John Henson gets racially profiled at jewelry store

[kennethgriffin]

if some fat joe lookin a** was walking up to a young woman in an ally... i doubt theyed say "well i can't unfairly profile this person. it could be fat joe"


na...999999999 times out of 1000000000 its probly a thick ugly fat disgusting thug look alike ready to rape and pillage


its better to be safe than sorry








i can almost guarantee anybody that isnt fat joe that shares these same characteristics is probably a scumbag and would take whatever virginity a helpless woman had to carry with herself down a dark ally way

[Crimsonrain777]

The store's explanation:

Dixon said the store has had three armed robberies in 18 months, and one of the suspect vehicles involved is from the same dealership as Henson’s vehicle. Dixon said when employees saw the vehicle with dealer plates, they became suspicious based on the previous robberies.

Dixon said the misunderstanding is over the vehicle involved, and was not due to racial profiling.

http://www.wisn.com/news/bucks-playe...store/35928260

i wonder if they informed Henson of this when he was allowed into the store. The explanation for why they were cautious sounds reasonable enough

[LoneyROY7]

if some fat joe lookin a** was walking up to a young woman in an ally... i doubt theyed say "well i can't unfairly profile this person. it could be fat joe"


na...999999999 times out of 1000000000 its probly a thick ugly fat disgusting thug look alike ready to rape and pillage


its better to be safe than sorry

You're comparing an encounter in an alley to a public establishment locking its doors for a costumer?

[outbreak]

if some fat joe lookin a** was walking up to a young woman in an ally... i doubt theyed say "well i can't unfairly profile this person. it could be fat joe"


na...999999999 times out of 1000000000 its probly a thick ugly fat disgusting thug look alike ready to rape and pillage


its better to be safe than sorry








i can almost guarantee anybody that isnt fat joe that shares these same characteristics is probably a scumbag and would take whatever virginity a helpless woman had to carry with herself down a dark ally way

If any race of dude walked up to a girl in an alley at night they'd be worried.

This isn't even a comparison though, this is a guy trying to get in to a store in the middle of the day.

[kennethgriffin]

You're comparing an encounter in an alley to a public establishment locking its doors for a costumer?

you act as if fat joe vs a woman wouldnt hold just as much of an inferior matchup as some 7 foot black guy vs a 4 foot asian jewelry store owner


theyre both equally scared for good reason.

[catch24]

The store's explanation:



http://www.wisn.com/news/bucks-playe...store/35928260

Context is key.

Racial injustice is always the juicier story though.

[90sgoat]

Maybe the owner had just finished watching Menace 2 Society?

[Rocketswin2013]

if some fat joe lookin a** was walking up to a young woman in an ally... i doubt theyed say "well i can't unfairly profile this person. it could be fat joe"


na...999999999 times out of 1000000000 its probly a thick ugly fat disgusting thug look alike ready to rape and pillage


its better to be safe than sorry








i can almost guarantee anybody that isnt fat joe that shares these same characteristics is probably a scumbag and would take whatever virginity a helpless woman had to carry with herself down a dark ally way

what are you going on about Kenneth?

[GoatBoy]

White privilege views in this thread are real

[LoneyROY7]

you act as if fat joe vs a woman wouldnt hold just as much of an inferior matchup as some 7 foot black guy vs a 4 foot asian jewelry store owner


theyre both equally scared for good reason.

[kennethgriffin]

If any race of dude walked up to a girl in an alley at night they'd be worried.

This isn't even a comparison though, this is a guy trying to get in to a store in the middle of the day.

7 foot black dudes banging on a window yelling racial bias isnt your typical customer though


like i said. whos that eager to buy jewelry so spontaneously and ill-conceived.


theyed more than likely have false representation with evil intentions. or just happen to be that 1 out of 100000 times a celebrity with pockets fulla pockets fulla pockets fulla Benjamin's babaaay



now.. if youre a store owner. you have to go with the odds

[LoneyROY7]

7 foot black dudes banging on a window yelling racial bias isnt your typical customer though

Ringing the doorbell twice equals "7 foot black dudes banging on a window yelling racial bias"?

[kennethgriffin]

White privilege views in this thread are real

white people have privilege because we shame our own race when they commit crimes


black people encourage it and defend their own even with overwhelming evidence against whoever it is.


whether it be OJ or michael brown. black people will get behind the criminal and say "black lives matter! .... innocent!"

lol


this is why you can't have nice things

[kennethgriffin]

Ringing the doorbell twice equals "7 foot black dudes banging on a window yelling racial bias"?

i'm sure it went down like that




if he was that non confrontational he never would have made a big deal about it in the first place

[Rake2204]

Context is key.

Racial injustice is always the juicier story though.

It seems a few other details would still need to be fleshed out a bit. For instance, a car merely being from the same dealer shouldn't warrant such a response. I'm wondering if the make and model were similar and if Henson matched a prior suspect... a seven-foot African-American man with athletic build.