"Dont lie to me, thats a girl's name. What is your name?"
Black Teen ‘Mistaken’ for Larger, Bald Black Man Says Police in Calif. Drew Gun on Her, Punched Her in the Mouth
"A black 19-year-old woman says she was confronted by police at gunpoint, punched in the mouth and bitten by a police dog after Bakersfield, Calif., police apparently mistook her for a much larger, bald black man who was suspected of threatening people with a machete at a nearby grocery store.
According to the Bakersfield Californian, Tatyana Hargrove’s story is picking up more and more attention since the NAACP in Bakersfield posted a video to its Facebook page of her sharing her story. That video, in which Hargrove insists that race played a role in the brutal encounter, has gotten 3.8 million views so far."
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"Bakersfield police say they mistook the 5-foot-2, 115-pound Hargrove, age 19, for a suspect who was described as being a 25- to 30-year-old bald man with a goatee, who stands at around 5 foot 10 and weighs 170 pounds."
.............................................. A 5 ft 2 young woman confused for a 5 ft 10 bald man with a goatee.
fuck this shit.
http://www.theroot.com/black-teenager-mistaken-for-larger-bald-black-man-says-1796840022?utm_source=theroot_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
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"I'm a girl. I just don't dress like one."
Police stupidity + racism+ gender uncertianity =asshole cops.
Fuck that shit.
if they think she fit the description. Guess they just stopped listening after the word black.
I've read him putting in it in a different way but this gets that thought across
He is talking about his release with the song Call it what it is ( murder) last year and his own experiences
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/ben-harper-reluctant-protest-singer/475173/
***Also a good read for those who claim that economic equality alone makes everything just puppies and unicorns for POC 