Social Media Justice: A "Karen" faces consequences for threatening a Black man with cops

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The ones that say that he was just offering a treat, the thing that I would think if a stranger would say: "I'm going to do what I want but you're not going to like it. Come here, puppy!" is that he is giving a treat with poison.

Saying that, if I would be her, I would leash my dog in the first place and nothing wold happen. If I would be her, I would not be a racist cnut and I would not call the police in that way when she clearly doesn't feel much threatened when she confronted him

She deserve the backlash and consequences and is a good example for other people than her that will think twice
I agree with the first paragraph, but then she should have rang the cops and said there's a man trying to poisin my dog if thats what went through he head.

Which as we know is nothing like she did say.

She deserves everything she gets
 

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So giving someone's dog a treat is now a threat?
How he worded the whole thing was odd. But all she had to do was leash the dog and go the other direction if she truly thought he was threatening her dog
 

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It's slightly odd behaviour from him in terms of the dog treats, but appalling behaviour from her. AS a poster above mentioned if she was worried about the dog that's what she should have said to the police, rather than the racist crap she came up with instead.

I am glad shes been suspended from her job, I wouldn't want someone capable of that kind of behaviour as a colleague.

I will never believe in doxing though or social media based justice. Her employer has dealt with it, I would expect the police to charge her with racial harrassment and wasting police time. But having people expose her email, address, phone number etc online is wrong and always will be regardless of what she does. It smacks of vigilantism.
 

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So giving someone's dog a treat is now a threat?
If someone says to me "I'm gonna do what I want but you're not gonna like it" and then wants to give a treat to my dog, I'm not letting that happen either. In this context and circumstances, it could be perceived as a threat yeah. Just a bit weird how he worded the whole thing tbh.

Not an excuse for her behavior, obviously.
 

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If someone says to me "I'm gonna do what I want but you're not gonna like it" and then wants to give a treat to my dog, I'm not letting that happen either. In this context and circumstances, it could be perceived as a threat yeah. Just a bit weird how he worded the whole thing tbh.

Not an excuse for her behaviour, obviously.
Nor i.

Id leash my dog and go the other way.

Maybe as a woman by myself i ring the police and say i think a man is threatening to poisin my dog.

If she did either of those 2 things, there is no issue here.
 

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According to HIS account they were having what reads as a relatively reasonable conversion (one which he was entirely in the right) until he dropped the line 'I'm going to do what I want to do and you're not going to like it' then called her dog to him with treats...

I'm not shocked she called the police for help and neither should he if thought about it. A lot of women who were on their own with a stranger in a park after feeling threatened. So actually saying something that sounds like a threat is going to cause problems. The guy seems like a nice man so I genuinely think he was oblivious to her perception of the situation and possibly still is.

Again, not an excuse for her to jump to using race - yes she knows that it will be perceived as adding to the urgency to her call to the police. However if you don't think he escalated things with his actions and caused her to freak out and involve the police I'm not sure you care to understand the nuances.

On the 'victim blaming' point, in the UK we have a concept of split liability so an accident may be one persons fault or both in any apportionment. It's way too simplistic to always say one person is 100% right and the other 100% wrong. In this incident the public interest is entirely in the dog being off the leash (admittedly a local issue) and using the police to manage the situation. Which now more information has come out we can see that he contributed to her need for assistance, which is legitimate given the perceived threat, though clearly she used his race both as a means to intimidate him and try to create urgency with the police which is both clear racism and criticism and social consequences are warranted for that.

I would just suggest to every man to be careful approaching women on their own in a park, especially if you end up going some weird stuff like saying 'I'm going to do what I want and you're not going to like it'.
Agree with much of what you've said mate. The woman is probably a moron - I say probably because I don't fecking know her. None of us do. What she said was pretty awful, granted, but you raise a good point that perhaps there is some validity to her assertion that she felt threatened. His choice of words were stupid, as was his decision to produce some unknown object for the dog. Did she know what it was? Perhaps she truly did feel threatened...
On the other hand, she may have realised she overstepped and produced some excuse - that is also possible. Point is, I don't know, nor do I really believe it's my place to fecking demand her vilification online. What I find most vile - far more vile than her comments - is the public demand for blood. Why do people plead for this woman to lose her job a result of this? Why do people want her to literally suffer? Why take pleasure in that? There are a lot pricks out there, many of them in high-paying jobs, managing many staff beneath them. If it is a desire for a truly just world that these twitter crusaders are after, they better fecking get to work.

