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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That video makes her look like an absolutely horrible human being. But I think the Twitter mobs need to be careful, given that none of us witnessed the full interaction.

By way of example, let me share my teenage son's experience yesterday  - he was verbally harassed leaving a park in our neighborhood by some older white men. My husband, who is not white, witnessed this, it seemed totally unprovoked, and he confronted the men. It ended without violence or police, but even the confrontation was shocker since my husband and son are both about the most conflict-averse people I've ever met.

We later learned from my son's friend that other kids they knew had been in an argument with the older men over some recreational equipment at the park. My son spent a few minutes sitting with his friends and they were laughing about the argument. They were sarcastic and probably even mocking. Should the white men have harassed my son when he was leaving the park? No, of course not - he hadn't even had any contact with them. But he wasn't entirely blameless either.

Everyone is a little nuts these days. I think that Central Park woman was wrong and what she did was dangerous. But without seeing what preceded the snippet, I'm hesitant to call for her firing and imprisonment (as many, many people on Twitter already have done.)[/quote]

She pretended to be assaulted. She basically called a firing squad on this man.

Also...I think that  you should quit with your fake story. Your DH and son are not non-White.

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PP here: it's an absolutely true story. Why would I bother writing this otherwise?

I don't condone what the Central Park woman did. I'm just pointing out that the video may not tell the whole story.[/quote]
I have no idea why you shared this story, even if it’s true. The only similar thing is that your story took place in a park. Your son may have been a jerk to some stranger, but no one called the police and lied about being attacked by a black man. Do you not see the difference? Seriously?[/quote]

We don't know what happened in terms of the interactions before he recorded it.  Clearly he provoked her in some way to get the reaction and she was in a panic because of what he said prior.[/quote]

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