Police Arrest Teenager with Food on Metro

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Anonymous wrote:There are many many dcps students that travel to school in large packs. During certain times of the day you can assume an African American youth is a dcps student with about 90% surety.

Stereotypes on race aside. Normally they are pretty poorly behaved

Well, yes - most teens moving in packs are pretty poorly behaved in one way or another. A friend and I made the mistake of going to Busch Gardens on Band Day. There were hordes of teens (mostly white) that were obnoxious and loud as hell (sound familiar?). They were cursing, impolite, blocking paths so that people couldn't get by...

We laughed and reminisced about being a stupid teenager and kept moving.

I call total bullshit on this story. A bunch of lily white band kids are at Busch Gardens acting like asses? Where were their chaperones? No employees spoke to them about that behavior? That behavior elicited giggles from you and your companion??? Cool story bro. But keep running that "but white kids..." narrative, as if it will change anything in the black community or how the community is viewed.

For the record, nobody's going to simply giggle and reminisce at the sight of a bunch of black kids being loud, obnoxious, cursing and blocking paths. And with good reason too. Many will shoot you for simply "disrespecting" them. Again, I can't believe you didn't think that fantasy through a bit. I mean, the football team perhaps, but the band kids???? They are not known for being the roughest, toughest group in school--in any community, black or white.

So white teenagers (and the nerdy band kids) don't act like teenagers? LOL, cool story, bro.

You're obsessed with white teens. This is about band kids. Your story's a crock of bull. But in your attempt to demonize white kids and normalize the horrible behavior of many (innercity) black teens, you told a story that just doesn't have a ring of truth.

And the fact that you think being loud, obnoxious, cussing and blocking paths--especially in a public, family friendly place populated with small children is somehow acceptable says a TON about why the AA community is in the condition that it is in now. Usually when obnoxious teens behave in that manner, it's when adults are not around.

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Anonymous wrote:Trains don't work, people get raped, real crime occurs - kid with food gets targeted


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-transit-police-arrest-teenager-for-carrying-chips-and-lollipop-into-station/2016/10/19/1360a014-9627-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_metro-635pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Metro Transit Police are being criticized for excessive use of force after a video posted Tuesday showed an officer pushing and tripping a high school student, knocking her to the ground, after she refused to throw away a bag of potato chips and a lollipop.

The three-minute video, posted by a member of the District’s Black Lives Matter chapter, shows the 18-year-old in handcuffs, surrounded by three police officers, just outside the fare gates at Columbia Heights station.

I remember bringing a banana in the metro and an officer coming up to me and saying "please discard the banana or we will have to fine you." Bam! Apologized, said I completely forgot (which I did) and threw it away. You know what they said back "Have a nice day." Done and over.

All I see here is complete disrespect and her not complying with the Metro rules or direct security/police orders. My child would NEVER act that way towards a police officer. If she did, I would expect this to happen, apologize to them for her wasting their time with her behavior, make her apologize directly for her behavior, and also make sure she had enough community service hours cleaning the same metro station she completely made a fool of herself in.

But for some reason, there are people in this world that believe that they don't have to comply with rules or orders and can come and go as they please. Then play victim when an officer does anything. I am sure her mom will be just like her and turn this into a circus. You can hear the man video taping in the background "she is just a little girl." No, she was a straight up B with attitude, fighting with police, and cursing like a sailor. That is not a little girl.

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Self-entitled trash is what she is. Just adding to the stereotype that hardworking African Americans are trying to get rid of.

How does that work? Because all African Americans are the same and some random girl in the Metro station represents all of them?

No but if the entire country continues to see AA's disrespect police and have people videotaping saying "she is only a little girl" after she jumped the turnstile, eating, cursing, and fighting, then you are enabling others to increase this attitude and it is becoming harder and harder for everyone (cops and civilians) to not regard race into their decisions. AA's like this girl are making BLM worse and the fact someone video tapes it to show she was wronged and not just a B, is even worse.

Your ignorance is so astounding it's unbelievable. I see a lot of white people acting crazy on youtube, so now I regard all white people as lunatics.
You realize your point is asinine, don't you?

Please post all the crazy white teens refusing to put down guns, act out, cursing, disobeying the rules, and throwing a fit like this lunatic did against police. Every episode I see of teens in school with police officers, they are black. Sorry it is that way. Media loves it and the culture is continuing down that path.

Let me ask you, is this girl acting this way because of racism or is there racism because of girls like her?

Oh my god you are truly sick. A belligerent teen is now responsible for racism and you get all your ideas about black folk from world star hip hop.
You need Jesus and a brain.

I'm a black female, and I'm sick and tired of our race saying, "Yeah but white people..." at every turn, as if the black community does not have some very REAL and serious issues. Unfortunately, they will not be addressed as long as we play victim and refuse to acknowledge it. The PP has a point. Her behavior does make the race look bad and it does support stereotypes. Sure teens of other races can be ridiculous assholes, but her behavior is sadly typical of what I saw as a teacher in DCPS (and the reason I left). Let's not pretend otherwise.

