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EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
19. THIS is what the Starbucks cops should have done
Tue May 15, 2018, 09:04 PM
May 2018

This also illustrates something I wrote in another thread - that police don’t have to just take the word of the caller. Check it out and put the burden on the person making the accusation to explain why the person is suspicious, not make the accused person prove that they aren’t.

That is refreshing! n/t TexasProgresive May 2018 #1
About damned time. In Tennessee, no less. Aristus May 2018 #2
Wow! Can't even go to work. SCVDem May 2018 #20
First officer on the scene was a middle aged white guy mythology May 2018 #25
Thank you. SCVDem May 2018 #29
It's not just refreshing, it should be department policy. LisaM May 2018 #3
The police did their jobs right. Blue_true May 2018 #4
Good MustLoveBeagles May 2018 #5
But who'd want to move in next to HER? LisaM May 2018 #6
The homeowner should be pissed... lame54 May 2018 #16
Looks like she also had issues with the other neighbor who showed up OnlinePoker May 2018 #34
Experienced that get the red out May 2018 #54
Maybe they are getting the message mcar May 2018 #7
+1 dalton99a May 2018 #62
She probably brings down the property value in that neigborhood IronLionZion May 2018 #8
I was raised to be a racist SCVDem May 2018 #35
Good on you for resisting the hate they wanted you to follow lunasun May 2018 #43
Right on brother roscoeroscoe May 2018 #45
Smart, calm, honorable man and a couple of good cops. byronius May 2018 #9
I wonder what the percentage is BigmanPigman May 2018 #10
Wow, finally a "feel good" story involving police and POC. nt Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #11
He needs to stay far away from that property now. She will seek retribution. nt DRoseDARs May 2018 #12
Then she wins. nt gollygee May 2018 #14
Tennessee. I'm sure she knows or knows someone who knows someone who dons a white hood... DRoseDARs May 2018 #17
Luckily since he's an investor, he's likely not going to live there. 7962 May 2018 #18
I have to admit it. BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #13
Isn't it a shame that when nothing happens, it's a story ? rickford66 May 2018 #15
THIS is what the Starbucks cops should have done EffieBlack May 2018 #19
Totally different situation. If the owner of the property had been at this house.... Honeycombe8 May 2018 #24
Why am I not surprised that you popped in to try, once again, to defend that illegal arrest? EffieBlack May 2018 #27
Why am I not surprised that you popped into an unrelated thread, Honeycombe8 May 2018 #31
The only relevant difference is that, in this instance, the cops did their jobs correctly EffieBlack May 2018 #36
The two situations are different, period. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #60
Saying something you don't like is not "hijacking" EffieBlack May 2018 #71
It's hijacking. It's not the subject of the thread, or even same situation. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #72
Do you go around jumping in to police the responses to EVERYONE's OPs or just the ones that EffieBlack May 2018 #73
racism, starbuck and here heaven05 May 2018 #84
really heaven05 May 2018 #49
What does what you wrote have to do with anything? brush May 2018 #42
Maybe your if is showing roscoeroscoe May 2018 #46
Yur if is showing. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #61
what are you saying? heaven05 May 2018 #48
You got some 'splainin to do. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #64
no, it's you, you, you heaven05 May 2018 #75
It looks like you were holding up a mirror when you made that post. brer cat May 2018 #83
You're describing a third situation that never happened. Iggo May 2018 #66
Post removed Post removed May 2018 #70
Even after being told she was in the wrong pecosbob May 2018 #21
By that logic, does every liberal male beat women like Eric Schneiderman? mythology May 2018 #28
Like every cop is always on the racists' side treestar May 2018 #58
This isn't a scared, pearl-clutching white lady RockRaven May 2018 #22
I can't believe she called the cops after she saw the contract. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #23
Forget it. He told her what he was doing. She should have believed him. applegrove May 2018 #26
Oh, yeah, that happens. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #30
Well she asked. He gave her a good answer. Why did she call the police. applegrove May 2018 #38
Oh, I agree. Asking initially might be okay. It's after that that got weird. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #39
'splainin, 'splainin heaven05 May 2018 #51
'Splain yourself, please. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #59
lol Iggo May 2018 #69
He put a sign out in front so people would know why he was there gollygee May 2018 #52
oh my god JustAnotherGen May 2018 #87
I don't believe heaven05 May 2018 #50
I live in a neighborhood with blacks. Are you calling me a racist? Honeycombe8 May 2018 #67
Do keep talking EffieBlack May 2018 #74
++ heaven05 May 2018 #77
Lol! Indeed EffieBlack May 2018 #78
totally heaven05 May 2018 #79
oooohhh, with black people really?? heaven05 May 2018 #76
More police need to respond this way. LiberalFighter May 2018 #32
So the real story is mountain grammy May 2018 #33
Unfortunately zipplewrath May 2018 #63
True that.. mountain grammy May 2018 #65
Michael, don't go back. IluvPitties May 2018 #37
The takeaway to me was the second officer to show up.. GulfCoast66 May 2018 #40
70% of Memphis is black. This woman is just ignorant, but it happens all the time here. Luciferous May 2018 #41
It will take more than that EffieBlack May 2018 #80
This message was self-deleted by its author GulfCoast66 May 2018 #85
You're right EffieBlack May 2018 #86
Frigging awesome insight in this video! C Moon May 2018 #44
what the hell? heaven05 May 2018 #47
Excellent! get the red out May 2018 #53
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #55
They should have cited her for nuisance calls to the police Scalded Nun May 2018 #56
Great Article Gothmog May 2018 #57
See how easy that is? world wide wally May 2018 #68
He did an excellent job documenting that PatSeg May 2018 #81
I read stories like this xxqqqzme May 2018 #82
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