[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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