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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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[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They had him banned from the league over this.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They banned him AFTER this. If he was banned before, the coach wouldn't have fielded him.

Pure copium. There is no situation where it's okay for parents to call the cops over a U5 soccer game because a kid is too good. Even if it's a "just for fun" League. Even if the kid is "breaking the rules by being too good". Even if the times say he has to share the ball. Even if you're tired of the parents cheering their kid on as he demolishes the other kids.

None of that is police shit. Calling the police over this is racist shit.

[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know when I said they banned from the league over this, I'm saying this incident lead to him being banned from the league, thus AFTER, not before.