2/2 turning the tables…. Putting white men on the other end of stop and frisk… or detain and identify…
Imagine you’re a white man.
Imagine you’re walking past a school, church or going to a festival or fair….
Imagine a group of armed men approach you demanding to know who you are.
You look confused. “Why is that important? why am I being stopped?”
They get aggressive, draw their guns on you and start shouting different commands because they not properly trained and everyone wants to take the lead.
You hear over the radio “white male reported near school/church/festival grounds, investigate for possible mass casualty event or ped*filia”
You hear an officer respond “we’ve made contact, detaining him and bringing him in for investigation”
Now you have to prove to them you are not 1 planning a mass casualty event and 2 that you’re not a ped*file attempting to take and hurt any kids….
Imagine that just because you are a white male you are accused of being a mass shooter or ped*file because 1 you’re white and 2 near school/church or festival grounds….
Is this what needs to happen in order for you to realize that detaining people because they’re brown until they prove their legal status in this country is wrong?
Take the criminals, jails are filled with them, no one wants to keep them around. Undocumented people in red states are being picked up from jails for actual crimes other than a civil infraction of being undocumented. Jails in IL also have undocumented people, why are ice terrorizing the streets and communities of Chicago rather than taking the actual criminals?
So, what needs to happen? Should we start reporting white males to the police because they are near schools churches and or festivals? Should white males be reported as suspicious of ped*filia or planning mass casualty events without any other qualifiers other than the color of their skin and location?
I don’t think that would be right…
Imagine you’re walking past a school, church or going to a festival or fair….
Imagine a group of armed men approach you demanding to know who you are.
You look confused. “Why is that important? why am I being stopped?”
They get aggressive, draw their guns on you and start shouting different commands because they not properly trained and everyone wants to take the lead.
You hear over the radio “white male reported near school/church/festival grounds, investigate for possible mass casualty event or ped*filia”
You hear an officer respond “we’ve made contact, detaining him and bringing him in for investigation”
Now you have to prove to them you are not 1 planning a mass casualty event and 2 that you’re not a ped*file attempting to take and hurt any kids….
Imagine that just because you are a white male you are accused of being a mass shooter or ped*file because 1 you’re white and 2 near school/church or festival grounds….
Is this what needs to happen in order for you to realize that detaining people because they’re brown until they prove their legal status in this country is wrong?
Take the criminals, jails are filled with them, no one wants to keep them around. Undocumented people in red states are being picked up from jails for actual crimes other than a civil infraction of being undocumented. Jails in IL also have undocumented people, why are ice terrorizing the streets and communities of Chicago rather than taking the actual criminals?
So, what needs to happen? Should we start reporting white males to the police because they are near schools churches and or festivals? Should white males be reported as suspicious of ped*filia or planning mass casualty events without any other qualifiers other than the color of their skin and location?
I don’t think that would be right…
36-40, F
