A Colorado man wielding a banana probably should have just split.
Instead Nathan Channing, 27, was sent to Mesa County Jail after he pointed the piece of fruit at two sheriff’s officers Sunday and pretended it was a gun. ... The officers wrote in the police report they feared for their safety despite observing the supposed weapon was yellow. ... He received $10,000 bail on a charge of suspicion of felony menacing, the newspaper reported. The charge carries a maximum of three years in jail and $100,000 fine.
The officers wrote in the police report they feared for their safety despite observing the supposed weapon was yellow
I'm so tired of hearing that line, from civilians and police. What's next, citations for carrying a mango or apple because it remotely resembles the shape of a grenade? I hope the judge throws this out and severely chastises the officers in open court for being stupid. ATF will probably ban bananas as soon as they get done with the M855 rounds.
Da ****!? Where is that democratic drum banger Neptune? Ban banannas buddy?
I am sick of this pussy ridden moment of American History. No, not Black History you ****ing nimrods, but American History. ****ing biatches! So mad @ stupidity. Slap!!!
Totally stupid and a total waste of taxpayer money. We seem to have more and more over zealous cops, maybe that's why we have more people incarcerated per capita than any other major country in the world, its a big business.
If that guy would have been Black, the cop would have shot him dead & you all would be cheering FOR the cop instead of AT him.
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You really are committed. Bravo.
Edit: Your little "click" sure keeps racism alive and fluent. I will not be surprised when the "other's" begin to chime in in your defense of falsehoods. Your little "click" sure has an awful lot with keeping great members from staying. Numerous threads have brought me to this conclusion. You may not agree. I don't care.
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If that guy would have been Black, the cop would have shot him dead & you all would be cheering FOR the cop instead of AT him.
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I don't care what color he is, why anybody would point anything at a cop now days is beyond me. Pretty much got what he deserved and should be lucky he is not dead for his stupidity.
By "little ""click", I take that to mean some of the Black friends I have. Well they haven't been invited to this thread unless you have invited them. I don't expect them to post in this thread & in fact I'd rather they didn't.
I don't want to start another hate thread on here. That's why I only look at OT once a month, there's way too much hate here on OT for me.
Yes, I have several Black friends but I wouldn't call it a "click". I have a lot of White friends too.
It occurs to me that there just seems to be too many "Cop shoots unarmed black" in the news lately.
A fair minded person only has to read the headlines to know that there is way too much hate going on in the world.
This latest guy with the banana, deserves the charges that have been filed against him. But I also think that, had the banana guy been Black, the odds are 50/50 he'd have been shot.
I don't know what you mean by saying that I'm "realy committed". If you mean that I'm committed to one side or the other then you're the racist. But I don't think you're a racist & I'm not going to spend a lot of time looking thru OT posts to see if I'm wrong. I have to say that I haven't followed a lot of stuff in OT. In fact I accidently clicked on OT instead of Other Cars yesterday & this caught my eye. On seeing the title, I read it hoping that it was a Black guy who was arrested instead of shot.
IMHO, THAT would have been a headline! LOL.
I don't agree with your conclusion & I don't care if you don't care. If I had to draw a conclusion on that topic I'd have to read a lot of OT & I'm just not going to do that.
Archie
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Originally posted by Tony Kania:
You really are committed. Bravo.
Edit: Your little "click" sure keeps racism alive and fluent. I will not be surprised when the "other's" begin to chime in in your defense of falsehoods. Your little "click" sure has an awful lot with keeping great members from staying. Numerous threads have brought me to this conclusion. You may not agree. I don't care.
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Wow if that happened here in the U.S. there would be piles of dead bodies.
I have noticed that most the time but not every time the unarmed men being killed looks like they were committing suicide by cop. Either by hiding a hand somewhere, pointing or holding something that looks like it could be a weapon. But not usually fruit.
It occurs to me that there just seems to be too many "Cop shoots unarmed black" in the news lately.
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This latest guy with the banana, deserves the charges that have been filed against him. But I also think that, had the banana guy been Black, the odds are 50/50 he'd have been shot.
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Archie
Perhaps that "unarmed black" should have not struck a cop. Or, this is a stretch for many, stop listening to sensationalized news reporting.
You have convicted "banana man", but let us know that, "had the banana guy been Black"...
I am not saying sorry for what others do. Period. No guilt from me. I, my entire family, and even a dog I believe once owned by my great Serbian Grandmother, have never owned a slave. Ever.
Originally posted by Tony Kania: No guilt from me. I, my entire family, and even a dog I believe once owned by my great Serbian Grandmother, have never owned a slave. Ever.
Well that's good to hear. I'm sure you're not a racist now.
If you were a racist, you'd already know from when you applied to that group, the application form does not require you or your family to own a slave.
Archie
Edited so that I can add this You seem to like these things.
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Where is that democratic drum banger Neptune? Ban banannas buddy?
Bravo. 
Your little "click" sure keeps racism alive and fluent. I will not be surprised when the "other's" begin to chime in in your defense of falsehoods. Your little "click" sure has an awful lot with keeping great members from staying. Numerous threads have brought me to this conclusion. You may not agree. I don't care.
