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Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 07:33 AM Jun 2014

Blatant Racism in Cheektowaga NY



From the poster:
Published on 3 Jun 2014
This happened to me last Friday May 30th 2014. I'm more upset that it was done in front of her children. They will have hate and have no idea where it came from.


*apparently she got upset because the man started his car and scared her kids. WOW!
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Blatant Racism in Cheektowaga NY (Original Post) Tripper11 Jun 2014 OP
Mindboggling, totally mindboggling. SamKnause Jun 2014 #1
Scared? No, not at all. Someone who was scared would have scuttled into the store. She 1monster Jun 2014 #50
I think she is afraid of black people. SamKnause Jun 2014 #56
Actually she's OUTRAGED that a black guy is standing up to her.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #96
I can't believe this shit still happens. Agschmid Jun 2014 #2
I was just watching old episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" betsuni Jun 2014 #3
No NO No No LOL randys1 Jun 2014 #57
faux news heaven05 Jun 2014 #4
heaven JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #64
great gif heaven05 Jun 2014 #76
I'm not surprised. SmittynMo Jun 2014 #5
it wasn't me or my car Tripper11 Jun 2014 #7
I totally agree SmittynMo Jun 2014 #9
Wow. James48 Jun 2014 #11
maybe the music was too loud also randys1 Jun 2014 #26
nah heaven05 Jun 2014 #77
Really, his car must be loud? Not louder then her! Scruffy Rumbler Jun 2014 #21
??? heaven05 Jun 2014 #79
Wow, supreme patience showed by the video taper. Chiquitita Jun 2014 #6
Racism in Upstate New York? Chakab Jun 2014 #8
I have several friends in Cheektowaga JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #12
... Chakab Jun 2014 #25
The Buffalo area isn't upstate NY, it's Western NY, and also we don't all live in NY City. Dragonfli Jun 2014 #28
What is upstate NY JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #36
I think you are correct. Dragonfli Jun 2014 #27
That was not a wealthy woman slumming it up notadmblnd Jun 2014 #82
it may be her... but sounds like a local if so tomm2thumbs Jun 2014 #63
How'd you come up with that name to search? eom 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #78
93.7 WBLK tomm2thumbs Jun 2014 #80
As a resident of the southern tier part of upstate New York, racism does exist. In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #15
And the Adirondacks....it does! Scruffy Rumbler Jun 2014 #22
This ^times 1000^ JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #39
I want to wait and see on this one JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #10
She certainly didn't need any more coffee! yankeepants Jun 2014 #13
She sounds like she is intoxicated too... Historic NY Jun 2014 #14
How sad and disgusting for her children.. mountain grammy Jun 2014 #16
What an UGLY woman PatrickforO Jun 2014 #17
The man has an ironclad case. Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #18
I expect to see her as Teabag candidate for the House. Fits right in. kairos12 Jun 2014 #19
"How many cops have I stripped for?" Scruffy Rumbler Jun 2014 #20
I can believe it. baldguy Jun 2014 #23
Doesn't surprise me in the least. Racism is alive and well in a large segment of our society. Fla Dem Jun 2014 #24
I have seen many verbal altercations between strangers in NYC and once it heats up KurtNYC Jun 2014 #29
Buffalo, NY makes Selma, AL look like the Netherlands tenderfoot Jun 2014 #30
I grew up there, too Sweet Freedom Jun 2014 #34
I didn't see it either JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #37
I saw plenty of it in Tonawanda and Williamsville throughout the 1970's/early 80's tenderfoot Jun 2014 #38
I lived in Williamsville in the 70s Sweet Freedom Jun 2014 #43
Starting his car while black... Stellar Jun 2014 #31
This woman needs to have the kids taken away for their sake OnlinePoker Jun 2014 #32
