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Police Called On 3-Year-Old Black Boy Because He Was Too Good At Soccer (blacksportsonline.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/usa/p/1271268/police-called-on-3-year-old-black-boy-because-he-was-too-good-at-soccer

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Don't you know about cops killing black people though. They could have showed up and thought that little 3 year old boy was going to kick a soccer ball at them.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or an acorn could have fallen on a car, causing them to shoot the place up.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Home boys gonna fucking roll more than he has since he played sonic in the 90s.

If those cops ever live that down....

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I thought it was obvious, but /s for the aforementioned comment you're replying to.

Edit, I read half your reply when I replied. It seems I'm the one with egg on my face