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REVISITING TIGER WOOD’S ARREST WHEN PARKED WHILE BLACK



REVISITING TIGER WOOD’S ARREST WHEN PARKED WHILE BLACK


I don't know much about breathalyzers but if Tiger gets a 0.00, that's zero, right?

And if Jack Nicklaus was found asleep with his car running, wouldn't the cops have just escorted him home and asked for an autograph?

Shouldn't being on the front page of two major NY newspapers mean something?

Shouldn’t you have to apologize to the world for doing something more than resting in your parked car because your back pain medicine is making you woozy?

Shouting violent epithets? Nope

Resisting arrest? No. Even the cops said that he was fully compliant which means that he was mannequin compliant!

Wife beating? No.

Dog killing? No.

Underage girl? No.

Being Black in america? Yes! Hence the 'I guess he know he Black now!' meme.

But what justification do these papers and media have for running this non story ad infinitum other than racism?

Guess their audience needed to see more Black men behaving badly - even if they have to pretend it's bad - to somehow justify the horrors that they see us go through on a daily.

Can't wait 'til we have our own media. Everything changes.


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