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Police say white people wasting police time with 911 calls about black neighbors Daily Mail Online
A black person fishing in a community pond, two black people jump-starting a car and āsomeone from the Middle East looking meanā ā these are all āsuspiciousā scenes that have prompted members of the public to dial 911.
These calls were revealed by serving and former police officers who took to the internet to air their astonishment at white people panicking sometimes simply at the mere sight of someone with different racial lineage being nearby.
Dozens have joined an online discussion thread to share their experiences.
The first post, on Redditās ProtectAndServe forum, which was set up for the law enforcement community, was called āPeople, please stop making my job so difficultā and written by a verified police officer called sf7.
He wrote: āSo I'm working last week and get dispatched to a call of 'Suspicious Activity.' Ya'll wanna know what the suspicious activity was? Someone walking around in the dark with a flashlight and crow bar? Nope. Someone walking into a bank with a full face mask on? Nope.
āIt was two black males who were jump starting a car at 930 in the morning. That was it. Nothing else. Someone called it in. People. People. People. If you're going to be a racist, stereotypical jerk... keep it to yourself.ā
Shortly after the post went up, police officer Amipow revealed that he got a call āabout someone illegally fishing in a community pondā.
He continued: āOnce I arrive, I see a middle aged black man fishing in the pond. He looks over when I pull up and immediately approaches me. He said, "Let me guess, my racist neighbors called again saying that I didn't live here."'
A former 911 dispatcher called Nursehokiehi said that lots of people rang in to report a āsuspicious personā and when asked for clarification as to what was suspicious about the individual, āmost would mumble, stumble or even whisper āumm, heās/sheās blackā or āMuslim-lookingāā.
Nursehokiehi added: '[replying] "Ma'am, it's not illegal to be black (or Muslim, or Mexican, etc)... " usually worked.'
Other racist complaints aired on the thread include a lady who called the police because a black man was sitting in a truck opposite her house, a woman in a college town who reported a āmiddle easternerā strolling along looking āmeanā - the officer failed to find this person among the 200 or so walking around - and an anonymous resident dialing 911 at the sight of a black woman walking to her mail box.
And a traffic officer with the handle TeenageExplorer wrote: āWe frequently get calls about black men and women and kids, yes kids, walking. Like WWB [Walking While Black] was actually a crime and not a Twitter joke.'
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- One officer was called to investigate two black people jump-starting a car
- Another cop was dispatched to confront a black man fishing in a pond
- Woman dialed 911 after seeing 'mean-looking Middle Easterner' on street
A black person fishing in a community pond, two black people jump-starting a car and āsomeone from the Middle East looking meanā ā these are all āsuspiciousā scenes that have prompted members of the public to dial 911.
These calls were revealed by serving and former police officers who took to the internet to air their astonishment at white people panicking sometimes simply at the mere sight of someone with different racial lineage being nearby.
Dozens have joined an online discussion thread to share their experiences.
The first post, on Redditās ProtectAndServe forum, which was set up for the law enforcement community, was called āPeople, please stop making my job so difficultā and written by a verified police officer called sf7.
He wrote: āSo I'm working last week and get dispatched to a call of 'Suspicious Activity.' Ya'll wanna know what the suspicious activity was? Someone walking around in the dark with a flashlight and crow bar? Nope. Someone walking into a bank with a full face mask on? Nope.
āIt was two black males who were jump starting a car at 930 in the morning. That was it. Nothing else. Someone called it in. People. People. People. If you're going to be a racist, stereotypical jerk... keep it to yourself.ā
Shortly after the post went up, police officer Amipow revealed that he got a call āabout someone illegally fishing in a community pondā.
He continued: āOnce I arrive, I see a middle aged black man fishing in the pond. He looks over when I pull up and immediately approaches me. He said, "Let me guess, my racist neighbors called again saying that I didn't live here."'
A former 911 dispatcher called Nursehokiehi said that lots of people rang in to report a āsuspicious personā and when asked for clarification as to what was suspicious about the individual, āmost would mumble, stumble or even whisper āumm, heās/sheās blackā or āMuslim-lookingāā.
Nursehokiehi added: '[replying] "Ma'am, it's not illegal to be black (or Muslim, or Mexican, etc)... " usually worked.'
Other racist complaints aired on the thread include a lady who called the police because a black man was sitting in a truck opposite her house, a woman in a college town who reported a āmiddle easternerā strolling along looking āmeanā - the officer failed to find this person among the 200 or so walking around - and an anonymous resident dialing 911 at the sight of a black woman walking to her mail box.
And a traffic officer with the handle TeenageExplorer wrote: āWe frequently get calls about black men and women and kids, yes kids, walking. Like WWB [Walking While Black] was actually a crime and not a Twitter joke.'
Read more: Police say white people wasting police time with 911 calls about black neighbors Daily Mail Online
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