@josh_e_smalls, Black Royalty, wrote:
When I got stabbed I didn't call the cops or go to hospital.
When those bihhhh ahhh niiiuhhhs ran in my house with guns I didn't call the
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#blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #blackmastodon
police.
It's not because I'm a tough guy, it's because when my store got robbed I was obligated to call the cops. I called them and they thought I was a burglar, I had on a name tag and work uniform.
The police pulled guns on me in 7th grade. I was a little kid and they
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said I had a weapon.
They told me they almost shot me. I don't call them.
@maple_deluxe, Black Royalty, replied:
Same. I will never call them folks for anything anymore. I've been pulled out of my car and slammed to the pavement for no reason.
I've had them roll up to
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my car every time I have ever been stopped with their hand on their gun.
I've had them almost pull out guns at me for just walking across a parking lot
Last time I called the police to report a suspicious person outside a grocery store they asked me if I would wait for
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the cops to get there: then boxed *me* in and tried to intimidate me
I have no record, and 1 ticket on my name for improper start of a vehicle. Yet EVERY TIME they escalate for no apparent reason. Imo they are worse than criminals. At least I can fight to the death without
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having b.s. narratives spun on me if Im fighting criminals. I have NEVER met a single policeman I have EVER felt comfortable around...
@josh_e_smalls :
Exactly, they approach with hands on guns ready to shoot. They don't listen and escalate violence, rapidly.
Then say they're scared.
@maple_deluxe :
That part.
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