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tblue37

(65,340 posts)
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 11:08 AM Jul 2018

It just never stops!

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/walgreens-calls-cops-black-man-diabetes-trying-buy-product-insulin-pump-scarring/

Walgreens calls cops on black man with diabetes for trying to buy product for insulin pump scarring

Wesley Dozier told local news outlet KSDK that he stopped at the Walgreens on Monday night to pick up personal products to help with scarring from his insulin pump.

But employees accused him of stealing beauty products.

“I was more than anything shocked,” he said. “I felt threatened, but I was just simply confused.”

Dozier said he was searched by police. But he was released when they failed to find any stolen items.
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It just never stops! (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2018 OP
The orange blimp in charge lsewpershad Jul 2018 #1
And everything else that makes them human. Initech Jul 2018 #3
The airwaves, not the water supply. CrispyQ Jul 2018 #5
Oh I completely agree. Initech Jul 2018 #7
I can't believe that the left/dems still do nothing about this issue. CrispyQ Jul 2018 #10
And at the same time, there's been little pushback against the "liberal media" narrative. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #9
So true. CrispyQ Jul 2018 #11
Propaganda works. nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #12
Well, he does look pretty dangerous there... MineralMan Jul 2018 #2
#Civility Initech Jul 2018 #4
Are there people in the U.S. who have never seen a black person ??? SamKnause Jul 2018 #6
Not in St. Louis, where I was born and raised. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #8

Initech

(100,068 posts)
3. And everything else that makes them human.
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 11:27 AM
Jul 2018

I swear someone must be putting something in the water supply to make people this angry and hateful.

CrispyQ

(36,462 posts)
5. The airwaves, not the water supply.
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 11:48 AM
Jul 2018

And it's been going on for 40 years with very little counter from the left. Then, in 2008, Palin tested the water for putting obvious racist rhetoric out in the public sphere & she wasn't smacked down or shamed for it, by either the GOP or the media. One wanted votes, the other ratings. And here we are.

Ignoring hate radio was the biggest mistake the left made.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
7. Oh I completely agree.
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 11:58 AM
Jul 2018

We've been steamrolled, bullied and harassed by AM radio bigots for far too long. And the fact that nothing was done about it before it started is a huge stain, and now we're stuck with this bloated gasbag in the White House. Everything soulless and wrong with this country has come to fruition.

CrispyQ

(36,462 posts)
10. I can't believe that the left/dems still do nothing about this issue.
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 12:06 PM
Jul 2018


Apologies for sounding like I was lecturing.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
9. And at the same time, there's been little pushback against the "liberal media" narrative.
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 12:05 PM
Jul 2018

That narrative has been allowed to dominate for decades. Democrats have been on the defensive instead of going on offense, which is why "conservative media" or "corporate media" aren't household terms, while "liberal media" is.

CrispyQ

(36,462 posts)
11. So true.
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 12:09 PM
Jul 2018

They abandoned the narrative & even now don't try to capture it. George Lakoff has been telling it like it is for decades & no one in the party bothers to read him.

SamKnause

(13,102 posts)
6. Are there people in the U.S. who have never seen a black person ???
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 11:57 AM
Jul 2018

I truly don't know what the fuck is wrong with some people !!!

Was it their first encounter with a black person and it triggered terror ???

Trump has been trying to start a race war since he rode down the escalator

before announcing his candidacy.

He has divided this country like no other.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
8. Not in St. Louis, where I was born and raised.
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 12:03 PM
Jul 2018

This was just another instance of straight up racial profiling.

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