To me, no one comes out of this with any grace or dignity. Sounds like some uppity knob taking offence to some idiot woman. Feck me, how ridiculously pitiful on all fronts.
 

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All we really need to know is whether he’s actually a birder or simply a birdwatcher. My friends father made it very clear that there are rules around this and I hope this isn’t a case of stolen valour. If that man isn’t regularly leaving his City to find birds, he needs to check his nomenclature.
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Agree with much of what you've said mate. The woman is probably a moron - I say probably because I don't fecking know her. None of us do. What she said was pretty awful, granted, but you raise a good point that perhaps there is some validity to her assertion that she felt threatened. His choice of words were stupid, as was his decision to produce some unknown object for the dog. Did she know what it was? Perhaps she truly did feel threatened...
On the other hand, she may have realised she overstepped and produced some excuse - that is also possible. Point is, I don't know, nor do I really believe it's my place to fecking demand her vilification online. What I find most vile - far more vile than her comments - is the public demand for blood. Why do people plead for this woman to lose her job a result of this? Why do people want her to literally suffer? Why take pleasure in that? There are a lot pricks out there, many of them in high-paying jobs, managing many staff beneath them. If it is a desire for a truly just world that these twitter crusaders are after, they better fecking get to work.

To me, no one comes out of this with any grace or dignity. Sounds like some uppity knob taking offence to some idiot woman. Feck me, how ridiculously pitiful on all fronts.
Why would you not want someone who is racist and morally wrong to lose their job? I'd much rather people like this face consequence for their actions.
 

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More here about the prevalence of racist calls to 911 from a former police dispatcher
https://www.vox.com/first-person/20...ky-living-while-black-babysitting-while-black

“We don’t have people like her in this neighborhood. Just send someone out to get rid of her. I’m not talking to you anymore.” The click in my ear was his goodbye.

My co-worker once got a call from a man who said, “My neighbors keep parking in front of my house. And they’re black.”
Dispatchers all have moments when they reach the end of their patience, and that was Bonnie’s moment.
She said, “It’s a city street. Unfortunately, anyone can legally park wherever they like. I’m sure it’s very frustrating for you. Why would you bring race into this?”
“Are you black?”
“I am,” she said.
“Put your supervisor on the phone.”
 

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Why would you not want someone who is racist and morally wrong to lose their job? I'd much rather people like this face consequence for their actions.
I'd be careful of making such absolutist claims. You speak like everything is either right or wrong and without any nuance.

But to specifically answer your question... Why would I want someone's life uprooted? Well, it's not like I want this woman to flourish and become more successful after this... It's just that I don't take any great pleasure in someone else's downfall. Perhaps she has kids or other dependants. I also don't believe the bloke is entirely without blame - as I said, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that, given the ridiculous phrasing of his comments, and the ambiguity of his actions, that she did perhaps feel somewhat threatened. She's a twat for bringing race into it, I acknowledge that, but it doesn't mean I want to see her suffer.

People are seemingly conflating their anger with reprehensible cops - cops that might shoot black people without cause - with the actions of this woman.
 

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So giving someone's dog a treat is now a threat?
When I first read his account I thought that was weird but after thinking about it I do sometimes run into mainly old people that carry dog treats but without a dog. I assume they love dogs but can’t manage one full time. This guy just comes across as an extra nice guy.
 

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It's 2020 not the 50's or 60's.....minorities/Poc are not going take this shit anymore.
I don't refer to him disagreeing with the race part... I refer to his twat comments about doing something she's not gonna like/producing treats for her dog.
 

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When I first read his account I thought that was weird but after thinking about it I do sometimes run into mainly old people that carry dog treats but without a dog. I assume they love dogs but can’t manage one full time. This guy just comes across as an extra nice guy.
I always find that weird and people that are "too" friendly with a complete stranger's dog. Unless the dog comes to me, I don't try to be overly friendly.
 

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I'd be careful of making such absolutist claims. You speak like everything is either right or wrong and without any nuance.

But to specifically answer your question... Why would I want someone's life uprooted? Well, it's not like I want this woman to flourish and become more successful after this... It's just that I don't take any great pleasure in someone else's downfall. Perhaps she has kids or other dependants. I also don't believe the bloke is entirely without blame - as I said, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that, given the ridiculous phrasing of his comments, and the ambiguity of his actions, that she did perhaps feel somewhat threatened. She's a twat for bringing race into it, I acknowledge that, but it doesn't mean I want to see her suffer.

People are seemingly conflating their anger with reprehensible cops - cops that might shoot black people without cause - with the actions of this woman.
Where’s the nuance in this video. . .

She is a racist which is morally wrong.
 

