everybody!

[demmiblue]

28. Brilliant. K&R

[jamzrockz]

29. I find it hard that a cop

will pass on an easy arrest just because someone was white. I mean they can see your skin color before they pull you over and if they were planning to let em off because they were white, why stop them in the first place?

[BumRushDaShow]

31. Welcome to AmeriKKKa. nt

[Taitertots]

38. Why? Arrests are just more work.

I find it hard to believe that you think police officers like doing more work and getting nothing in return.

Its not "planning to let them go". It is letting a disproportion number of white offenders go while using disproportionate force against minority offenders.

[uponit7771]

52. Please google Investigative Traffic Stops

[gwheezie]

30. White lady here

Was in an apartment on 116th at in the 70's before gentrification buying drugs. Police busted in saw my white face and told me to get out of there.
Walking through penn station at 0400 since I was pretty fucked up I was walking several feet behind my friend who was black. Walked past a couple of cops and they didn't say a word. My friend slowed down do I could catch up. The po-po then noticed me and stopped me and tried to claim I was prostituting
Waiting for a cab with the same friend. Cops pulled up with the same accusation that they saw me prostituting. I was never questioned by a cop for anything if I was with a white man.

[Ykcutnek]

33. I pissed off some rich people with my alleged crimes, so I got raided by state police. nt

[Packerowner740]

36. I live a clean, drug and alcohol free life, don't speed, don't shoplift

And don't even get a second look from the cops.

Oh, and I carry a gun every single day.

[MrScorpio]

37. I'm sorry...

But in relationship to the OP, I'm not quite understanding your point.

Would you care to elaborate?

[jillan]

40. Well good for you! What do you want - an award?

[haele]

41. Well, that's certainly an angelic life. Though it sounds like a rather timid life.

I'm glad you don't have to struggle through life, and hopefully, you won't find yourself in a situation where someone mistakes you for a druggie, reckless driver, or shoplifter, and that you never drop your gun or get it stolen off you.

BTW, a couple decades ago, I was pulled over coming home off shift work around zero-dark -thirty because I was driving around 50 mph and "weaving in my lane" on the freeway even though I was within the speed limit- I was tired, still had ten more miles before I got home, and the road was wet. The officer initially thought I was drunk. Luckily, I was a 34 year old white woman in uniform at the time, so even though I was more than a bit cranky, he "gave me a break" and just told me to be a bit more aware getting home. Didn't even make me take a breathalyzer test.

Would you get the same treatment if you get pulled over like that? Do you seriously think a black driver or a Hispanic driver that had the same qualifiers as you do - including carrying that gun (which I hope is registered) - would get the same treatment if they were pulled over like that?

Haele

[La Lioness Priyanka]

43. And?

[LeftyMom]

49. Do you want a cookie?

And I'm calling bullshit that you don't speed.

Here's the deal: The underlying context of the discussion is that cops treat black people differently than they treat white people doing the same shit. Your (stupid and undoubtedly wrong) assertion that you never engage in any minor misbehavior is beside the point, because people of color get hassled by the cops for doing absolutely nothing wrong so often that there are names for the different varieties of hassling: DWB (Driving While Black,) Stop and Frisk, etc.

And your carrying a gun points out another discrepancy: how often black people get shot because they supposedly (how do we know when the only witness is the person who shot them?) made a gesture that looked like they might be moving their hand toward a gun they didn't have, or because they were carrying a toy gun (in a state where real guns are totally legal to carry around) or a toy sword as part of a costume, or some other thing that's entirely less threatening than what you apparently do as a matter of routine?

So thanks for inadvertently making everybody's point with your ill-considered post.

[NOLALady]

51. Interesting.

We live a clean, drug and alcohol free life, don't speed (well, hubby does sometimes), don't shoplift, don't carry guns.

We always get second looks from cops when we are together. Hubby never gets a second look when he's not with me. But, he didn't inherit too much melanin.

[Blue_Tires]

39. epic kick

[BlancheSplanchnik]

42. bam. the end.

[steve2470]

48. big kick and rec! nt