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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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[–] DonkeyStar@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you watch the video, the parent says “We always stay on this side and don’t interfere with the other parents.” Followed by “Something was said today because they were all huddled up talking about my kid.” So the parents got into an argument at some point.

The article mentions a TikTok live stream, so I wonder if that part got recorded.

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I noticed those comments. I'm sure there's more to this than we know. I'm not saying calling the police due to the reasons said is ok, but sounds like something more happened.

[–] DonkeyStar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, even if the story is true as told, I still want to know more about the story and what was up with the huddle. Were they loud enough to hear from the other side of the field? Were they pointing at the kids? Did the parent pass by and hear something? Who called the cops, and what did they say? What’s on the trespass order?

I don’t have TikTok, so unless this story gets huge, I’m probably never going to hear about it again.