That is the ugliest woman I have ever seen. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #33
Beauty is skin deep but her ugly is to the bone. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #69
Oh, she's lovely. Of course, this is more people giving power to a word. valerief Jun 2014 #35
I hope we hear how this comes out rurallib Jun 2014 #40
If by free speech you mean the first amendment, that really only applies to the Gov't Dragonfli Jun 2014 #58
teah - I know - just seems that is a fallback position for those using offensive speech rurallib Jun 2014 #72
The KIDS should be afraid of mom Omaha Steve Jun 2014 #41
Sometimes the world just drops off the deep end Android3.14 Jun 2014 #42
I commend the man in the video for not losing it... Karshan41 Jun 2014 #44
Me too. He handled it with restrained aplomb Populist_Prole Jun 2014 #49
That was a bit of wake up entertainment Jack Rabbit Jun 2014 #45
She probably thinks Obama is a commie fascist too! Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #70
A Communist Nazi Muslim terrorist Jack Rabbit Jun 2014 #88
I noticed she spelled out the things she personally feared Half-Century Man Jun 2014 #46
mark to listen to later uppityperson Jun 2014 #47
That woman HAS to be clinically insane Populist_Prole Jun 2014 #48
But.. But John Roberts said Racism was over? Im confused zebonaut Jun 2014 #51
WGRZ says they spoke to the woman Tripper11 Jun 2014 #52
Funny how stories change ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #83
What a sick person - she's STILL at it on her twitter feed dorkzilla Jun 2014 #53
She has all the spelling skills.... Tripper11 Jun 2014 #54
Which is curious Populist_Prole Jun 2014 #55
The Chief of Police has now responded as this thing went mega viral today KurtNYC Jun 2014 #68
Y'all missed the "this is a parody account" comment jmowreader Jun 2014 #107
Fully expect this to be challenged and hidden by Jury packman Jun 2014 #59
did you even watch the video before you post? southmost Jun 2014 #61
Wow-what a comment packman Jun 2014 #95
so...is that tit for tat? noiretextatique Jun 2014 #104
We get it we get it we get it JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #62
+1000 heaven05 Jun 2014 #71
sounds like a conversation heaven05 Jun 2014 #74
What is the point you are trying to make? Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #106
"Alright, you're done... my lawyer's involved." BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA tomm2thumbs Jun 2014 #60
Lawyer's gonna laugh at her Ineeda Jun 2014 #65
Wow ... A couple observations ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #66
+1000 heaven05 Jun 2014 #81
Nope ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #86
Laughing very loudly heaven05 Jun 2014 #92
And here she is explaining herself today Tripper11 Jun 2014 #67
Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #84
Betcha his having a nice vehicle REALLY pisses her off. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #73
I didn't want to watch this heaven05 Jun 2014 #75
I knew there was more to this story. SmittynMo Jun 2014 #85
Yeah ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #87
Pray tell, how is that "more to the story"? Behind the Aegis Jun 2014 #91
no heaven05 Jun 2014 #93
As I posted earlier SmittynMo Jun 2014 #100
I believe the video noiretextatique Jun 2014 #102
what more? you seem to be trying very hard noiretextatique Jun 2014 #103
I'm glad I wasn't there passiveporcupine Jun 2014 #89
He delivered her Karma on the web BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #90
Repeated racist and graphic language around her own kids Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #94
and...she keeps claiming h's a racist noiretextatique Jun 2014 #105
and he's racist and ignorant?! noiretextatique Jun 2014 #97
If you jgraglan Jun 2014 #98
The man's side of the story, looks to be a raw interview Tripper11 Jun 2014 #99
I see all kinds of racism on the internet yuiyoshida Jun 2014 #101

