capitalCORN
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"He's being non-threatening! GET HIM!"
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Autistic black teen, lost running a 5K, assaulted by a man who feared mugging
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"He's being non-threatening! GET HIM!"
Captin Quacker
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With eyes that send the mild mannered into a furious rage
Fulminator
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this line gets me
why the fuck should he have to listen to this guy telling him to get out of the road?
this guy isn't a fucking cop, he's just a guy
wtf man
I am his better and he didn't respond. We 1950s again.
Muppet of a Man
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As someone whose son is autistic, I would beat this motherfucker to a pulp if I had witnessed him do this to this kid.
This mother fucker got out of his car to go harass the boy. that alone tells you all you need to know. This fucking waste of life had no business going up to him, and his bullshit excuse that he though his wife was going to get mugged is ridiculous. If he feared that they why not stay in the car and lock the doors and drive away?
Literally the mentality that he is white the boy is black and therefore he is above him in every possible definition. His basic thought process is that the boy, due to his race and lets not sugar coat it, it was 100% because of his race, has to obey a white mans direct orders and be subservient.
This man is human garbage for what he did that day, and the fact that he even put his hands on the boy and does not get charged is all kinds of infuriating.
paradise_circus
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A minor and disabled person was attacked and several different persons witnessed the same thing. How comes he wasn't charged? Will he be charged after this shitstorm?
hopefully cops that decided not to charge get some kind of punishment... i dont care if it was just a shove, you dont shove a kid across the street whatever you think the reason is.
Fulminator
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yeah absolutely this guy is a racist asshole
i just can't even begin to understand how he thinks this way and how he can just expect this guy to listen to his ridiculous orders, or why he thought he was going to be mugged int he first place
of course it was all just an excuse for him to harass a black boy
just a disgusting human being
i almost choked to death
LordKasual
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underrated
The Last Wizard
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This shit is gonna keep happening until these people see that this isn't alright, be it by law enforcement(that'll be the fucking day) or vigilante justice. Go ahead and keep poking though. Also surprise surprise this thread barely getting much attention.
This isn't on the cops. The judge denied them.
ah, then its better... i didnt see that in AP article. thank you.
Gordon Shumway
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His wife gave the elderly looking teen "fuck me" eyes..that was the last straw..
Frozenprince
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His autism means that this fucking racist shit monger had traumatized him from ever racing again because he's established it as the primary outcome.
Fuck that guy I hope he loses his job and suffers like he made this poor kid suffer.
Fuck that guy I hope he loses his job and suffers like he made this poor kid suffer.
Frozenprince
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Seriously this angers me so bad on so many levels. It's hard enough being black, is hard enough being autistic, it sure as shit is hard being both. And now this kid loses his joy and doing something he loved doing because of a fucking bigot.
Yes. Guy who made the racial profiling thread. This is the net outcome of what you did.
Yes. Guy who made the racial profiling thread. This is the net outcome of what you did.
Like he hurt the kid emotionally and psychologically, scars that are extremely hard to get rid of. The part in the article where the boy turned in his equipment was the saddest part of it. He broke the boys spirit. This man is a monster. He took one of the few joys he had in his life.
This reminds me of a local news anchor last night. After a segment about how to stay from thefts, he added, "Some theifs may wear backpacks to hold the items they steal." As if a wearing a backpack was a criminal trait. My wife was like, "great now some guys going to see a black kid walking home from school and shoot him because he walks too close to his car in the drive way."
DAMN
Hydrophobic
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Many thieves are known to wear pants as they provide protection from the elements and pockets to hold smaller valuables. Be on the lookout for suspicious persons wearing pants in your area.
Same.
So damn awful for that man to do that, and that as a result this kid stop going to cross-country.
Depressing that the charges were originally denied.I don't usually get pissed from random news stories but this one hits close to home. I've got Asperger's and its hard to deal with people in general but getting such a shake up from such a big ass hole on what should be an exciting and joyous day is the fucking worst and doubly so for someone on the Spectrum. I won't use the words traumatic because I don't know if they're the right way to describe it but that kid is not going to forget this sad to say.
Waddle Dee
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Goddamn. I'm on the spectrum as well and my brother is really high(or is it low?) on the spectrum and he's had this sort of shit happen to him, where someone harasses him and it convinced him to stop doing something he loved doing. We're white, so I can't even imagine how hard it must be to be both autistic and black. This infuriates me and I can't believe that racist punk got away with it.
He thought a kid running in front of his car IN A RACING UNIFORM was going to rob him and his wife?
I don't he actually thought this, it was probably an excuse for the police. He's just a racist shitstain not capable of thought beyond guttural compulsions.
My little brother's autistic. He can't talk and his behavior can be very erratic. Some people just live in a bubble and can't comprehend those who are different, and are so quick to judge. Of course, this story seems to have a pretty clear racist element to it as well. Pretty upsetting overall.
RPGCrazied
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White privilege. They get away with everything in this country. Even taking over a federal building armed to the teeth with not even a slap on the wrist.
The real twist? The judge that denied the cops ability to press charges moonlights as a teacher at the Academy of Excellence in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dusk Golem
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This is what really bothers me about this too. It's very hard to describe autism in words, but one way I could describe it is that there are some very intense key moments in your life that kind of stick with you harder than anything else in life, and you get kind of focused on them. It ties into the same sort of thing that makes those with autism have limited but intense interests, but it goes also in the opposite direction that particularly scary or traumatic moments stick with you a lot stronger and you almost analyze it and try to understand what it means to your world view to a fault, especially when young and impressionable when you're trying to figure out who you are and your place in the world (which is true of all teens, but harder for those with autism who sort of feel a natural alienation from others but want to try and fit in somewhere).
So I can't imagine anything but this moment being one of those key moments that will stick and effect his world view. and that's make me legitimately upset.
Autistic runner's mom: outpouring of support boosts hopes of running again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnzM2Vv0R9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnzM2Vv0R9w
You won.
Ricky Ricardo
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As in the same Academy of Excellence when a teacher is in the spotlight for her xenophobic, racist comments toward and battery on a Muslim child?
Ploid 3.0
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Insane, good one.
Banana Aeon
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Disgusting story. I was shaking in anger reading the story.
Him turning in his running gear broke me. That's not fair.
Him turning in his running gear broke me. That's not fair.
Many thieves have legs to provide a quick getaway. Be on the lookout for suspicious persons with legs.
It really is ridiculous and you know some idiot will look at someone they already think is suspicious for "reasons" and use it as more confirmation. This is close to the same area where a month ago someone saw a woman walking their dog (outside their house) that they mistook for a clown so they fired warning shots in the air.
Now that would have been a real twist.
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