[Magdalen] Applebee Project
Jay Weigel
jay.weigel at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 02:49:38 UTC 2015
Not everybody has AAA, David....especially guys who are delivering papers
at 2:30 am. It costs. We didn't have it until recently, after I had nagged
S/O for several years on account of the amount of driving he does.
Just saying.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:15 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 12/2/2015 4:35:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
>
> loads of African-American "Bad Guys" ready to loot
> their homes and rape their wives -- thanks in large measure to media
> coverage of
> urban unrest, starting with Watts and a lot of other racist stuff they
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Early Monday morning the doorbell rang at 2:30 AM. Since it takes
> me awhile to get to the front door, there was also knocking at one of the
> front deck windows.
>
> Without opening the door I asked who was there. An Africa-American
> voice said he was delivering papers and went into a ditch and needed
> help. He admitted to having a cellular phone. I told him through the
> closed/locked door to call AAA. Then I called the police. The township
> policeman on duty asked me whether the man was "Black or Hispanic".
>
> The same policeman later confirmed that his complaint was genuine,
> and he did get help getting out of one of our development's steep
> "swales" (ditches). This was all very much to our relief, but the
> sleep was fitful for both of us from that time on.
>
> I must confess that I thought the worst when I heard the doorbell,
> and it was increased when I heard his voice. I guess it was
> an unconscious bit of racial profiling.
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>
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