Four black teens were fundraising for their high school football team. Afootball team. A woman held them at gunpoint

[DougBH]

@westaussie

You could claim that. I can also claim that I can run the 100 metres in 6.7 seconds. Of course because I claim it doesn’t make it true.

For the record it isn’t true.

And for the record, it did happen. You can deny anything you want I guess unless there are pictures. No, if there were pictures they could have been created by computer.
But perhaps it is easiest for some to believe what fits their prejudices and deny the rest.

[westaussie]

Sorry I did not imply nor state that the actual incident did not occur. I was speaking to the suggestion you could claim you were stopped because you were white.

[Bodecea]

@TheDoctorIsIn

Anyone can “set foot on your property” with the intention of knocking on your door to talk to you/ask for donations/sell you ■■■■■ This has gone through every level of out Court system.

If you shoot at them, you go to jail.

Not always…sometimes they get away with murder.

[DougBH]

@westaussie

Sorry I did not imply nor state that the actual incident did not occur. I was speaking to the suggestion you could claim you were stopped because you were white.

Oh. Ok. I said I could have assumed it if I had wanted to. And I have no doubt I would have been wrong if I had made that assumption.

[Cynic]

You want to hide them?

[westaussie]

And that is very much the point . There would be very little evidence that a white person was targeted because they were white. However, it is extremely difficult to refute that there is more than an abundance of evidence that “black Americans” are targeted based on their skin tone.

[Munimula1]

My kids are white, so no. Never had a problem.

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

@Blackwolf

Let the game of “Both Sides Bingo” begin! Fun for partisans of all ages and persuasions!

I think it was the scary football jerseys they had on that intimidated her.

[sikofit]

@DougBH

And for the record, it did happen.

@DougBH

Cherry picked selective anecdotes are cute.

[sikofit]

@DougBH

Oh. Ok. I said I could have assumed it if I had wanted to. And I have no doubt I would have been wrong if I had made that assumption.

Are all races treated in society?

[conan]

Yeah right.

[PurpnGold]

@conan

Yeah right.

Yeah absolutely right

[MidwestIndy]

@sikofit

@PurpnGold

I’ve been banned for the same things you get away with everyday here. Must be nice

Same thing has happened to me

Yup…

[conan]

Keep it coming…get it all off your chest.

I’m here to help.

[conan]

I have better idea…why don’t you libs tell us what we can or cannot say. Make it easy for us. OK?

[Spartacus]

So, some of you would like it all White Washed? got it and NO

[tnt]

@conan

It’s OP attempt to paint conservatives out to be racist while ignoring their own racism.

Where does the OP say anything about conservatives?

[calirepub]

@sikofit

@conan

Notice I didn’t say “His” racism. I said their own. Meaning the democrats.

That’s a TOS violation too. I just got off a 2 week TO for exactly the same thing. Except that I meant Republicans

But did you add a smiley face?

[conan]

Maybe…just maybe some here should stay away from race conversation all together.

How that’s for concept?

[tnt]

@DougBH

My point wasn’t that racist acts don’t exist. But offensive or bothersome acts don’t occur only to black people. If I had mentioned that relatively minor (and true) incident that occurred to me, and if I were black, would anyone dispute me if I claimed it was because of my race?
If the person isn’t calling out racial epitaphs, then we don’t know whether the main cause was race or not. Sometimes it probably was. Sometimes it probably wasn’t.

It isn’t my job to go along in order to gather votes for anybody.

I don’t believe your story is true because I am white and not only has that never happened to me, I don’t know a single white person it ever has happened to.