SamKnause

(13,043 posts)
1. Mindboggling, totally mindboggling.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 07:44 AM
Jun 2014

I thought she was going to have a stroke.

Indoctrinating her children to hate.

What a sad, scared, white woman.

1monster

(11,012 posts)
50. Scared? No, not at all. Someone who was scared would have scuttled into the store. She
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:04 PM
Jun 2014

was full of hate. Not scared at all.

SamKnause

(13,043 posts)
56. I think she is afraid of black people.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:23 PM
Jun 2014

That is what is causing her hate.

The media promotes fear of black people.

They have for years.

Just my opinion.

She is a sad, hateful individual.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
96. Actually she's OUTRAGED that a black guy is standing up to her....
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 07:22 PM
Jun 2014

This is typical of racists to just ASSUME they are superior and to ASSUME they can call a cop and Buford T. Justice would show up to come put this uppity You know what in his place.

Now what would be FUNNY is if this guy was an off duty cop.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
2. I can't believe this shit still happens.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 07:54 AM
Jun 2014

What's worse is people around seem to be just fine with it.

The woman had totally lost it.

betsuni

(25,137 posts)
3. I was just watching old episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 07:57 AM
Jun 2014

and she really (apart from the racism and stupidity) sounds like the Susie Green character who's so good at yelling and cursing. TV character come to life!

randys1

(16,286 posts)
57. No NO No No LOL
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:42 PM
Jun 2014

Suzie hates her Jewish husband and her Jewish husband's best friend and her Jewish self probably but she does NOT hate Black Folks...


 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
4. faux news
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 08:32 AM
Jun 2014

limpdick, beckerhead, handmedownrags, coulter, issa, cruz, bundshit, word salad palin,white supremacist radio has made a lot of people very fearful of everything walking on this planet that doesn't resemble them in being melanin challenged. Sad, the fear out there in these mean streets of amerikkka.

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
64. heaven
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 02:27 PM
Jun 2014

Type Janelle Ambrosia Facebook - google that. There are two communities - one is by a '16 year old kid from the capitol region' who just thinks it's wrong and we can't sweep this stuff aside anymore.

And - hey! Down thread - I give good gif!

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
5. I'm not surprised.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 08:33 AM
Jun 2014

Yes, racism is alive and well in this country. Everyone knows this. Although this is from 1 side of the spectrum, it does happen on both sides. Too bad you didn't have the beginning of the incident when it triggered her to go off like this. If it truly was from starting your car, I wonder how loud your car really is that it scared them? If that was really the reason? You cannot tell why based on the video. For someone to display this type of action, something was done to really piss her off. The whole entire incident should be been recorded so everyone could judge this correctly.

Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
7. it wasn't me or my car
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 08:45 AM
Jun 2014

I posted what the person who uploaded the video posted on youtube.

And frankly even if his car was loud, does that give her the right to be that hateful??? Seriously?

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
9. I totally agree
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 08:57 AM
Jun 2014

Nothing short of fearing for her life should trigger this kind of response. All I'm saying is, it would have been nice to see all of the picture, not 7/8's of it.

James48

(4,416 posts)
11. Wow.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 08:58 AM
Jun 2014

I am truely sorry for you Tripper, to have to deal with that.

People like that make me wonder sometimes what terrible things happened in their life, that they hold all that hate inside--only to allow it to spill out.


I'll pray for both of you-

Peace.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
26. maybe the music was too loud also
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:52 AM
Jun 2014

these vile and filthy human beings MUST be SHAMED anyway possible\


worst people alive on planet earth

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
77. nah
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:50 PM
Jun 2014

if it was loud music he would have been shot. Glad she didn't have a gun. She'll probably start carrying ccw now. She is truly a disgusting and vile human being, with kids. Sad, for the kids.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
79. ???
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:52 PM
Jun 2014

well, what can be expected from some. That reverse racism blubbering gets real old. But no matter, according to you this gentleman just had to do a negative something to piss off this idiot, vile human being. geez will it ever end.

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
12. I have several friends in Cheektowaga
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:02 AM
Jun 2014

It's western ny btw - I partied and hung out there years ago. Lived in Amherst for awhile - went to school at N.U. and was raised in a small town outside of Rochester.

