This reporting makes us look bad

[xeodtech]

I am all in with the problems with our police and have knelt for the Anthem as a white man at a Syracuse football game..
However, this article on Huffington Post is what the right is going to use against us.. A black man breaking into his own business to test his security system and someone called the cops... Perhaps, his neighbors were looking out for his business. I am really not sure this was or had any racist intent..

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/san-francisco-black-man-lemonade-store_us_5b54b10ae4b0fd5c73c6628c

[matt819]

1. I don't think so

This was the guy’s perception of what happened. He didn’t acknowledge the alternative explanation. Nor did I see any thing from the neighbors to suggest they were lookin out for a fellow shopkeeper.

[xeodtech]

2. Yah at first me too..

But there are way many more better examples out there than this.. The police did not hurt him, did not arrest him, just asked for ID.. While it may have been wrong for the person to call, I know a bunch of wingers that will throw this one in my face..

[gollygee]

3. Testing his security system doesn't mean he was breaking into his own store to test it

He was probably just testing to make sure he had the security system set up correctly. That's usually what testing the system means. It doesn't say he was breaking into it to test it, and I think that would have been included in the story if so.

[MrScorpio]

4. What do you mean by "us?"

[JustAnotherGen]

5. Standing by and waiting for response