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For not social distancing is what they said.
Their side of the story is that they were driving through this mall area, saw him and a group of kids doing exercise on a hill, they rolled down the window to tell him to stop, he then became aggressive verbally, they took pictures of him and the kids, they were then chased, called the cops, waited for the cops to come and then were upset when the cops didn't come.
I had to text a friend after reading that. At some point I'm going to die of an aneurysm of consuming whiteness so frequently. It's just going to break my brain and body. That you can't find a single refuge digitally where that level of white doesn't present itself to you.
City of San Antonio set up a phone number and everything to report behaviors, yet this white woman decided to deputize herself as the protector of all humanity, this in spite of being out and about herself, and then when she posted about it people rallied around her. Meanwhile, there's not a single other example in that sub of people observing behaviors and confronting the people, not one. Same with the Austin sub reddit. There's parks full of people, stores full of people, family outings and gatherings observed, gyms breaking rules, etc. It's only this one black man that was confronted and had the cops called on him at that.
And I've seen dude, every time I'm out there, for the past year,doing a bike ride in the area he's over there with a small group of kids running the hills for track practice. I nod, he nods, we go about our business.
Last night reading that truly bothered me. They deleted the post about 30 minutes ago, but for over 12 hours there was a picture of a Black man and black girls anonymously posted on the internet, location and all, for a spot that he REGULARLY goes to because some white woman didn't get to police Black bodies. Shit is gross.
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
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