What I am trying not to pretend is that your statement is totally ridiculous.
1) Just because you are black does not mean your point is a ridiculous stereotype

2) what "black community" Donald Trump? Not all black people live in the same "community" We don't all live in crime infested inner cities and we are not all uneducated

3) Not all black teens are belligerent, just like not all white college boys are swimming rapists

4) DCPS students do not represent all black teens, maybe you need to get out more and meet some more black folk, most especially black teens, they don't happen to all behave the same

5) Knowing 500 black teens with similiar behaviour, does not mean you get to generalize about the millions of black teens that don't act like that or know the ones who do act an ass

6) Only small, lazy minds take the behaviour of a few as an excuse to generalize about the many who happen to share the same gender, race, ethnic background, religion, etc.

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NOTHING you typed will negate the fact that there are some VERY REAL AND SERIOUS ISSUES in the black community that can only be addressed and resolved within the community. But that will never happen as long as some continue to offer counterarguments and excuses for inappropriate, self-destructive, antisocial behavior.

Please refer to number two, again I ask you what community do you know of that all damn black people live in? Do you live there? you said you are black do you live in that so call community and are you addressing issues with I assume your kids, since all black teenagers act the fool I guess that means you did too when you were teenager!! again I ask you can you give me the address, the cross street, the landmark of this so-called black community where all us us bulletin dashing, non-parenting , uneducated colored folks live ?!!!
And while you're at it you want to let the white folks know the cross street house number landmark so they can get to the white community where all like he is all on heroin, make the Olympic swim team and making up stories where they're raping their 12-year-old and getting less than a month in jail where they're blowning up federal buildings , going in churches and committing mass murder, going to elementary schools and shooting up little children .
See how asinine and ignorant that kind of generalization sounds? because that's how you sound !
BYE FELECIA

Again, your attempts at deflection will do nothing to erase the fact that there are SERIOUS issues within the AA community. Sadly, they are cultural, deeply-ingrained, and unlikely to ever change because we don't want to address them. Instead, some prefer to become defensive and point out the occasional shocking school shooting that makes headlines because it is quite rare. While black teens shoot and kill each other every single day for breakfast lunch and dinner. So much so that it's rarely ever a major news story. Instead, it's just another day of regular ol' reporting.

Go ahead, compare the number of white kids shooting up schools to the number of black kids killing each other EVERY.SINGLE.DAMN.DAY. Whether it's a drive-by shooting or stabbing over a pair of shoes, the crimes far outnumber white kids who shoot up elementary schools and blow up federal buildings. So stop the foolishness.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ Actually I am not that dumb - I have two masters degrees and a PHD in anthropology.

Look internally to fix the problem within the black community rather than pointing outward at what white kids do to justify poor behavior.

I do not expect you to fix this kid - but there are observations that the behavior of one group of DCPS/DC teens tends to be different (in general/overall) than others.

No, degrees not withstanding, you are dumb. Observations of a small sample are not research nor representative. If you didn't buy your degree online, your anthropology coursework should have taught you about research and confirmation bias.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ Actually I am not that dumb - I have two masters degrees and a PHD in anthropology.

Look internally to fix the problem within the black community rather than pointing outward at what white kids do to justify poor behavior.

I do not expect you to fix this kid - but there are observations that the behavior of one group of DCPS/DC teens tends to be different (in general/overall) than others.

No, degrees not withstanding, you are dumb. Observations of a small sample are not research nor representative. If you didn't buy your degree online, your anthropology coursework should have taught you about research and confirmation bias.

Clearly you are not reading what is being said or mixing up different posters. Also. Confirmation bias aside on the observation front. Read the statistics. I only mention that consistent enough observations occur. Despite the race of the observer. It will tell you a similar story. I frankly do not have the time nor initiate to break it down for you. Kindly continue to play ostrich. It harms me in no way.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the reason for the arrest. I understand that food is technically not allowed on Metro, but what do we say about all the yuppies in Lulu Lemon with a Whole Foods bag? I see this as prejudicial enforcement.

It is a about EATING and DRINKING on the Metro, not carrying food you are transporting. It is not a "rule", it is a law. It is not a suggestion, it is a law. I think the kid had it coming, not heavy handed, but all the defiance to the police is ridiculous. You can't fine a kid under 18, so all you can do is arrest them, and have the parent take care of it.

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I wish people would stop with the whole "black community" stuff. Generally, these are the same people who say there is no rape culture perpetuated by men . Or that a few racists aren't representative of all Whites.

But blacks are a special case apparently, because these same deniers of other community and cultural forces at work then claim systemic and representative cultural problems in the black community, based on a few people. Cognitive dissonance at its worst

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Anonymous wrote:I wish people would stop with the whole "black community" stuff. Generally, these are the same people who say there is no rape culture perpetuated by men . Or that a few racists aren't representative of all Whites.

