A family says police escorted them and their 3-year-old son off an i9 Sports youth soccer field in Winter Park after the league issued a trespass, following complaints from opposing parents that the boy held the ball too much and was “trying to put on a show.” The incident, captured in video the family posted
I’m not claiming racism doesn’t exist, or doesn’t exist in America, or that the police force isn’t often racist (intentionally or otherwise).
My claim is after looking into all the details of the situation, it’s the unfortunate reality that the kid WAS literally just too good. It’s funny to say but it’s the actual fact. He was too good, and didn’t belong. On top of that the parents were being problematic which is the real reason the cops were called. If the parents just chilled and acted like reasonable adults then nothing would have happened.
A blanket perspective of “A bad thing happened to a non-white person, therefor, the bad thing happened because they are non-white” is barley better than the full throated maga racists and it infantilizes and removes autonomy of non-white people. Sometimes the reality is that non-white people DO deserve the cops called on them. It’s not the case that the police involvement is ALWAYS racist.
They called the police in a situation where the need for police is implausible. There were parents there, yes? I assume they were sober. Why didn’t they manage the situation as might mature adults?
No, they escalated to state intervention, and that means question of equal accommodations can be raised, if the state has laws mandating them.
But it also raises the question of racism, especially if that was the only black family in the group.
Racism doesn’t merely exist in the US, it’s the dominant culture right now. So yes, it’s entirely appropriate to expect it and catalog when it happens.
I’m not claiming racism doesn’t exist, or doesn’t exist in America, or that the police force isn’t often racist (intentionally or otherwise).
My claim is after looking into all the details of the situation, it’s the unfortunate reality that the kid WAS literally just too good. It’s funny to say but it’s the actual fact. He was too good, and didn’t belong. On top of that the parents were being problematic which is the real reason the cops were called. If the parents just chilled and acted like reasonable adults then nothing would have happened.
A blanket perspective of “A bad thing happened to a non-white person, therefor, the bad thing happened because they are non-white” is barley better than the full throated maga racists and it infantilizes and removes autonomy of non-white people. Sometimes the reality is that non-white people DO deserve the cops called on them. It’s not the case that the police involvement is ALWAYS racist.
They called the police in a situation where the need for police is implausible. There were parents there, yes? I assume they were sober. Why didn’t they manage the situation as might mature adults?
No, they escalated to state intervention, and that means question of equal accommodations can be raised, if the state has laws mandating them.
But it also raises the question of racism, especially if that was the only black family in the group.
Racism doesn’t merely exist in the US, it’s the dominant culture right now. So yes, it’s entirely appropriate to expect it and catalog when it happens.
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