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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
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so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

Of course nobody on this forum actually thinks it would be ok for a police officer to grab them or a family member by the hair, pull them on to the floor, slam their face on the ground and sit on them in similar circumstances, if it happened to them or a family member they would be raging. The bad faith arguments and obfuscation is being used to cover up the fact that they just want black people treated differently.
The same white supremacists who believe black people need a brutal police regime to keep them in check will soon appear on another thread to lecture black people about how they just can't get ahead because they're too lazy.
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. social
2. current
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

So... That's a no then?
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. social
2. current
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

So... That's a no then?
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. social
2. current
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

Is there any evidence that the girl in question committed a crime?
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. social
2. current
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

Luhe, I think the former officer should be charged with assault, I think this because there seems to be good evidence that he committed assault and I don't believe police officers should be above the law, or that there should be exceptions for when the victim is black.
Re: authority, it's too broad a question to answer simply, as someone who wears eye glasses and takes them off when swimming, I think I would also be unhappy to leave a scene without my property and with no good reason to do so, though as a white man it is unlikely that I would have been assaulted for this.
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. social
2. current
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

Luhe, when exactly would she have been able to have the calm discussion with the barrel rolling officer if she left the scene? The point anyway is that there doesn't seem to be evidence that she was being 'bratty' just for the fun of it.
What do you think should happen to the police officer btw?
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. social
2. current
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

Luhe, have you even seen the video? We're talking about a police officer who was throwing barrel rolls and in a clear rage, not a chap to be reasoned with, indeed, when she told him he violently assaulted her. You're talking shit, quite frankly.
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. social
2. current
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

The request really wasn't that reasonable. The girl was hesitant to leave because she wanted to pick up her glasses. The idea that she should abandon her property (eye glasses are expensive) because of a power tripping policeman is rather ridiculous. She was probably worried about getting in trouble with her parents who would have had to replace the glasses.
Generally if you violently assault someone and pull a gun on people you will be charged for it, there should be no exception here.
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. social
2. current
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

Billyblobber, you write a great post, but there's an overlap here, we wouldn't get the same response to a video that showed a violent assault on a white girl.
These views lead to the creation of policies that hurt black people, which is the real problem of racism as you know.
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. social
2. current
so today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.

my response: it shows a clash of expectations.

i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
Laika

Racism and sexism are still alive and well on JWN I see... :/
It should be surprising to see the violent assault of a teenage girl who broke no laws and exhibited no violent or threatening behaviour not just defended but praised, but when that teenage girl is black it's basically par for the course around here.