Mark am I the only responder to your posting? I am just
reading it now on my return from a vacation.
I didn't see the article, but I will tell you this. My
son, NOT a gang member, was suspended from Southwest for
wearing a "wave cap" which is a stretchy nylon cap
designed to keep braids neat. They said it is a "gang
symbol." Same for a handkerchief tied around the head,
which earned him not only a suspension, but three
conversations with the police. My white neighbors have
asked why he dresses like a gangster and if I am running
a halfway house. His failure to greet one neighbor
prompted a complaint call to me, and his over-the-fence
greeting to another neighbor the next day caused them to
look at the ground and go inside their house. I agree
with you about PC white fear of black people and I am
sick to death of it. I say again, as the mother of a
friendly and not-violent black male teenager, I am WEARY
of it.
-Nikki
Linden Hills
> according to a recent star tribune article, law
> enforcement agencies use a 10 point criteria list to
> determine whether someone is a "gang member"
>
> among other things, the criteria include corresponding
> with a gang member, frequent association with a known
> gang member or appearing in a photo with other gang
> members.
>
> under this criteria, everyone of us, whether knowingly
> or unknowingly, could be classified as a 'gang member'
> by the police, including mothers and grandmothers of
> many young men.
>
> my contention is that the word 'gang' is so generic as
> to be meaningless. and is just an excuse for police
> to harass people they do not like. i say it is white
> fear of black people, with a politically correct spin.
>
>
> mark wilde
> windom park
>
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