2022-23 NOMINATIONS: "Cone of Shame"

[Shockm]

Here's our difference of opinion. You believe cops to be bad and looking for confrontations.
I believe cops to be good guys looking to protect me from bad guys.
Also reactions and attitude towards a cop during a stop can vary your treatment regardless of your race.
Are more blacks stopped and searched than whites. Yes. Why is the question. The answer is available if you look at prison populations or crime records. But I do have to say that whites are catching up in those numbers over the last couple years.


I don't post much on here anymore, but I am going to challenge your premise. I personally hold the belief in any profession that there are people who are good at their job and people that are not. There are some great policeman who do their jobs and serve the public and their are also ones who are racist and want to get off on the power they have been given. Their are white supremacist organizations in this country who try to infiltrate police departments with their members. Your idea that police merely pull over more blacks based upon crime numbers, has racist overtones. So a policeman has a right to pull over more black people based upon the suspicion that they may have committed a crime, because statistics say there is a good chance they did? What happened to reasonable suspicion? Or is being black your reasonable suspicion? I live in the suburbs of KC and helped raise three young black men who have never committed a crime and can tell you that they have gotten pulled over for no reason more than is reasonable.

Amen People in life often see in others what they are looking for.

[shock]

This reminds me of the “women are paid 70% of what men are paid” conversation.

[Shocktoberfest]

I can't wait for basketball to start. Sheeesh!

[shock]

I can't wait for basketball to start. Sheeesh!

Yeah, I’d rather have these conversations in the game threads too

[Atxshoxfan]

I can't wait for basketball to start. Sheeesh!

Believe me...I agree whole heatedly. I've got to learn to keep my opinion to myself when I see racist sexist stuff I disagree with. But if someone calls me racist as shockidasical did, I just consider them an idiot. There is no way for him/her/it to know that because they don't know me.

But I'm with you, get the balls on the hardwood asap!!!

[WuShock Reaper]

Arkansas PE Teacher Allegedly Befriended Teen at Basketball Game, Then Sexually Assaulted Him in Her Office
Arkansas PE Teacher Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Teen in Her Office (people.com)
By Steve Helling
Published on September 19, 2022 03:45 PM

"A middle school PE teacher in Gentry, Ark., has been charged with sexual assault after authorities say that she had an illicit sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student in 2010. Leah Queen, 44, has been charged with second-degree sexual assault as well as possession of a controlled substance. According to online records, she was arrested last Thursday and bail was set at $50,000. She bonded out of jail on Saturday...."

[WuShock Reaper]

A basketball coach at a Chester County youth center raped one girl and solicited sex from others, police said
Basketball coach at Chester County youth center charged with rape, related offenses (inquirer.com)
by Vinny Vella
Updated Sep 16, 2022

"A basketball coach at a Chester County youth center raped a 13-year-old girl, prosecutors said Friday.. Ameer Sutton-Best, 31, also solicited sex acts from two other underage girls, sending them explicit text messages and pornography, according to the affidavit of probable cause for his arrest.Ameer Sutton-Best, also tried to have a friend pay off the victim's family, according to prosecutors. Sutton-Best often brought his son to the center, and, given his own experience playing basketball, would sometimes help run practices, Walton said...."

[WuShock Reaper]

Boston Celtics suspend coach Ime Udoka for 2022-23 season, effective immediately
Boston Celtics suspend coach Ime Udoka for 2022-23 season, effective immediately (espn.com)
ESPN.COM
09/20/22, 8:35 PM CT

"The Boston Celtics have suspended coach Ime Udoka for the 2022-23 season, the team announced Thursday night. The Celtics cited violations of team policies in their announcement. Sources previously told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that Udoka had an intimate relationship with a female member of the franchise's staff...."

[WuShock Reaper]

I realize this is not basketball related, but come-on-man...

Utah student charged for terrorism threat over football game
Utah student charged for terrorism threat over football game - ABC News (go.com)
By Associated Press
September 22, 2022, 6:26 PM

"SALT LAKE CITY -- A University of Utah student was arrested and charged with making terrorist threats on Wednesday after police said she threatened to detonate a nuclear reactor if the school's football team failed to win a game last Saturday. Charging documents filed in Salt Lake City on Wednesday allege the 21-year old student posted threats before Utah's game against San Diego State University on Saturday, warning that she “was going to detonate the nuclear reactor that is located in the University of Utah causing a mass destruction.”

