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JI7

(89,249 posts)
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 01:48 AM Jun 2015

Texas City At Center Of Pool Party Video Controversy, Was Sued Over Housing Discrimination

Craig Ranch North Community Pool, the northern Texas swimming facility where police were called to break up a disturbance during the weekend, is in a city that was at the heart of a housing desegregation lawsuit in 2009. The pool is on the predominantly white west side of McKinney, Texas, where several African-American teens attended a pool party Friday to celebrate the end of the school year.

The Inclusive Communities Project, a Dallas housing and civil rights advocacy organization that grew out of a 1990 housing discrimination lawsuit filed in Texas against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, brought actions against the city of McKinney and the McKinney Housing Authority Aug. 18, 2009, after officials rejected a proposal to construct affordable and low-income housing on the west side.

Since the settlement, an application sponsored by ICP and the McKinney Housing Authority received tax credits for a 164 unit development on the west side of McKinney in 2013, Daniel & Beshara said. In 2014, the McKinney City Council passed a resolution supporting a second low-income housing project on the west side.

But those victories in housing equality advocacy for ICP have not alleviated tensions over racial segregation. Craig Ranch North Community Pool is part of a large, upscale subdivision with a centrally located town center and shopping district. While it is a predominantly white community, some of its amenities appear to be inclusive of minorities. The community’s indoor and outdoor sports training center was founded by African-American Olympic gold medalist and world record sprinter Michael Johnson.

http://www.ibtimes.com/mckinney-north-texas-city-center-pool-party-video-controversy-was-sued-over-housing-1955995

i guess the racist adults screaming at black kids to get out didn't have a problem with black people putting money into the community to build up the city .

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Texas City At Center Of Pool Party Video Controversy, Was Sued Over Housing Discrimination (Original Post) JI7 Jun 2015 OP
I don't know about the money thing Egnever Jun 2015 #1
Absolutely. In the video when he pulls his gun on those kids I wonder what would have happened if jwirr Jun 2015 #3
Was one of the most frightening things I have seen Egnever Jun 2015 #4
The commands were confusing gwheezie Jun 2015 #5
I know - very close to what we used to call a police riot. Chaos caused by police. jwirr Jun 2015 #12
We get the policing we want gwheezie Jun 2015 #2
I am not sure it is even possible for the majority to want that. Egnever Jun 2015 #6
That's what scares them gwheezie Jun 2015 #7
Well it certainly scares some people Egnever Jun 2015 #8
The people who still hold the power then gwheezie Jun 2015 #9
Your family is definitely our future. My Native American/black grandson also sounds very realistic. jwirr Jun 2015 #13
Redlining still exists. joshcryer Jun 2015 #10
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2015 #11
 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
1. I don't know about the money thing
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 02:06 AM
Jun 2015

That cop had better be fired though. He was way more dangerous than any "situation" he was called for.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
3. Absolutely. In the video when he pulls his gun on those kids I wonder what would have happened if
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 02:26 AM
Jun 2015

the two other cops had not pushed him out of the way and stepped in front of him before he could shot a child.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
4. Was one of the most frightening things I have seen
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 02:29 AM
Jun 2015

That guy was out of control for a long period. I actually think the crowds restraint may have saved someone from getting shot. I am not sure I could have been a witness to that.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
5. The commands were confusing
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 02:34 AM
Jun 2015

There were cops saying get down and get over there and it was difficult to figure out who they were talking to.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
2. We get the policing we want
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 02:23 AM
Jun 2015

Or rather what the majority of the country wants. The majority of the country has been convinced its PoC, women, poor, gay etc that threaten their well being. They want their country back and blame the changing demographic for the demise of their delusional system This is going to get uglier I believe.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
7. That's what scares them
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 02:52 AM
Jun 2015

I had a long conversation with one of my siblings and 2 nephews. In many ways the 2 younger ones were light years ahead of me and my brother. Part of it was due to their time in iraq and Afghanistan. One of them said he saw tribal warfare taken to an extreme and was looking forward to this country having a minority majority. Both thought it was the right direction. When my brother worried about more and more people speaking Spanish here both nephews said so what, we'll just learn Spanish. Both said they made several Muslim friends while in the mid east and weren't worried about sharia law. So they are the future, the country is changing and no one can stop it.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
13. Your family is definitely our future. My Native American/black grandson also sounds very realistic.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 10:53 AM
Jun 2015

Their take on the minority majority is significant because it does not embody one color ruling over all others. I so look forward to that day. In the mean time we are going to have to get our kids through today. Alive, educated and secure.

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)
10. Redlining still exists.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 03:00 AM
Jun 2015

These sorts of social conditions are the reason for such a strong divide in communities.

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