It never freaking ends!

[tblue37]

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/pregnant-woman-upset-she-was-accused-of-shoplifting-at-pineville-staples/811252085

Pregnant woman mortified after questioned about shoplifting at Pineville Staples

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"Initially, I thought he was joking, so my response was, 'Twins,’” Bates said. “I'm 34 weeks with twins. I'm having a boy and a girl."

Bates said the officer didn’t believe her the first time, and he asked her again.

"At that point, to avoid him asking me again, I actually lifted my shirt just a little bit, just to expose my belly, so he could see that I'm just a regular pregnant person buying school supplies,” Bates said.

Pineville police said a Staples manager approached the officer and asked him to speak with Bates because the manager believed Bates may have been “concealing merchandise.”snip

ON EDIT: I am reminded of all the young black kids who get essentially strip searched in school whenever someone claims some money or other things have been stolen.

[VMA131Marine]

1. Being pregnant while black is a crime now?

JFC!

[tblue37]

2. No--being black while *anything* apparently! nt

[VMA131Marine]

3. You're right

It's easier to just list the exceptions:

1/ ... I got nothing

[KitSileya]

4. For too many Black women, it is a crime that carries a death sentence

Maternal safety in the US is awful - bottom of all developed countries, and for Black women it's even worse. Wealth and class is no protection - Serena Williams almost died after giving birth recently because the hospital wouldn't listen to her.

[tblue37]

5. Notice a cop was called. For black people in America, that all too often

leads to a beating, an arrest, or being killed. It is essentially SWATting.

[Bayard]

6. No strip search?