MtownJacket
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It's a good thing this turned out like it did. As recent experience has shown, there is no guarantee that this will be the case. The young man showed considerable sang froid during the entire encounter. The cops behaved professionally, but such confrontations can be deadly for black folks and it doesn't take much for that to happen.
And, yes, it's too bad he didn't come to Tech. He's obviously just the quality of athlete and person we are looking for.
Click on the video, not the link.Am I missing something here? All I see is a link to his rivals.com recruiting profile. Has something happened?
There was no video in the original post, or at least what appeared on my screen. I assume what AE 87 posted is the original videoClick on the video, not the link.
I don't think they were harassing him; they had the usual police report right after a crime (i.e. pretty much incomplete and contradictory; it's surprising they ever catch anybody after the fact) and they were investigating. Luckily, most of the officers on the scene were obviously old pros who know how to ask for cooperation without making the situation worse. (For instance, they told him why he was being stopped and told him when they were going to look in his backpack. Little things like that matter.) And, after all, this is Iowa, just about the most low-key state in the Union.Still not overly clear what was going on, but it sure looked like harassment to me. At least the young man responded humbly and with good common sense.
There was no video in the original post, or at least what appeared on my screen. I assume what AE 87 posted is the original video
Apparently, for some of us here, for whatever reasons, we don't see photos or videos when they are pasted onto a post. But when the actual URLs are posted, we can see them. That is the case for TWEETS too; I (and others) can't see a TWEET that is pasted, but when Cuse started posted URLs for the TWEETS all we had to do was click on what he posted and we could see it.https://www .facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/1117993184957471/
Take the space from after the "www" in the url above and it should show you the video. Kudos to this kid and the cops for communicating with each other.
The video that AE 87 posted didn't indicate why they stopped him (the earlier crime), or at least I don't remember seeing it in that video. That being the case, you are right, it wasn't harassment, and they handled in very sensibly.I don't think they were harassing him; they had the usual police report right after a crime (i.e. pretty much incomplete and contradictory; it's surprising they ever catch anybody after the fact) and they were investigating. Luckily, most of the officers on the scene were obviously old pros who know how to ask for cooperation without making the situation worse. (For instance, they told him why he was being stopped and told him when they were going to look in his backpack. Little things like that matter.) And, after all, this is Iowa, just about the most low-key state in the Union.
The young man certainly helped his case, however, and it is salutary that the cops learned from him that he was frightening for his life. Everybody can learn a lesson from this.
The video that AE 87 posted didn't indicate why they stopped him (the earlier crime), or at least I don't remember seeing it in that video. That being the case, you are right, it wasn't harassment, and they handled in very sensibly.
You didn't mention the crime that was being investigated though; only the Pokemon.If you look at my post before my video post, you'll see a brief explanation of what happened.