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Chris Rock - How not to get your ass kicked by the police ... (Original Post) uhnope Jul 2015 OP
I don't know when this video was made - but it looks to me like a black person can do all the djean111 Jul 2015 #1
See this DU post as well... PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #2
I first saw it a few years ago, maybe as far back as 2007(?) arcane1 Jul 2015 #3
I was thinking the same thing V0ltairesGh0st Jul 2015 #4
That video is at least 15 years old. Chakab Jul 2015 #5
Not true today. IHateTheGOP Jul 2015 #6
I think Chris Rock would be among the first to admit this video is a little dated today... WhoIsNumberNone Jul 2015 #7
Sad and not funny anymore icarusxat Jul 2015 #8
 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
1. I don't know when this video was made - but it looks to me like a black person can do all the
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 06:27 PM
Jul 2015

things Rock says - and still get beaten and killed. Strange - a couple of years ago I would have found this to be funny. Not now.
Not trying to be a wet blanket, but damn, things have gotten bad.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
3. I first saw it a few years ago, maybe as far back as 2007(?)
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 06:34 PM
Jul 2015

The kicker is when he says if you follow these steps, you "probably" won't get beaten.

 

V0ltairesGh0st

(306 posts)
4. I was thinking the same thing
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 06:51 PM
Jul 2015

...but i still laugh my face off "don't drive with a mad woman" part LOL. I'm angry the comedy and levity he tries to bring to the situation has turned out for the worse.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
7. I think Chris Rock would be among the first to admit this video is a little dated today...
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 08:59 PM
Jul 2015

In this post-9/11 world, cops have learned they don't have to settle for ass-kickings anymore.

icarusxat

(403 posts)
8. Sad and not funny anymore
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 10:22 PM
Jul 2015

Would his current advice include, grow longer legs so you don't get hung in your jail cell? Love Chris Rock, always have, btw, but even as a white guy I am getting to the point where police are not on my list of most trusted...

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