News Nov 30, 2009 at 1:02 pm

Scruffy While Black

Dan Savage
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Seriously. Expect some normally unacceptable police behavior today.
PedestrianMe on November 30, 2009 at 1:11 PM Report this
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^ Well, in broad daylight anyway.
PedestrianMe on November 30, 2009 at 1:11 PM Report this
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I'd like to see the one with the rifle...shoot.
baconpussy on November 30, 2009 at 1:12 PM Report this
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Listening to the SPD scanner gives me a new appreciation of what our police have to deal with.
Talk about stress!
Vince on November 30, 2009 at 1:16 PM Report this
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Hey baconpussy, I hope you have a long, dismal, frustrated and hateful life.
on November 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM Report this
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Maybe all the scruffy black men who aren't Maurice Clemmons should leave Seattle for a few days to make things easier.
T-Bone on November 30, 2009 at 1:26 PM Report this
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I think if I looked even the tiniest little bit like this guy, I'd be keeping an awfully low profile right now.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on November 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM Report this
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mpf. You realize baconpussy was indicating sexual attraction to the officer with the rifle and not some sort of deathwish against black men. Right?
veo_ on November 30, 2009 at 1:29 PM Report this
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@8: yikes, thank you! No shooting of anyone, any color conveyed here...I just wanna see that cop naked and, well, you know...
baconpussy on November 30, 2009 at 1:33 PM Report this
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keep hammering the racial profiling angle, savage. would you be happier if they were acting like the TSA & patting down blonde toddlers & cambodian grandmas, too?
Max Solomon on November 30, 2009 at 1:36 PM Report this
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oh god, sorry baconpussy! I misread you.
on November 30, 2009 at 1:36 PM Report this
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Totally irrational overreaction.

On behalf of the rest of us, sorry for putting you thru hell today, scruffy black dudes.
Will in Seattle on November 30, 2009 at 2:00 PM Report this
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Better keep Charles indoors
meks on November 30, 2009 at 2:01 PM Report this
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I know that gun is black and scary, but police don't carry full-auto.
Amnt on November 30, 2009 at 2:05 PM Report this
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I saw this scruffy black man while walking down Melrose and Pine call somone a "faggot" yesterday cause he didn't like the way he was looking at him. I hope the cops shoot him on purpose... I mean by mistake.
on November 30, 2009 at 2:05 PM Report this
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It may have been hyped or become more acceptable to do so in plain light but similar treatment to this perhaps a little toned down is everyday treatment not only for black men but for black women also.
Loveschild on November 30, 2009 at 2:21 PM Report this
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@11: No prob...I need to remember not everyone lives in my hypersexualized world. I can totally see where you may have misread that.
baconpussy on November 30, 2009 at 2:26 PM Report this
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Tough shit. Four cops were a helluva lot more inconvenienced the other day.
on November 30, 2009 at 2:51 PM Report this
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A black guy on the loose in lily white Seattle? Don't worry, they'll find him. Only take a couple hours. *Phew*
Confluence on November 30, 2009 at 3:25 PM Report this
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Hey, if you look like the suspect who murdered four police officers it's only reasonable that you may be stopped and questioned as part of the manhunt. I believe this is reasonable no matter the suspect's skin color. Better a few people get inconvenienced than more people get murdered.
Justy on November 30, 2009 at 3:27 PM Report this
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on November 30, 2009 at 4:46 PM Report this
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"Hey, if you look like the suspect"...

Sure, that doesn't sound unreasonable, although too often we're talking about fitting a two word description when it comes to black males (and to only a slightly lesser extent black females).

Worse, given population figures and throwing in lower socio-economic status in, as well, stopping black males in "the area", "works".
on November 30, 2009 at 4:59 PM Report this
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Boy was I right. Less than 24 hours later, dude is shot dead. Finding a black guy amongst the sea of whites in Seattle is EASY.
Confluence on December 1, 2009 at 5:31 AM Report this

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