I never felt uncomfortable in Cheektowaga - there were more arguments between Polish and German and Italian there years ago - we flew under the radar. Maybe things have changed - but if this isn't a hoax - then this is pretty much out of the norm for that town.

This woman must be a resident of Clarence or Orchard Park just shopping up there. Tee hee.

 

Chakab

(1,727 posts)
25. ...
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:47 AM
Jun 2014
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112883/study-racism-cost-obama-millions-votes-unlikely

The first map shows the rate of "racially charged searches." Unfortunately, these searches are disturbingly common. Google searches containing the n-word are as frequent as those for “Lakers,” and far more common than “Republicans.” The deepest reds are difficult to differentiate, but the areas with the highest rates of racist searches are upstate New York, West Virginia, eastern Ohio, rural Illinois, western Pennsylvania, southern Oklahoma, and southern Mississippi.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
28. The Buffalo area isn't upstate NY, it's Western NY, and also we don't all live in NY City.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:04 AM
Jun 2014

It is not a small state.

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
36. What is upstate NY
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:30 AM
Jun 2014

You should look at some of those FB memes about 'You know you are from Rochester NY' when you get puzzled at people calling us 'upstate'.

I live in NJ now - and still to me that is Westchester - 5 hours away from Scottsville NY - which is only about an 1 hour and 10 minutes away from St. Catharine's Ontario.

Not playing tit for tat - just making sure you know I feel more comfy in Rochester and Buffalo and all the suburbs than I would ever feel in Staten Island or Westchester (blatantly don't like us black folks there).

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
27. I think you are correct.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:56 AM
Jun 2014

I live on the east side of buffalo quite close to the "Cheaperdanvegas" border, if you know my area then you know the east side isn't exactly suffering from a shortage of melanin, I don't think the video is a hoax, assholes from the wealthy burbs like you mentioned slum it up sometimes and spread there narrow minds here from time to time, but this is an area where there is very little racial tension.

There is a great deal of class tension however! the well to do in the southtowns hate everyone they consider to be a lower form of life meant only to manicure their McMansions and their yards (the unwashed blue-collar ethnic and white trash poor folk that they love to hate). They behave like that, and not just to black folks.

yankeepants

(1,979 posts)
13. She certainly didn't need any more coffee!
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:03 AM
Jun 2014

Sick. Sick. Sick

I live in upstate NY. I am surrounded by racists and low, low, low information people. Very depressing.

mountain grammy

(26,571 posts)
16. How sad and disgusting for her children..
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:09 AM
Jun 2014

Watching and listening to her screeching voice kind of reminded me of sister Sarah.

Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
18. The man has an ironclad case.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:25 AM
Jun 2014

First of all, it's a public area where there is no expectation of privacy. I've seen dumb mothers strip their kids down on Clearwater beach under the public showers to wash off their kids. They didn't seem to understand that anyone who wanted to video tape them nude, could do so, legally. Unless the laws have changed.

And he is right. You have to document these events because these views are being passed on from on generation to the other. And it usually begins with one person, usually the mother, having one bad experience. Instead of getting psychological assistance, they poison the minds of their children, instilling fears that apply to everyone of that race. I have actually seen this.

If not the mother, then the grandfather. The worst are racists ex-police chief. Because of their previous authoritative positions and connections in the community, their children and grandchildren grow up with a feeling of entitlement.

Scruffy Rumbler

(961 posts)
20. "How many cops have I stripped for?"
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:27 AM
Jun 2014

WOW... So sorry this man had to put up with this. So glad he recorded it, cause she sure seems the type to come back and claim he did something, besides starting his car! She sure felt confident of herself to be all violent and threatening. I guess she should be glad her beliefs about this guy were wrong and he was such a gentleman. And her kids... so oblivious to mommy's outburst, are they use to such shenanigans?

Fla Dem

(23,352 posts)
24. Doesn't surprise me in the least. Racism is alive and well in a large segment of our society.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 09:41 AM
Jun 2014

It's just that most of them keep it hidden in public. This woman could give a sh&t.