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It's as though you can't question what he was doing without people suddenly thinking you are siding with her.

She is obviously the one at fault here, and although his actions are a little strange, her suddenly changing it into a thing to do with race, rather than putting the dog on the lead is the biggest concern I was just thinking of my own reaction had some randomer said the same things he had said.
 

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It's as though you can't question what he was doing without people suddenly thinking you are siding with her.

She is obviously the one at fault here, and although his actions are a little strange, her suddenly changing it into a thing to do with race, rather than putting the dog on the lead is the biggest concern I was just thinking of my own reaction had some randomer said the same things he had said.
Nope. You pick a side quickly and hope to God you don't say anything that contradicts the general sentiment.
 

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Maybe this will teach some people to act right for a change. If there's no consequences for things that could possibly threaten someone's life and in the US that;s very much the case here then people will continue doing this.
 

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Based on that if that's true, he wasn't being dickish. Even told her where she could take her dog. Her calling the cops for him giving her dog a treat is wild.
In the context of that specific conversation, if I was Karen I would assume he was trying to poison or otherwise harm my dog. Obviously doesn’t justify her over the top response but that was a VERY odd move from him.
 

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Yeah it was odd. I don't like people's pets off the bat, there needs to be some back and forth between me and the owner before I feel comfortable with interacting with their dog (feck cats).
 

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Yeah it was odd. I don't like people's pets off the bat, there needs to be some back and forth between me and the owner before I feel comfortable with interacting with their dog (feck cats).
I would have given him a pass for just trying to interact with my dog but to say “I can do what I want but you’re not going to like it” and then calling the dog over - while reaching into his bag - is going to put any dog owner into a bit of a panic.
 

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I would have given him a pass for just trying to interact with my dog but to say “I can do what I want but you’re not going to like it” and then calling the dog over - while reaching into his bag - is going to put any dog owner into a bit of a panic.
It depends on the tone it's said, surely?

Written down it reads as threatening, but if its said in a light tone then it's not threatening at all.
 

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It's amazing that the consequences for this woman will do absolutely nothing to discourage the next person to inevitably do this and ruin their life.
 

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I would have given him a pass for just trying to interact with my dog but to say “I can do what I want but you’re not going to like it” and then calling the dog over - while reaching into his bag - is going to put any dog owner into a bit of a panic.
He did go to Harvard. Almost all of them are weirdos. Plus, Boston. Ewww.
 

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Yeah he was completely right to call her out but he should have exercised better judgement before calling the dog over. Involving yourself with strangers is always going to carry risks, and escalating interactions even when you are right is not always the wisest decision.

If someone threatens your dog (at least to your perception of the events) then gets dog treats out to beckon the dog to them in what planet does she not become aggressive?

I agree she knew that race was a relevant factor when both threatening to involve the police (to intimidate him into leaving her and the dog alone) and when calling the police (to try and get an urgent response). Clearly she decided to use the understood perceived racism of the police to try and leaverage the situation- how is that not an error in judgement (as well as a lack of morality)?

Obviously she is suffering the consequences of her actions now. I am just trying to point out that under the circumstances a lot of people would have freaked out and not exactly come across well if posted on social media.

She doesn't get a pass at all for the racism (or breaking the rules in the first instance) but the freak out looks to be brought on by the fellows perceived threat.
Sorry, where did he escalate things? What threat did he issue? The dog is Amy's responsibility. If she doesn't want other people interacting with it the solution is simple: put the leash on the dog.
 

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He did go to Harvard. Almost all of them are weirdos. Plus, Boston. Ewww.
I was wondering if he might be on the spectrum? The way he memorises their conversation, verbatim, including the odd tangent he went on. Plus bird-watching. I guess we can add “went to Harvard” to the case for the prosecution.

I quite like Boston. Spend a summer there, doing an elective at TUFTS. The bits by the river are lovely. Not a fan of Bostonians though.
 

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I would have given him a pass for just trying to interact with my dog but to say “I can do what I want but you’re not going to like it” and then calling the dog over - while reaching into his bag - is going to put any dog owner into a bit of a panic.
He says he carries dog treats when he goes to the park for precisely that reason, so the dog owners will rein in their dogs to stop them from coming to him for the treat.
 

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He says he carries dog treats when he goes to the park for precisely that reason, so the dog owners will rein in their dogs to stop them from coming to him for the treat.
I get that. But it’s obviously not a great idea to say “I can do what I want but you won’t like it” before whipping out the treats. In general, it’s not a great idea to feed strangers dogs at all. But especially not after saying that.