• @ABCatMom@lemmy.ca
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    114 days ago

    Yup. As a Canadian I was visiting TX many years ago and was dumbfounded when I saw a cop car roll past me, stop and then reverse… All so they could pace beside a black man walking on the sidewalk. He was wearing a nice suit and carrying a briefcase, clearly walking home from work. Racist assholes.

    • @infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net
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      104 days ago

      When I was working on a TV set in a not great part of Brooklyn they used to have us production assistants walk to the subway together when leaving for the night. It kept a black member of our crew safe when NYPD decided to pace us and single him out for harassment for a whole city block.

      • @ABCatMom@lemmy.ca
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        44 days ago

        😕 how horrible. I’m glad you all were there for him, it’s shameful though that our society as a whole still cares about skin colour 💔