I called the local police once because a handful of kids (let's say, late teens) were walking through the parking...
I called the local police once because a handful of kids (let's say, late teens) were walking through the parking lot of the condo complex where I live looking in the windows of various cars. A little later the police still hasn't arrived and I called back to say it looked like they went through a neighbor's window. The dispatcher actually asked me if I was she they weren't allowed in the home. I responded with, "Well, they went through the window not the door..." To which she replied, "but you don't know if they're guests who forgot their keys or not?"
I didn't know that for sure, but their behavior was highly suspicious and less like a guest would behave, in my opinion. However, she kept pushing that point home: you're sure they're not friends of the homeowner, that they're not supposed to be there?
Finally, frustrated, I said, "The woman that lives there is a middle aged single white woman. It looks like three black guys walking around inside and one outside keeping an eye out from the front porch. No, I'm not sure they're not guests, but I'm also not sure she isn't in there with her throat sliced or bring gang raped."
But you can't be sure...?
It wasn't until I said I'd get my gun and go check that she said she'd send someone out. Over all, thirty minutes had passed. The kids left and the police arrived. Sure enough, the screen was cut and the house was broken into. The woman who lives there wasn't home at the time but I spoke with her the next day. She said they took a few pieces of jewelry and some cash but nothing else.
My point? Someone minding their own business isn't suspicious. Someone going through a window is. People and the police need to know the difference.
via Marla Caldwell
Originally shared by Cynthia S.
When the police are like you are wasting our time with this bs....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3071957/It-s-not-illegal-black-Cops-complain-online-white-people-getting-freaked-black-neighbors-wasting-police-time-911-calls.html
I didn't know that for sure, but their behavior was highly suspicious and less like a guest would behave, in my opinion. However, she kept pushing that point home: you're sure they're not friends of the homeowner, that they're not supposed to be there?
Finally, frustrated, I said, "The woman that lives there is a middle aged single white woman. It looks like three black guys walking around inside and one outside keeping an eye out from the front porch. No, I'm not sure they're not guests, but I'm also not sure she isn't in there with her throat sliced or bring gang raped."
But you can't be sure...?
It wasn't until I said I'd get my gun and go check that she said she'd send someone out. Over all, thirty minutes had passed. The kids left and the police arrived. Sure enough, the screen was cut and the house was broken into. The woman who lives there wasn't home at the time but I spoke with her the next day. She said they took a few pieces of jewelry and some cash but nothing else.
My point? Someone minding their own business isn't suspicious. Someone going through a window is. People and the police need to know the difference.
via Marla Caldwell
Originally shared by Cynthia S.
When the police are like you are wasting our time with this bs....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3071957/It-s-not-illegal-black-Cops-complain-online-white-people-getting-freaked-black-neighbors-wasting-police-time-911-calls.html
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