California woman charge with hate crime against Black Amazon driver

[frauenfelder]

Originally published at: California woman charge with hate crime against Black Amazon driver | Boing Boing

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[Papasan]

[nick_warr]

Let’s past tense that verb, stat!

[DonatellaNobody]

@frauenfelder

Walrand and her boyfriend reportedly followed the Amazon driver because they thought he was speeding.

Yeah, that’s what I normally do when I suspect someone of speeding.

I’ll bet this person has never sped in her life, right?

[anothernewbbaccount]

@nick_warr

Let’s past tense that verb, stat!

Needs more @frauenfelder.

California woman charge…?

[Faffenreffer]

Stupidity may be natural, but racism is a learned behavior

Edit to acknowledge the high rate of comorbidity there. Curing one would go a long way towards eradicating the other.

[generic_name]

For a second I thought that was JenniferJason Leigh.

[docosc]

"You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" - SOUTH PACIFIC (1958)

[Hanglyman]

Good. Lock her up. Don’t let her out. She won’t be missed.

[RHK]

Well, the difference here is that he was suspected of speeding while black, which is a totally different thing from suspected speeding while white.

[Melizmatic]

Walrand and her boyfriend reportedly followed the Amazon driver because they thought he was speeding.

Unless you’re a traffic cop, and it’s actually your job, why should you care?

[kschang777]

This is definitely a “punisher Karen”.

A punisher Karen can be distinguished from other Karen subtypes by their characteristics:

• Out to “punish” someone for violating some standard she decided the victim did not meet
• Never mind she has no authority to “punish” anyone
• Then goes out of her way to attack the victim to “prove” her superior position (in her own mind)

Psychology of Karen III: The Punisher Karen Sub-type

[Bobo]

Berkeley…

unless they pull the jury exclusively from Berkeley and Oakland hills, good luck defending these a-holes!

[deltaecho]

Has karenitis always been around wafting in the environment and just wasn’t publicized?

[Papasan]

@deltaecho

just wasn’t publicized?

Or consequences for disgusting behavior.

[teknocholer]

@deltaecho

Has karenitis always been around wafting in the environment and just wasn’t publicized?

Just wasn’t recorded.

[almighty_bob]

I would say “Delivering while Black” should be added to the list of things you cannot do while living while black in the U.S. but sadly it’s already on the list and has been on it for a while now.

[kschang777]

It’s the basic opposite of Bigfoot.

Bigfoot: the more common cameras are, the less he’s seen

Karen: the more common cameras are, the more often she’s seen

I mean, there are Youtube channels dedicated to “Karens in the wild” nowadays.

[Hanglyman]

At this point the list can be summed up with “existing while Black”. Just ask Breonna Taylor.