More things blacks can’t do- cleaning and walking edition.

[Anonymous]

There is a litter problem at my nearest national park. There are all manner of random fast food, liquor bottles, even empty car oil bottles at the fringe edge of my nearest national park. For several weeks a huge Amazon (big yellow) box-bag has been sitting discarded, blown away, what have you. Today I had enough. While walking my dog I crawled into a mini raven grabbed the box and dragged it to the nearest trash can. I left it there at the guard shack next to the can.
That is when I realized I was wrong. A white women and her white male companion in their bmw i with md tags starting with D, decided to slow down, inspect me, and the box bag. I’m pretty sure she snapped a picture. It’s 8 something in the morning and I think I should explain. Then I realize I am an adult that moved a significant amount of litter to it’s proper location I owe this “woman” nothing.

Before my walk was completed the park police showed up.
Stop policing our bodies.

[Anonymous]

Did the park police question or harass you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did the park police question or harass you?

He took the box. I hightailed it home. I just didn’t have it in me today to explain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the park police question or harass you?

He took the box. I hightailed it home. I just didn’t have it in me today to explain.

But you could come on here and write it out to explain. Okay, you.

[Anonymous]

So people in a car looked at you and the park Police took away a large box?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did the park police question or harass you?

He took the box. I hightailed it home. I just didn’t have it in me today to explain.

But you could come on here and write it out to explain. Okay, you.

Yes. Black people encounters even with park police can end in death.

[Anonymous]

I am a litter picker (plogger) while taking walks. I carry a trash grabber, gloves and trash bags. I am Asian American. Police cars (actually park police) will often slow down and ask what I am doing? Whatever. It is ok. I reply and carry on.

What I have seen in the past few days - 2 black moms changing the diaper of their kids on the park bench and throwing the diaper in the bush. A white couple walking a dog, bagging its poop and hiding it under the leaf litter. A group of hispanic men and women, littering a small spit of land jutting into a lake with fast food wrappers and empty bottles of beer. One homeless man throwing a bottle filled with pee and a bag of poop in the woods...the poop bag is still hanging on the tree.

There is no way, you can explain this behavior. There are good people and bad people in the world. There are good actions and bad actions. Sometimes people cannot help their circumstances - but they can certainly not litter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So people in a car looked at you and the park Police took away a large box?

She called the police on me for appropriately disposing of litter.

Gaslighting will not work today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a litter picker (plogger) while taking walks. I carry a trash grabber, gloves and trash bags. I am Asian American. Police cars (actually park police) will often slow down and ask what I am doing? Whatever. It is ok. I reply and carry on.

What I have seen in the past few days - 2 black moms changing the diaper of their kids on the park bench and throwing the diaper in the bush. A white couple walking a dog, bagging its poop and hiding it under the leaf litter. A group of hispanic men and women, littering a small spit of land jutting into a lake with fast food wrappers and empty bottles of beer. One homeless man throwing a bottle filled with pee and a bag of poop in the woods...the poop bag is still hanging on the tree.

There is no way, you can explain this behavior. There are good people and bad people in the world. There are good actions and bad actions. Sometimes people cannot help their circumstances - but they can certainly not litter.

Thank you for plogging. Come on over our way anytime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So people in a car looked at you and the park Police took away a large box?

She called the police on me for appropriately disposing of litter.

Gaslighting will not work today.

You were not clear on this in your OP. You said they inspected you and that you thought they took a picture. You didn’t say anything about them calling the park police on you. Did you hear the phone call or are you assuming? Because, the park police does make rounds and they do patrol parks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So people in a car looked at you and the park Police took away a large box?

She called the police on me for appropriately disposing of litter.

Gaslighting will not work today.

You were not clear on this in your OP. You said they inspected you and that you thought they took a picture. You didn’t say anything about them calling the park police on you. Did you hear the phone call or are you assuming? Because, the park police does make rounds and they do patrol parks.

Ok. They did. And in my free time I will try to FOIA for the call .

Btw what would give her the right to inspect me? This is my neighborhood. She is not a member. It is small and we all know each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So people in a car looked at you and the park Police took away a large box?

She called the police on me for appropriately disposing of litter.

Gaslighting will not work today.

You were not clear on this in your OP. You said they inspected you and that you thought they took a picture. You didn’t say anything about them calling the park police on you. Did you hear the phone call or are you assuming? Because, the park police does make rounds and they do patrol parks.

Ok. They did. And in my free time I will try to FOIA for the call .

Btw what would give her the right to inspect me? This is my neighborhood. She is not a member. It is small and we all know each other.

A member of what? Your neighborhood? You said this was at a national park. Ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So people in a car looked at you and the park Police took away a large box?

She called the police on me for appropriately disposing of litter.

Gaslighting will not work today.

You were not clear on this in your OP. You said they inspected you and that you thought they took a picture. You didn’t say anything about them calling the park police on you. Did you hear the phone call or are you assuming? Because, the park police does make rounds and they do patrol parks.

Ok. They did. And in my free time I will try to FOIA for the call .

Btw what would give her the right to inspect me? This is my neighborhood. She is not a member. It is small and we all know each other.

You own the park and the neighborhood?

We have a finite neighborhood. She was a park visitor. Don’t be daft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So people in a car looked at you and the park Police took away a large box?

She called the police on me for appropriately disposing of litter.

Gaslighting will not work today.

You were not clear on this in your OP. You said they inspected you and that you thought they took a picture. You didn’t say anything about them calling the park police on you. Did you hear the phone call or are you assuming? Because, the park police does make rounds and they do patrol parks.

Ok. They did. And in my free time I will try to FOIA for the call .

Btw what would give her the right to inspect me? This is my neighborhood. She is not a member. It is small and we all know each other.

A member of what? Your neighborhood? You said this was at a national park. Ok.

As you are aware, many of our national parks are smack in the middle of neighborhoods. Or do you not see the homes on your way in to Great Falls?

[Anonymous]

OP, thank you for helping clean up! So sorry people were racist jerks.