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panader0

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16. I've been busted twice for possession. The first time I attempted to flee.

Reply to GReedDiamond (Original post)

Sat Jan 28, 2023, 09:07 AM

Jan 2023

I was tackled when I slipped on some gravel and the cop got on my back and put his nightstick under
my neck and pulled up hard. I couldn't breath at all so I was trying to get my hands on it to pull it down.
He kept shouting "Stop resisting!" So I was charged with possession and resisting arrest and thrown in
jail.
So I definitely benefitted from being white. If I had been black, I probably would have been shot instead
of being tackled. Now weed is legal here--go figure.

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Here's my story about being beaten by a cop back in the early 1970s... [View all] GReedDiamond Jan 2023 OP

I'm thinking All-American White Privilege KS Toronado Jan 2023 #1

Back then, "Marijuana" - even in all white communities, like mine... GReedDiamond Jan 2023 #2

No, not at all. KS Toronado Jan 2023 #3

"I'm thinking All-American White Privilege wouldn't get a person beaten & pistol whipped" GReedDiamond Jan 2023 #4

Right before the beating, did they see you was white? KS Toronado Jan 2023 #8

There were zero people of color involved in this... GReedDiamond Jan 2023 #9

I'm so sorry that happened to you. I had a boyfriend that did time for dealing. littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #5

Yes, that is my whole point, being a recipient of this type of PRIVILEGE... GReedDiamond Jan 2023 #7

I hear you moniss Jan 2023 #12

The brother of a guy I went to grade school with was beaten to death by cops... greatauntoftriplets Jan 2023 #6

Sort of like the grins they had when they took Fred Hampton outside dead. GreenWave Jan 2023 #14

Back in moniss Jan 2023 #10

Yes, thank you...nt GReedDiamond Jan 2023 #11

even more privileged here Kali Jan 2023 #13

God, what a horrifying story! I'm so sorry that happened to you. highplainsdem Jan 2023 #15

I've been busted twice for possession. The first time I attempted to flee. panader0 Jan 2023 #16