Current Events > Black woman racially profiled for illegally parking in a handicap space

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When will this sick racism end?

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/06/29/arrest-outside-st-clair-shores-b-dubs-raises-questions-of-racial-profiling/


An African-American woman says she’s a victim of racial profiling in St. Clair Shores.

Rai Lanier, 27, of Grosse Pointe was arrested after police ran her license plate and found she was wanted on an outstanding ticket.

Lanier parked illegally in a handicapped space waiting for carry-out from a Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Clair Shores. That’s when police approached her — and after running her license found the warrant for her arrest.

“There was a strong odor of marijuana and the driver admitted there was marijuana in the vehicle and indeed there was,” says Police Chief Todd Woodcox. “She was arrested for warrants — for tickets that she failed to pay.”

Michigan United, a social justice group, wants to know if this is a pattern of racial profiling andhas filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act “to determine if people of color are more closely scrutinized, and subsequently arrested and fined, than white people. Amber York, a spokesperson for the multiracial, social justice organization said “In March 2015, the Department of Justice clearly established that the pattern of arrests and citations in Ferguson, Missouri was driven by revenue production–not public safety. We have good reason to believe that’s the same thing that’s happening here in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.””
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she had a warrant, plain and simple

and she got caught because she illegally used a handicap space, not because she was black

idiots

Jesus Christ.


STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE!
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Arresting black people for committing crimes has gotta be the most racist thing ever
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Wait... She already had an outstanding ticket for parking in a handicapped spot illegally?

Sounds like the cops were just patrolling and checking for that sort of thing... Which obviously happens because she's been caught for it before... <.<
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Wait, what. She parked illegally, had a warrant and had weed in the car. Oh yah, definitely racism happening.
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lol
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Lol
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Wait, what. She parked illegally, had a warrant and had weed in the car. Oh yah, definitely racism happening.

Keep this in mind when people cry out racism, discrimination, sexism, any victimhood.

Obviously doesn't apply to all but it applies to plenty.

Is this topic parody?
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this seems like sour grapes on her part but cops generally do profile Blacks in handicap spaces who aren't 9 million years old (good ol broken windows policy on anybody who you know happens to be Black)
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smoliske posted...

she had a warrant, plain and simple

and she got caught because she illegally used a handicap space, not because she was black

idiots

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Bump
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coolboy11 posted...

this seems like sour grapes on her part but cops generally do profile Blacks in handicap spaces who aren't 9 million years old (good ol broken windows policy on anybody who you know happens to be Black)

If a police sees a car in the handicap spot and they don't have the placard thingy, why not check it out?
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"Profiling! All these white people do the same thing and get away with it..... probably! I think!"
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