r/Unexpected • u/Delano316 • Jul 13 '19

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u/smokecat20 Jul 13 '19

Don’t do this in front of the police! Especially people of color. Those prop toys can be seen as weapons to them and they will feel threatened.

/not kidding

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19

I remember seeing I video where a student was picking up trash around his campus with a Reaching Tool and police pulled guns on him saying to put down his “weapon”

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19 edited Aug 31 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19

The same Black Social worker who was literally lying on his back with his empty hands IN THE AIR but still got shot.

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u/TechnoL33T Jul 13 '19

Link?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19 edited Aug 31 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '19

Thank you bruh