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
29. I have seen many verbal altercations between strangers in NYC and once it heats up
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:05 AM
Jun 2014

they go after anything they can see about the other person -- race, weight, their clothes, their kids, perceived income but race usually comes up right away. Has nothing to do with whatever started the altercation but that is where they go. Racism is right there, just barely under the surface.

Verbal fight guide -- what they will attack in order:
- between 2 women: race, weight, perceived income level
- between 2 men: alleged gender preference or just calling them female (B word or P word), race, then an invitation to a physical altercation

tenderfoot

(8,424 posts)
30. Buffalo, NY makes Selma, AL look like the Netherlands
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:09 AM
Jun 2014

Mississippi of the North.

Before anyone goes off on me - I grew up in the area.

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
37. I didn't see it either
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:31 AM
Jun 2014

I lived there/was at University in the early 1990's. Grew up outside of Rochester though. . .

tenderfoot

(8,424 posts)
38. I saw plenty of it in Tonawanda and Williamsville throughout the 1970's/early 80's
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:31 AM
Jun 2014

It hasn't changed - it's the same as it ever was.

Sweet Freedom

(3,995 posts)
43. I lived in Williamsville in the 70s
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:47 AM
Jun 2014

as well. Racism was not tolerated at all in my community or schools. When I moved to Texas, I was completely shocked at the blatant racism here because I had never seen or heard anything like it.

I'm sorry — and disappointed — that you had a different experience!

OnlinePoker

(5,702 posts)
32. This woman needs to have the kids taken away for their sake
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:20 AM
Jun 2014

If not, they are going to be screwed up for life.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
35. Oh, she's lovely. Of course, this is more people giving power to a word.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:30 AM
Jun 2014

When will the world give power to context and not to words? Her anger and hate were evident even if she didn't use 'the word'. That's where the racism is.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
40. I hope we hear how this comes out
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:39 AM
Jun 2014

I am especially curious what her lawyer will do. Based on the side of the conversation that we saw he was going to do something for her.

If he had any justice, a public shaming and apology to the gentlemen should be what he would advise for her.
And before she would say it - yes, lady we do have free speech. But when you say crap like that, expect consequences.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
58. If by free speech you mean the first amendment, that really only applies to the Gov't
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 01:07 PM
Jun 2014

Individuals do not have to put up with offensive speech from anybody, so her free speech is not an issue her lawyer can do anything about unless it's to protect her from Government censorship.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
72. teah - I know - just seems that is a fallback position for those using offensive speech
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:22 PM
Jun 2014

thanks for clarifying.

 

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)
42. Sometimes the world just drops off the deep end
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:44 AM
Jun 2014

The kids playing in the background, completely at ease as their mother melts down in public, is the most disturbing thing about this video. My kids would have been crying, asking why Mama was so mad, begging to go home, and such.
Freaked out screaming bigotry must be the norm in that house.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
49. Me too. He handled it with restrained aplomb
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 11:43 AM
Jun 2014

And by extension made here appear that much more the deliberate antagonist with a chip ( the size of a freight car ) on her shoulder just itching to act out.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
45. That was a bit of wake up entertainment
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:58 AM
Jun 2014

This woman probably doesn't even realize how absurd a phrase like "racist nigger" sounds.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
46. I noticed she spelled out the things she personally feared
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 11:02 AM
Jun 2014

She threatened another with her husband (a policeman), a physical attack from her husband, and a lawyer.
She kept focused on the possibility of this going viral.
She kept focused on her children being exposed (exposed to a person of African heritage, exposed on tape).
She was nearly historical with ascending levels of rage.

Not being a Doctor, I'll skip my speculation, and go with; she is desperate for some reason, has a lot of fear, has a lot of anger, has no idea of how to fix things herself, and is teaching her kids this an appropriate behavior. As bad as I feel for her, I fell worse for her children.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
48. That woman HAS to be clinically insane
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 11:40 AM
Jun 2014

I mean, to be unable to be able to show even the barest of decorum in public, even if it weren't being recorded. That shrieking tone would only be excusable if she was under extreme duress; as in a life or death struggle.

