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RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
Sat May 5, 2018, 07:20 PM May 2018

Hysteria strikes again: Video shows police stop of Native American teens on tour

FFS, I guess everyone is suspect that does look just right. Some are just too hysterical in the US. Just not white enough, maybe.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/native-american-blames-discrimination-campus-ordeal-065405732.html

DENVER (AP) — Police body camera footage and telephone recordings captured an incident in which two Native American teenagers were pulled from a Colorado college tour and questioned after another tour member reported "odd" behavior by "creepy kids."

The camera footage released Friday by Colorado State University shows two police officers searching the teens' pockets and questioning whether they were part of the tour.

The officers eventually determined that 19-year-old Thomas Kanewakeron Gray and his 17-year-old brother, Lloyd Skanahwati Gray had done nothing wrong and let them go after about five minutes.

But the incident last Monday has caused an outcry as a case of racial discrimination and prompted the university to apologize and try to make amends.

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Hysteria strikes again: Video shows police stop of Native American teens on tour (Original Post) RKP5637 May 2018 OP
They saved up to take the trip, and then they had to face this crap! ProudLib72 May 2018 #1
A 7-hour drive, too-in each direction, I'm guessing. nt tblue37 May 2018 #2
Santa Fe to Ft Collins is about seven hours ProudLib72 May 2018 #4
Each day I get more astounded by what is going on in the US. I haven't checked this out but a friend RKP5637 May 2018 #3
The "parent" who made the 911 call should be brought in for questioning. lamp_shade May 2018 #5

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
1. They saved up to take the trip, and then they had to face this crap!
Sat May 5, 2018, 07:30 PM
May 2018

It's unbelievable. There ought to be a gofundme to raise some money to pay for tuition and housing. Seriously, after this episode, they deserve to have something good happen to them.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
4. Santa Fe to Ft Collins is about seven hours
Sat May 5, 2018, 08:59 PM
May 2018

Can you imagine saving up for the big trip, getting all excited about visiting a potential school, and then this! I'm betting that seven hours back was hell.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
3. Each day I get more astounded by what is going on in the US. I haven't checked this out but a friend
Sat May 5, 2018, 07:33 PM
May 2018

told me that tRump said in his NRA speech that the US might have to eventually stop ALL immigration into the US, closed to any type of immigration. WTF!

lamp_shade

(14,841 posts)
5. The "parent" who made the 911 call should be brought in for questioning.
Sun May 6, 2018, 03:56 AM
May 2018

So far she hasn't been identified.

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