Lumpenproletariat
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In this incident a female at a hotel lobby accused a Black teenager of stealing her i-phone.
"And it turns out, the boy never stole her phone."
"It turns out" that he didn't steal it. But at the time, she didn't know that.
How many times a week (month, year) does someone lose a phone and then sees someone with a phone that looks like theirs and suspects theft?
Maybe not 1000 times, but this sort of thing must have happened a few times over the last 20 or 30 years. What probably happened?
The suspicious one accuses the suspected thief, and the latter takes out the phone and says, "No, this is mine. See, here's ---- "
Isn't there a way to prove that your phone is yours and is not stolen from someone else who had the same kind of phone?
In this scene, the accuser demands to see the phone, but the accused refuses, and insists that he's being unjustly accused because he's Black. Wasn't there a way he could prove that it was his phone?
Why can't a person falsely accused simply take a moment to prove that he's not a thief, if the proof is right there, plain for anyone to see? Is it always necessary for an accused person to refuse to prove his/her innocence? What's wrong with just proving you're innocent of the accusation, if it's so easy?
This "hysterical female" would've had to accept the fact that she was mistaken if she could have seen the phone and be shown that it was not hers. What's wrong with being suspicious, if you just lost something and you suddenly see someone with an identically-same item? Innocent people should feel proud to prove their innocence when they're accused.
This doesn't look like a case of racial discrimination against a Black. In other such cases, the accused one was reasonable and did what was necessary to prove their innocence.
How is this different from a suspected shoplifter who is asked to show what's in the bag, or to show their receipt? There are many incidents like this, and they are usually resolved by the accused one taking a moment to disprove the suspicions.
"And it turns out, the boy never stole her phone."
"It turns out" that he didn't steal it. But at the time, she didn't know that.
How many times a week (month, year) does someone lose a phone and then sees someone with a phone that looks like theirs and suspects theft?
Maybe not 1000 times, but this sort of thing must have happened a few times over the last 20 or 30 years. What probably happened?
The suspicious one accuses the suspected thief, and the latter takes out the phone and says, "No, this is mine. See, here's ---- "
Isn't there a way to prove that your phone is yours and is not stolen from someone else who had the same kind of phone?
In this scene, the accuser demands to see the phone, but the accused refuses, and insists that he's being unjustly accused because he's Black. Wasn't there a way he could prove that it was his phone?
Why can't a person falsely accused simply take a moment to prove that he's not a thief, if the proof is right there, plain for anyone to see? Is it always necessary for an accused person to refuse to prove his/her innocence? What's wrong with just proving you're innocent of the accusation, if it's so easy?
This "hysterical female" would've had to accept the fact that she was mistaken if she could have seen the phone and be shown that it was not hers. What's wrong with being suspicious, if you just lost something and you suddenly see someone with an identically-same item? Innocent people should feel proud to prove their innocence when they're accused.
This doesn't look like a case of racial discrimination against a Black. In other such cases, the accused one was reasonable and did what was necessary to prove their innocence.
How is this different from a suspected shoplifter who is asked to show what's in the bag, or to show their receipt? There are many incidents like this, and they are usually resolved by the accused one taking a moment to disprove the suspicions.
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