I wouldn’t put it past them. Racism, man. The stupid hate.
That, of course, would be absolutely great… but a call involving a black man? How frivolous would that be to cops?
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Sounds like you’ve read (or are primed for) some Oliver Sacks (e.g., The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat).
Obvious statement is obvious, but for everybody claiming that it’s because the uniform wasn’t recognisable or “trust but verify”:
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As others have already mentioned, filing a false report is a crime, but laws are only as good as the willingness to uphold them.
Again, the will to enforce the law fairly has to be present… and I don’t exactly trust the authorities to handle the situation efficiently; given their overall track record when dealing with Black folks in general.
The lame justifications, excuses and apologolia never change; no matter how many times incidents like this happen, or how obviously based in racial bias they may be.
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But vegetation burns the same in East Oakland as it does in Piedmont.
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My dog escaped from my yard a few weeks ago and he has a GPS collar (he runs away a lot) so I tracked him to a yard a few blocks away. I simply opened the gate to the yard, walked in, grabbed my dog and closed the gate behind me. My brother was with me and I could tell we were both thinking “I couldn’t do this if I were black and it could endanger my life to ring the doorbell.” #privilegeacknowledged
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It wouldn’t dare! Doesn’t it know what those oakland hills estates are worth?
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That photo’s at a bit of a weird angle, but I imagine the hat says “[place] Fire Department” as well as the symbol on the jacket - both of which would be pretty plainly visible when the wearer’s standing in front of your door.
As the one who said “trust but verify”, I failed to state clearly enough that I meant that as a policy when someone is asking for access to your home or personal information.
Which is not at all the situation in the original post - as far as I can tell someone just saw a black guy looking at a building, assumed he was up to something, and called the police, which is pretty blatantly racist.
Thanks for calling me out on that.
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You may have used those exact words, but there was plenty of chorusing around the idea. Which lends legitimacy or at least benefit of the doubt to the actions in the story that isn’t earned. That’s what I was calling out, not any one individual. That’s why I said “everybody”.
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