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jonno99

(2,620 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:57 PM Oct 2015

Armed Black Man's Post on Traffic Stop Is Internet Smash

Steven Hildreth Jr. was "a black man wearing a hoodie and strapped"—he was legally carrying a gun—when stopped by a Tucson police officer for a broken headlight. And yet, he and the officer involved were respectful to one another, and both walked away from the incident unscathed, Hildreth writes in a Facebook post that's been shared more than 250,000 times. In it, Hildreth tells the story of how he informed the officer he was carrying a weapon near his wallet, the officer disarmed him as per protocol and checked his ID, and ultimately let him off with a warning to get the headlight fixed.

http://www.newser.com/story/215259/armed-black-mans-post-about-traffic-stop-is-an-internet-smash.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=iHeartRadio&utm_campaign=story

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Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
2. Would you prefer what we see when armed cops abuse/kill unarmed citizens?
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:58 PM
Oct 2015

Armed brotherhood for the win.

jonno99

(2,620 posts)
3. Perhaps your response was tongue-in-cheek, but a logical conclusion one might draw from your
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 02:10 PM
Oct 2015

comment is that POC would have no trouble with (white) cops if only they would "join the brotherhood" and became gun-owners.

sarisataka

(20,864 posts)
7. Finally an admission
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 02:58 PM
Oct 2015

Gun owners are not intrinsically violent or racist.

You have taken a step on the path. Keep going

 

bowens43

(16,064 posts)
4. he should have been arrested. he should spend time jail.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 02:34 PM
Oct 2015

the laws that allow this behavior are an abomination.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
5. That almost sounds kinda racist
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 02:43 PM
Oct 2015

Black man in a hoodie with a legal gun. He obeyed all the existing laws, answered all the policeman's questions honestly, and was let off with a warning re: his burnt out headlight.

But you favor police arresting any black or white men or women that are obeying they law, just because you don't like the laws but are just too lazy to actually do anything about them?

How very, very progressive of you. No wonder gun control efforts suck so bad.

 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
15. Undoubtedly racist, and not the first time for that particular poster
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 02:25 AM
Oct 2015

They have a documented history of advocating violence and oppression against legal black gun owners

An AA man assaulted while legally carrying a gun in a store? Here's their response:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=159688

we have a right to protect ourselves against gun toting idiots.

he should have broken his damn arms....

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
16. Why that racist shit was allowed to stand baffles me.
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 07:50 AM
Oct 2015

It should have been hidden and the poster banned for being a stone cold racist.

sarisataka

(20,864 posts)
6. So now you want
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 02:54 PM
Oct 2015

A black man jailed even though he has done nothing wrong...

I suppose that is a step up from having his arms broken.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
12. "he should have been arrested. he should spend time jail."
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 07:13 PM
Oct 2015

I know I won't get an answer, but I have to try,
why should he have been arrested and spend time in jail?
He was obeying the law.
Your post sounds kinda racist.

 

TeddyR

(2,493 posts)
14. What behaviour is that?
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 07:55 PM
Oct 2015

Driving with a broken headlight? The only law he was breaking relates to his headlight.

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