[Shockm]

Arkansas PE Teacher Allegedly Befriended Teen at Basketball Game, Then Sexually Assaulted Him in Her Office
Arkansas PE Teacher Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Teen in Her Office (people.com)
By Steve Helling
Published on September 19, 2022 03:45 PM

"A middle school PE teacher in Gentry, Ark., has been charged with sexual assault after authorities say that she had an illicit sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student in 2010. Leah Queen, 44, has been charged with second-degree sexual assault as well as possession of a controlled substance. According to online records, she was arrested last Thursday and bail was set at $50,000. She bonded out of jail on Saturday...."

She was obviously interested in a romantic relationship. I mean it started in a P.E. office, or a school bathroom. We all know how a P.E. office that is connected to a middle school locker rooms or bathroom smell. Human sweat (dirty towels) is one of the nice smells..

[Stickboy46]

I realize this is not basketball related, but come-on-man...

Utah student charged for terrorism threat over football game
Utah student charged for terrorism threat over football game - ABC News (go.com)
By Associated Press
September 22, 2022, 6:26 PM

"SALT LAKE CITY -- A University of Utah student was arrested and charged with making terrorist threats on Wednesday after police said she threatened to detonate a nuclear reactor if the school's football team failed to win a game last Saturday. Charging documents filed in Salt Lake City on Wednesday allege the 21-year old student posted threats before Utah's game against San Diego State University on Saturday, warning that she “was going to detonate the nuclear reactor that is located in the University of Utah causing a mass destruction.”

Good thing they won!

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Good thing they won!

As terrible as SDSU is, I think it was a safe bet for her to make.

[molly jabali]

Wow...I go away for a few days and come back to find my name embroiled in a mildly heated discussion, and being described as, if I have this described correctly, "an old guy shaking his fists at clouds'....

Well, still laughing.....a couple of thoughts...I AM white, but have grandkids of color....I also have many friends of color who I would not describe as activist firebrands, but who HAVE shared with me experiences of encounters from police different than mine.

I also AM a believer in the police , but realizing like in ANY venue, there will be bad apples.....possible to see many sides here....

I'll go back to my Clint Eastwood on the lawn status now...:)

[WuShock Reaper]

Northern California youth basketball coach arrested for inappropriate communication with minors
Northern California youth basketball coach arrested for inappropriate communication with minors (kcra.com)
BY KCRA
Updated: 9:12 PM PDT Sep 22, 2022

"A youth basketball coach in Placer and Sacramento counties is accused of committing crimes against minors, authorities said. Eric James Hawkins, 47, of Antelope was arrested by Rocklin police on Thursday near his home, the department said in a report. Hawkins works with several different youth programs, including a traveling team and for a local high school, according to authorities.

Detectives were investigating inappropriate communications between Hawkins and a juvenile in Rocklin. Authorities discovered another juvenile victim during the investigation. Hawkins was booked into the Placer County Jail for charges related to annoying or molesting a victim under 18 years old. The man from Antelope is a youth athletic coach in Placer and Sacramento counties."

[Atxshoxfan]

Northern California youth basketball coach arrested for inappropriate communication with minors
Northern California youth basketball coach arrested for inappropriate communication with minors (kcra.com)
BY KCRA
Updated: 9:12 PM PDT Sep 22, 2022

"A youth basketball coach in Placer and Sacramento counties is accused of committing crimes against minors, authorities said. Eric James Hawkins, 47, of Antelope was arrested by Rocklin police on Thursday near his home, the department said in a report. Hawkins works with several different youth programs, including a traveling team and for a local high school, according to authorities.

Detectives were investigating inappropriate communications between Hawkins and a juvenile in Rocklin. Authorities discovered another juvenile victim during the investigation. Hawkins was booked into the Placer County Jail for charges related to annoying or molesting a victim under 18 years old. The man from Antelope is a youth athletic coach in Placer and Sacramento counties."

A case where you hope the allegations are true, because if not, the man's life is ruined.
20-30 if guilty.