Lauren Elizabeth Cutshaw was driving while intoxicated in Bluffton, S.C., and ran a stop sign at 60 miles per hour. When officers stopped Cutshaw, she thought her white privilege would earn her a pass, but it didn’t. The 32-year-old told officers she’s a “very clean, thoroughbred, white girl.” And, when…
Tag: Racial Profiling
Safeway Employees Call 911 on Black Woman Donating Food to the Homeless
#DonatingWhileBlack is now on the list of things that may cause a white person to call 911. Erika Martin was accused of being a thief while trying to help a homeless man outside of a California Safeway on Sunday, according to KPIX. Martin said she regularly gives food and other…
Black Man to Press Charges Against White Woman Who Attacked His Family and Friends
Essex Cook and his family were among a diverse group of friends spending the day in Berkeley, Calif., when a white woman approached Cook and told him he didn’t belong there. She then assaulted his cousin and ripped off the shirt of another woman in the group. When police offered…
Ving Rhames Held at Gunpoint by Cops at His Home After Neighbor Reports 'Large Black Man' Breaking In
As stories of white people calling 911 on Black people for no reason continue to circulate on social media, actor Ving Rhames revealed that his celebrity status hasn’t shielded him from racial profiling a neighbor called the cops on Rhames for simply walking into his home. During a radio interview…
Black Man Films #PermitPatty Copycat Calling Cops on a Street Vendor: 'Lets Get Her Viral Also'
Permit Patty, the name social media labeled Alison Ettel, a white woman who called the cops on a Black child last month in San Francisco because she was “illegally selling water without a permit,” apparently has a copycat in the same city. A video of another white woman on permit…
SherriffSusie Tag Teams With Apartment Manager to Profile A Black Man at His Own Pool
Social media video justice continues to out racists, this time in Indianapolis. Shane Holland, a resident of River Crossing Apartments, presented his key fob after being confronted by the apartment manager, Candice Clingerman, who knew him, and an off-duty police officer who had asked him to leave. The key fob…
Woman Calls 911 on Black Child Delivering Newspapers in Ohio Neighborhood
Yet again in Ohio, a woman calls the cops on a Black boy for doing an honest job in the neighborhood. As 12-year-old Uriah Sharp walked up to homes in Upper Arlington on Friday to deliver newspapers, a neighbor watched him. It was obvious what he was doing, nevertheless, she…
Swimming While Black: Memphis Property Manager Fired for Calling Police on Black Man Wearing Socks
On Independence Day, Erica Walker called the police on a resident’s boyfriend for wearing socks in the pool while other pool goers were violating dress code rules. The other pool goers were white, and resident Camry Porter and her boyfriend, Kevin Yates, are Black. Porter asked Walker for identification that…
#SwimmingWhileBlack: This Is a Classic Case of Racial Profiling Video
Pool Patrol Paula may have found her love connection: Pool Patrol Paul. The latest offender of calling police for Black people doing normal things has been identified by the New York Post as Adam Bloom, who his attorney claims is being “crucified.” Jasmine Edwards posted a video on Facebook after…
#BeingAPoliticianWhileBlack: Woman Calls 911 on State Rep. for Canvassing in Neighborhood
State Rep. Janelle Bynum said police were called on her while she was going door-to-door to canvas in a Portland, Ore.-area neighborhood — her own district. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Bynum shared that a resident called 911 on her as she knocked on doors and talked to residents….