But blacks are a special case apparently, because these same deniers of other community and cultural forces at work then claim systemic and representative cultural problems in the black community, based on a few people. Cognitive dissonance at its worst

Amen

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Well, yes - most teens moving in packs are pretty poorly behaved in one way or another. A friend and I made the mistake of going to Busch Gardens on Band Day. There were hordes of teens (mostly white) that were obnoxious and loud as hell (sound familiar?). They were cursing, impolite, blocking paths so that people couldn't get by...

We laughed and reminisced about being a stupid teenager and kept moving.

I don't know about "most" but some teens are well behaved on metro. I know there have been some stories about misbehaving Gonzaga boys on metro, but from what I've seen (Red Line from Silver Spring), the Gonzaga boys were a well-behaved crew (even giving up seat to me when I was pregnant). It actually made the thought cross my mind: what nice boys. Boys of all different races, BTW.

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Parent of Gonzaga boy here. Not to brag, but my son's fellow classmates are the most polite, well behaved group of boys I have ever met. I am so proud of the fact that my son is associated with this wonderful school which stresses respect for all and being men for others.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish people would stop with the whole "black community" stuff. Generally, these are the same people who say there is no rape culture perpetuated by men . Or that a few racists aren't representative of all Whites.

But blacks are a special case apparently, because these same deniers of other community and cultural forces at work then claim systemic and representative cultural problems in the black community, based on a few people. Cognitive dissonance at its worst

Criminals and assholes come in all races but the black community has serious issues many would like to excuse away and deflect.

'School to prison pipeline' is a term used in no other poor communities than black ones. It doesn't exist in the poor mining towns of WV or predominantly white poor rural areas.

You won't find those kids killing each other over Justin Beiber or Tim McGraw shoes.

No other race glorifies self-hate and violence in their music.

All other races surpass the AA community financially, academically. I can't believe all these years after focusing and throwing $ at AAs in public schools the achievement gap still exists.

But there's no problem.

Mmkay

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Anonymous wrote:I wish people would stop with the whole "black community" stuff. Generally, these are the same people who say there is no rape culture perpetuated by men . Or that a few racists aren't representative of all Whites.

But blacks are a special case apparently, because these same deniers of other community and cultural forces at work then claim systemic and representative cultural problems in the black community, based on a few people. Cognitive dissonance at its worst

Criminals and assholes come in all races but the black community has serious issues many would like to excuse away and deflect.

'School to prison pipeline' is a term used in no other poor communities than black ones. It doesn't exist in the poor mining towns of WV or predominantly white poor rural areas.

You won't find those kids killing each other over Justin Beiber or Tim McGraw shoes.

No other race glorifies self-hate and violence in their music.

All other races surpass the AA community financially, academically. I can't believe all these years after focusing and throwing $ at AAs in public schools the achievement gap still exists.

But there's no problem.

Mmkay

Your ignorance surpasses that of any race
BYE!

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^^^ maybe the tone. But stats do support this.

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It's strange all of the very hostile and mean comments coming when there are any criticisms of African Americans, even if constructive. I think the level of reaction and how presented is indicative of what is going on, and how the next generation is being taught.

Take the feedback. Provide evidence otherwise if exists. Hold hostile/mean comments for things way off base and borderline racist.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish people would stop with the whole "black community" stuff. Generally, these are the same people who say there is no rape culture perpetuated by men . Or that a few racists aren't representative of all Whites.

But blacks are a special case apparently, because these same deniers of other community and cultural forces at work then claim systemic and representative cultural problems in the black community, based on a few people. Cognitive dissonance at its worst

Criminals and assholes come in all races but the black community has serious issues many would like to excuse away and deflect.

'School to prison pipeline' is a term used in no other poor communities than black ones. It doesn't exist in the poor mining towns of WV or predominantly white poor rural areas.

You won't find those kids killing each other over Justin Beiber or Tim McGraw shoes.

No other race glorifies self-hate and violence in their music.

All other races surpass the AA community financially, academically. I can't believe all these years after focusing and throwing $ at AAs in public schools the achievement gap still exists.

But there's no problem.

Mmkay

Your ignorance surpasses that of any race
BYE!

You may not like what I have to say, but it's not ignorance. It's all supported by facts and stats, as one pp pointed out.

I speak as an AA who wants the race to do better. Sadly that will never happen if we keep blaming slavery , denying a problem exists, attempting to deflect by saying, "but what about white people..." , and justifying the foolishness.

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Anonymous wrote:It's strange all of the very hostile and mean comments coming when there are any criticisms of African Americans, even if constructive. I think the level of reaction and how presented is indicative of what is going on, and how the next generation is being taught.

Take the feedback. Provide evidence otherwise if exists. Hold hostile/mean comments for things way off base and borderline racist.

Amen!

Applause.