Anyway, she aint right.

Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
52. WGRZ says they spoke to the woman
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:10 PM
Jun 2014

"2 On Your Side's Melissa Holmes spoke to the woman, Janelle, who asked us not use her last name. She says confrontation began after the man in the car almost hit her son."

http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/2014/06/04/racism-youtube-cheektowaga/9952111/

*if this is in fact the case, it still doesn't give you the right to go off like that. You call the cops, and they take care of the situation.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
83. Funny how stories change ...
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 04:24 PM
Jun 2014
2 On Your Side's Melissa Holmes spoke to the woman, Janelle, who asked us not use her last name. She says confrontation began after the man in the car almost hit her son.


Didn't she say, while ranting into the phone, that the guy in the car "started the car and scared the sh!t out of Josh." Now, it's "almost hit her son."

Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
54. She has all the spelling skills....
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:18 PM
Jun 2014

...of a true close minded bigoted hater.

Her appearance on Faux News in....3.2.1.....

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
55. Which is curious
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:22 PM
Jun 2014

I don't use twitter but it's curious that she used the "I have black friends canard" since she was actually recorded as saying ( when she was threatening to sic her husband on him ) "he doesn't like black people either".

She's painted herself into a corner.

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
68. The Chief of Police has now responded as this thing went mega viral today
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:12 PM
Jun 2014
Cheektowaga Police Chief David Zack said he first learned of the video this morning after it was forwarded to the department anonymously.

“I reviewed the video and with 27 years of law enforcement, I have seen people at their worst. I’ve seen people with mental health issues, I’ve seen people under the influence of substances and I’ve also come across people who are out and out racist.

“That being said, without knowing more about this woman’s background, I feel that it would be irresponsible of me to form a premature judgment on her actions,” he said.

“If substance or mental health issues are not at play here, then her conduct should be considered as nothing less than deplorable. Clearly, there are some people in today’s society who have not yet evolved in their beliefs. As a society we obviously have more work to do,” Zack said.


http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/cheektowaga/police-chief-on-viral-racist-video-there-is-possibly-disorderly-conduct-20140604

The woman said later in an interview that she is bipolar.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
107. Y'all missed the "this is a parody account" comment
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 06:47 AM
Jun 2014

The real Janelle's account was suspended for reasons which at this moment are all too obvious.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
59. Fully expect this to be challenged and hidden by Jury
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 01:12 PM
Jun 2014

Racism - another viewpoint. Black woman explodes at white, minority shopkeeper at local convience store.



&feature=player_detailpage

southmost

(759 posts)
61. did you even watch the video before you post?
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 02:00 PM
Jun 2014

the shop owners are claiming to be African......how is this racist? it's anti-immigrant that's another can of worms

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
95. Wow-what a comment
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 06:28 PM
Jun 2014

No, I just post trying to reach 2,000 posts so I can get a gold star or something . If you look at the video (which I did and I'll accept your apology) you'll see some white skin there immigrant or not.

JustAnotherGen

(31,683 posts)
62. We get it we get it we get it
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 02:19 PM
Jun 2014

The VAST majority of us black folks in America have massive chips on our shoulders so every time someone called my mother a nigger lover when I was a kid or called me a zebra/or a nigger it doesn't count because

tah daaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Random raging black folks scream and shout and use racial epithets at the drop of the hat against white folks all day long and all strong!



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Psst - don't say you are sorry about that experience in my life. You didn't do it - so why should you?

It's just America! Love it or leave it - it is WHO and WHAT we are!
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And - I hope no one alerts on you! I just wanted to have some fun today! Cheers!

