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In reply to the discussion: More On the Incident With the Black Man Stopped With Hands in Pockets [View all]TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)12. The deputy did exactly what he should've done.
He had to respond to the 911 call. Reading a transcript of the conversation between the deputy and Mr. McKean the deputy was able to defuse Mr. McKean's anger and fear at being questioned. The only thing I think the S.O. could've done differently is maybe dispatch a black deputy. But that's no guarantee the deputy would have been as capable as this one.
We are all including Mr. McKean over sensitized to encounters between white cops and black people, but I don't think this incident was handled badly by the deputy.
http://patch.com/michigan/bloomfield-mi/watch-michigan-deputy-detains-black-man-walking-hands-pockets
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TexasMommaWithAHat
Dec 2014
OP
I'm white and was questioned for about 20 minutes by cops for a similar issue
mythology
Dec 2014
#38
Almost sounds like the movie Minority Report, except there was no crime that was being
still_one
Dec 2014
#29
Since the issue is that the police hassled this guy for no reason, maybe the proper
hughee99
Dec 2014
#34
Probably 20-30% of the calls for service when I was a deputy were that kind of BS
Lee-Lee
Dec 2014
#39