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Should those who call the police on innocent Blacks be punished?

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We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
 
Yes, basing who can be convicted of some criminal law entirely on race sounds like a great plan.
 
independentusa said:
We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
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Yes. They are wasting cops time and are being blatantly racist. They should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, because law and order must rule all.
 
Oh, and it’s Trumps fault.
 
independentusa said:
We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
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Well there is “calling the police” and there is filing a false report.

The Po-Po don’t mind because often they can clear up some warrants.
 
independentusa said:
We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
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We can't really do that.

People are encouraged to call the police when they think something suspicious is going on. Everyone has a different definition about what is suspicious. Telling someone not to call, just because the suspect is black is counterproductive.
 
X Factor said:
Yes, basing who can be convicted of some criminal law entirely on race sounds like a great plan.
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HowardBThiname said:
We can't really do that.

People are encouraged to call the police when they think something suspicious is going on. Everyone has a different definition about what is suspicious. Telling someone not to call, just because the suspect is black is counterproductive.
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He meant neither of those things; however, it could create hesitation to call and that's not good, so bad plan. It's like people wanting to prosecute women for "false claims". Unless it rises to filing a false claim (requires that be knowingly) or perjury, then we'd rather people come forward even if they're not sure.
 
independentusa said:
We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
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Why wait until they call? White people are inherently racist so it would be easier to just lock a few up every week until people start coming around.
 
ecofarm said:
He meant neither of those things; however, it could create hesitation to call and that's not good, so bad plan. It's like people wanting to prosecute women for "false claims". Unless it rises to filing a false claim (requires that be knowingly) or perjury, then we'd rather people come forward even if they're not sure.
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It does not surprise me you’ve come in to defend the OP, birds of a feather and all, but he flat ****ing said only white people would be subject to prosecution.
 
independentusa said:
We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
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I was under the impression filing a false police report was already a crime.
 
independentusa said:
We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
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Have we? Or have we a spate of people only uploading this particular setup to social media? People call the police on other people all the time for minor piddly s***. My husband has had someone call the police on him, twice, when he used a friend's car that had handicap tags on it. He didn't park in a handicap space. In fact, one time he parked on the complete opposite end of the row.

Unless you can show pattern that the individual only targets minorities, you are only assuming racism, and we all know assuming does. And while I don't doubt that some of them are, there have been plenty of examples where it was more likely the person was just an arse, such as the woman and that kid who mowed part of her lawn.

All that aside, a law should never apply to one set and not the other. In fact we fought for years to eliminate such laws (Jim Crow), and now it seems you to bring them back, even if applied differently.

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Kobie said:
I was under the impression filing a false police report was already a crime.
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Calling the police and filling a report, false or otherwise, are two different things. The OP wants to make the former now Illegal, but only if certain races call the police on certain other races. The other way would be perfectly legal.

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independentusa said:
We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
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You are probably referring to calling about a stranger in the neighborhood. Why would one not call, just because the person is of color? Should everyone ignore potential risks? If and when I notice someone, I'll observe first. If they act suspiciously, I might alert other neighbors. If it continues, I'll call the cops and have them check it out, instead of confronting a person who's intent I do not know.
We don't live in very friendly times. We have break ins. Why chance it? Depending on where you live, you might answer differently. It is all good. We can always apologize for the misunderstanding.
 
Should people be arrested for hyperbole? Should people be arrested for race baiting? Hate mongering?

Another ridiculous thread.
 
First...if a call is found to be utterly frivolous and not made in good faith, but rather simply to waste the Police's time or to purposefully weaponize them as a form of harassment, I have no issue with there being legal repercussions or at least the threat of such. I believe there are laws already on the books that can deal with that.

Second...that is the case regardless of the race of the target or the perpetrator

Third...that's different than someone making a call to 9/11 because of an honest belief that the call is warranted, but ultimately the call being unwarranted. While I understand that will at times cause some individuals to potentially have to deal with police when not necessary, the deterrence factor in having to stop and think "OMG, if I'm wrong can this get me arrested" and potentially NOT calling the police when someone see's a problem is too high for me to support such a law that would criminalize simply mistaking a situation and calling it in.
 
Kobie said:
I was under the impression filing a false police report was already a crime.
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It is, and should be. Specifically, I believe it's in cases where the person knows it to be false when they are reporting it.

I THINK what the OP is talking about is a different situation. For instance, say a person see's someone unfamiliar walking in the neighborhood, going up to houses and lingering for a bit before moving to the next one. They call the cops suggesting there's a suspicious person and asking them to come take a look. The cops come, find out the person is simply taking notes for campaigning efforts in the neighborhood, and is no threat. However, because the individual is black, then the person who called should apparently be charged with something because it's wasting the officers time. But seemingly, if the individual was not black, then they shouldn't be?

Or something like that.

Essentially the difference between making filing a false report and filing a DUMB report, and criminalizing the latter if the person being reported is black.
 
independentusa said:
We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
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I have had police called on me in black neighborhoods while doing property checks and rekeys on abandoned/repo properties, even after knocking on their doors to introduce myself and letting the adjacent neighbors know what my business was in the neighborhood. My van was well lettered and logo'd with the real estate company I represented.

I have had the cops called on me in black neighborhoods because my truck and tool trailer took up to much street parking. I had one guy threaten to smash my windshield, and another wanted to fight me if I didn't move my ****. (even though I was legally parked)

I had the cops called on me for cruising through black neighborhoods looking for new abandoned properties for my investors to buy up. (driving while white?)


I have been pulled over at least a dozen times by the (Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Suffolk) cops who would ask me what I was doing in the particular black neighborhood .................without being called in on.
 
X Factor said:
Oh, and it’s Trumps fault.
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First, I never mentioned Trump, you are the one who brings him up. Secondly, you don't think that these people who are WHITE, are not being racist when they call the police on someone who they think shouldn't be where they are and the only ones they call on just happen to be black? Just so you know I am white and I have lived all over the country being a service brat before I was in the service myself, so I have seen how people treat each other. And no, whites aren't the only ones who can be racist, but these incidents of whites calling the cops on blacks are happening way too often and something needs to be done to slow this up. The latest I saw on Facebook was a pool guard calling the cops on a black who had the right to be in the pool.
 
independentusa said:
We have had a spate of whites calling the police on innocent black people who are doing nothing but living their lives. Should there be legal punishment for doing so seemingly with the only reason being that the person they called the Police on is black and not where the white person feels they should not be? It seems to waste the police 's time and keeps the police from doing other more important duties.
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The basis for every call has been something other than race.

How are you going to prove in court that race was the deciding factor?

I would like to see you try.
 
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