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
74. sounds like a conversation
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:30 PM
Jun 2014

on slavery, who was born where, the store owner, immigrants? Actually she makes some good points about the hypocrisy of this system benefitting just about everyone but blacks. Reagan brought all that cocaine into this country/Iran Contra/Oliver North? Ring a bell. She's on a righteous rant. She was not lying.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
106. What is the point you are trying to make?
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 09:56 PM
Jun 2014

You realize this is not a contest of which skin color is more racist, right? That's not the lesson here. The thread is about an instance of racism that should be roundly condemned by all. Why would your first instinct be to present racism going the other way? We all know it can go the other way. But, in this case, it's not. That should be acknowledged. Instead, your first reaction is to distract from it. I just want to know why you would do that.

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
60. "Alright, you're done... my lawyer's involved." BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 01:59 PM
Jun 2014

Oh Dollar Store parking lots.... why I love you so


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Does the little boy say 'My daddy's a cop' and the mom answers 'he sure is' ? (45 seconds in)

I'm curious if this is a policeman's wife.

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
65. Lawyer's gonna laugh at her
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 02:48 PM
Jun 2014

unless he/she's an ambulance chaser. Sweet Janelle's story has changed from on the video saying 'he scared her kid' to 'almost hit my kid' to 'tried to hit my kid' in her retelling of the event triggering her outburst.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
66. Wow ... A couple observations ...
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:05 PM
Jun 2014

Apparently, whomever the woman was talking to on the phone (her lawyer?) was trying to talk her down. They even called her back to give it another shot.

This woman sees nothing wrong with yelling obscenities in front of her kids.

This woman sees nothing wrong with letting her kids wonder off the curb into the parking lot (including parking spaces) while she is on her rant.

This woman doesn't get the irony of her "because he's a racist ignorant racist N1@@3r" statement.

How quickly this woman goes from, "I will f@#%ing yank his ass out the car" to "I'm gonna whip my coffee at him" suggests this woman his a small measure of sense ... though I suspect doing either, would have ended in the same way.

I can't imagine how this woman would think a starting car would be more scary to a child than that child watching their mother lose her mind. But than, looking back at the video ... the kids look used to it.

And if starting the car did scare the kid, he was too damned close to the car ... where was she?

Finally, this Black guy clearly read the "Handbook" and followed it to the T ... He never raised his voice or spoke in a threatening tone, he never lift his vehicle, and he laughed at the appropriate moments, thereby making her angrier ... The only weakness I saw was he didn't let his window back down; doing so would have fueled her rage even more and provided more material!

(Forgive me Black folks for revealing the existence of and contents in the "How to Handle Racist White Folks While Black" handbook)

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
86. Nope ...
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 04:38 PM
Jun 2014

Committed to memory, then burned with the ashes spread across a 1 square mile area. (See: pg. 642, last paragraph)

Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
67. And here she is explaining herself today
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:09 PM
Jun 2014
http://gawker.com/racist-stripper-im-not-a-racist-i-have-a-black-cousi-1586011059



Before WBLK host Big Rob could even ask the question, she jumped in with "I'm not a racist. I have a black cousin."

Explaining how the term "n*****r" entered the equation, she said, "N***** means an ignorant person, it has nothing to do with race. He pissed me off, I'm bipolar."

*sigh* Bipolor, ignorant, whatever...seems like this woman is just going to keep on digging her hole.

Victim victim victim
 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
84. Okay ...
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 04:35 PM
Jun 2014
Explaining how the term "n*****r" entered the equation, she said, "N***** means an ignorant person, it has nothing to do with race.


Let's see how that works ...

What she said:
...Because he's a racist ignorant N!@@#r!


Applying her non-racialized frame:

... Because he's a racist ignorant ignorant person!


