• Saneless@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    They’re bad. Sometimes they just stop people because they’re pathetic losers and racist

    And what’s worse is middle aged to old white people get scared of goddamned everything. They never leave their house but apparently they think they know every neighbor, so if they see a black kid or car that’s more than 6 years old they think it’s something nefarious

    So they call the cops. “I’m just being a proactive neighbor!”

    They love being a vigilante and they think they’re going to be loved by their neighbors (the same ones who they don’t know and probably think these people are fuckos). But since they’re pussies they just call the cops

    During that call they realize that simply a racist person calling about a black kid existing is probably not enough, so they embellish a bit. Saw a weapon. Kid looked shifty. Never seen him before. Seems to be casing the house. Any number of flippant remarks that are easily dismissed as misunderstandings when nothing actually happened, but enough to get the cops to show up

    The cops, being fed bullshit do their jobs. Sometimes those cops are fuckos too and are on power trips, so it’s worse than it should be

    In the end, it’s just racism and everything that cascades down from it. The loser who called it in and lied gets to go on with their miserable life. The cop gets desk duty for a week. And some minority kid who didn’t do jack shit is traumatized for years