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irisblue

(32,982 posts)
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 02:36 PM Jun 2018

White Woman calling cops on Black people, again, vol # 987654321

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https://www.theroot.com/depressed-debbie-calls-police-on-black-neighbors-becaus-1826602734/amp?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=The_Root_twitter&__twitter_impression=true

From the article...."This latest viral video in the ongoing series of white people calling the police on black people features a white woman who is either drunk, high, suffering a bout of mental illness, or just white, making a 911 call while lounging poolside at an Oklahoma City apartment complex.

When the first video posted to Facebook begins, the woman is already on the phone with the authorities. When Poolside Patty hangs up, a woman identified as Ja’Maya Burleson asks the woman why she called the police......

And then, holding back tears, Pat the Crestfallen Pool Girl explains to the officer how much it hurt her to see the other black people laughing and taking pictures. Then she alleges that one of the black women threatened her (which the witnesses deny).....

The officer interrupts the white woman and informs her that he has patrolled that apartment complex for three years and didn’t even know the pool existed until another man flagged him down and told him that “a short little blond lady” was at the pool causing a scene because she was “drunk or on something.” .....


When it was her turn, the black women tries to calmly explain the situation, but Patty interrupts with sobs, explaining how scared she was of the people who, she admits, did absolutely nothing to harm her (unless you count her frail, alabaster sense of entitlement). Finally, the cop realizes that Patty is actually “on something,” and decides to leave.

The “something” that Patty was on is called “white privilege.”


Paragraphs edited by me to meet citation limits.



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White Woman calling cops on Black people, again, vol # 987654321 (Original Post) irisblue Jun 2018 OP
I couldn't get the video to C&P. The article is worth the read, IMO. irisblue Jun 2018 #1
Harriot Is Great ProfessorGAC Jun 2018 #8
Two things. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #2
"or just white" ailsagirl Jun 2018 #16
Written By: NCTraveler Jun 2018 #3
that was a lot of craziness Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #4
Just another day for folks malaise Jun 2018 #5
K&R gollygee Jun 2018 #6
There ought to be a WH hotline for situations like this ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #7
Why was poolside Patty not given a drug search, breathalyzer, arrested for false reporting? IronLionZion Jun 2018 #9
Calling the police.... zentrum Jun 2018 #10
If only the cops would have safeinOhio Jun 2018 #11
I know right is there a law against making false reports like this?! uponit7771 Jun 2018 #22
K&R ck4829 Jun 2018 #12
that's almost as good as barbtries Jun 2018 #13
She as "on something" but the cop did nothing about that? sdfernando Jun 2018 #14
K&R Scurrilous Jun 2018 #15
K&R burrowowl Jun 2018 #17
Seriously? Bettie Jun 2018 #18
Kicking for early pm crowd irisblue Jun 2018 #19
I watched the videos and I think that this is a case of mental illness. yardwork Jun 2018 #20
Her (blond womans) automatic assumption that she is entitled to attention irisblue Jun 2018 #21
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
2. Two things.
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 02:40 PM
Jun 2018

"who is either drunk, high, suffering a bout of mental illness, or just white"

That made me laugh out loud.

Second, one of the number one ways cops get aggressive with POC is by claiming they are on something. It starts questions about a possible search, getting the person to look guilty if the don't grant it, so then an actual search occurs. Poolside Patty should have been dealt with in the same manner.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
3. Written By:
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 02:45 PM
Jun 2018

Michael Harriot
World-renowned wypipologist. Getter and doer of "it." Never reneged, never will. Last real negus alive.


ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
7. There ought to be a WH hotline for situations like this
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 02:56 PM
Jun 2018

Speak directly to the Rump. Tell him all your white woes. Commiserate with someone who will actually understand your pain.

IronLionZion

(45,457 posts)
9. Why was poolside Patty not given a drug search, breathalyzer, arrested for false reporting?
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 03:54 PM
Jun 2018

white privilege

barbtries

(28,799 posts)
13. that's almost as good as
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 04:45 PM
Jun 2018

the person who called 911 because burger king didn't leave the pickles off his/her burger. okay, details not correct.
here it is.

sdfernando

(4,935 posts)
14. She as "on something" but the cop did nothing about that?
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 04:45 PM
Jun 2018

If poolside patty was a POC and the cop determined she was "on something" I'd guess an arrest would have been made. Talk about white privilege!

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
18. Seriously?
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 05:36 PM
Jun 2018

WTF lady?

Cops need to start arresting people who waste their time on stuff like this.

And if "Patty" was on something, they should have, if not arrested her, walked her back to her apartment to sleep it off and let the people who were at the pool to relax and have fun get on with their day.

Patty is one of those people who ruin it (whatever "it" is in any situation) for everyone else.

yardwork

(61,650 posts)
20. I watched the videos and I think that this is a case of mental illness.
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 07:31 PM
Jun 2018

There doesn't seem to be anything overtly racist in this woman's actions. She's drunk and mentally ill.

irisblue

(32,982 posts)
21. Her (blond womans) automatic assumption that she is entitled to attention
Wed Jun 6, 2018, 08:50 PM
Jun 2018

Is a pretty privileged & entitled response. On both videos, her behavior may/maynot be 'chemically enhanced'.

YMMV

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