Nope ... doesn't quite work.
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
75. I didn't want to watch this
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 03:44 PM
Jun 2014

and it did confirm all that I presumed it would. I applaud the gentleman for his restraint. She has serious issues. Yeah, if she is not committed soon or get some serious help, there will be two more people possibly turning into intolerant people. Pretty sad, but confirms my earlier post on the faux news inspired racial hate out there.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
87. Yeah ...
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 04:46 PM
Jun 2014

but that "other side of the story" doesn't quite match up with what she actually said happened at the time, or with what she wrote on tweeter immediately afterwards, or what she wrote on her facebook page, or what she wrote on the &quot She) is a Racist" facebook page.

But let's go with the week later thought through "other side of the story."

Behind the Aegis

(53,833 posts)
91. Pray tell, how is that "more to the story"?
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 05:20 PM
Jun 2014

It seems to only confirm she is a racist twit, who is too stupid to understand she is a racist and that having a black cousin doesn't absolve her from being a racist twit. Clearly she doesn't understand the difference between "racist" and "bigoted" and, if anything, should keep her fool mouth shut as she is simply making her "case" much worse every time she opens her yap.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
93. no
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 06:22 PM
Jun 2014

you want there to be more to this story. I feel you want the black person to have done anything to have caused this. Am I wrong.

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
100. As I posted earlier
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 08:38 AM
Jun 2014

Only 7/8 of the story was originally shown, which made the video very suspicious. What provoked her? According to this site, her children were almost run over (if you can believe her), and she was insulted with the term crackheaded cracker. I'm sure I'd be pissed too if that happened to my kids, but never to this degree. She got pissed and the true Janelle Ambrosia came out. Was she racist? Absolutely. Racists are out there. If you keep up with the media, it appears to be more common with the political right. How she handled this was totally inappropriate and unacceptable. And doing this in front of her children? What an idiot. She obviously has some issues with self control. Actually she's lucky she doesn't have a bullet in her head. Fire feeds fire.

Update: I just viewed his video(a few posts down). Note that he indicated she said something about stripping for the cops on the video. I never heard that, unless I missed it. And then the remark about racism and being bipolar don't match. I didn't know he was a professional in this area. And then he didn't believe she actually said she was sorry.

Either way, no matter what/who you believe, she was wrong in her actions. This was a totally f'ed up situation. And yes, racism is alive and well.

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
103. what more? you seem to be trying very hard
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 12:56 PM
Jun 2014

To make it more. And after all your attempts, it lead you to the inevitable conclusion. Interesting journey.

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
90. He delivered her Karma on the web
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 05:16 PM
Jun 2014

She is this month's posterwoman for racism. She is supposedly 29 but looks so old because her hate just oozes out. The cameraman handled himself so well, she has no defense for her escalating hysterical hatred.

But I am also concerned for her children and CPS and their teachers should be notified. One, she has been arrested for DWI and there is no doubt she drives her children around drunk. She might be drunk during the video. I would assume her advanced aging also has to do with some sort of drugs or hard living. She looks rather pregnant as well so that can't be good. But just as frightening is the fact that I'll bet she goes off just as much whenever her kids rub her the wrong way. They don't react, so they're probably used to it. They're probably happy it's not them feeling the tsunami of her anger this time. They should be closely monitored for abuse and trauma. They're definitely going to be pretty messed up psychologically as mom surely was.

How sad, all the way around.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
94. Repeated racist and graphic language around her own kids
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 06:28 PM
Jun 2014

Disgraceful. And complains what the man in the truck did. Can't believe the guy in the truck stayed calm enough to talk. If I've ever encountered a real racist in that manner I would be shaking with anger.

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
105. and...she keeps claiming h's a racist
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 04:37 PM
Jun 2014

This is typical of the rw/racist/teabagger mindset. She's the one screaming racist slurs, but obviously he's the racist for challenging her sense of entitlement. Typical.

yuiyoshida

(41,764 posts)
101. I see all kinds of racism on the internet
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 09:35 AM
Jun 2014

and have been the target of it from time to time. But to see it blatantly out in the open, is almost shocking. I have never been confronted out in the open or in public. Just facing it on the internet is bad enough.

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