People Questioned, Filmed And Called The Police On Black Oakland Firefighter

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  1. Matt84

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    My point is that your fellow righties seem to think it's okay to make frivolous calls to the police on someone black even when he's a firefighter doing his job.
     
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    Well yeah

    Why not?
     
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    His co-worker said that the cops have never been called on them.

    A little work story for you, just in case you think people of color are treated the same as whites in this country...
    So we conduct “vegetation management” inspections every year in the Oakland hills. The 4 person fire crew will drive to a neighborhood, split up and walk around the streets looking at each property to make sure the houses are compliant before fire season. We’ve had 2 shifts of doing inspections so far. First shift my black coworker, while doing a 360 around a house after ringing the door bell, had the resident call “the fire dept” on him. This woman actually called our dispatch and asked if we were doing inspections because she had someone in her backyard. She also sent security footage of my coworker to the police dept, saying she suspected “criminal activity” at her house. Let me explain to you we drive a big red fire engine to these houses, wear our uniforms, wear a radio on us and carry an iPad/clipboard.
    Shift 2: my black coworker goes to a house, rings the doorbell and after waiting a bit, starts to walk the front yard (while yelling “fire dept”, cause he’s been treated differently before and is cautious). He hears a man’s voice “can I help you?” My coworker turns around and is met with a man videoing him with his phone.
    My coworker: “hi sir, we are doing our annual vegetation management inspections”
    Resident: “do you have identification?” (My coworker is in his full uniform, radio, clipboard)
    Coworker: “yes I do”, handing the man his fire dept ID.....
    Resident: “well do you have a second ID?”
    Coworker: “I don’t, but I do drive that fire engine right there.”
    Resident: “you should really have a second form of ID, I can’t see your face well in this one.”
    2 shifts, 2 days of being treated differently.
    Let’s just say I’ve never had the cops called on me, in uniform or not. I’ve never been videoed, nor has anyone ever asked for my Fire Dept ID.....
     
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    With a fire truck, I.D., a uniform, bullshit
     
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    OH and you know this how?
     
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    You're the one assuming the police were called because he's black.
     
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    Whoops...didn't know you could not understand me..my mistake I stand over you.

    I prefer to make dollars rather then sense....Once again, whom are you for anyone to lie to?
     
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    Read my edited post. I don't think fear of a home invasion robbery is "frivolous" at all, especially in Oakland, and it's probably better to
    check with police than go out alone and question someone who is in your elitist neighborhood for some unknown reason.

    It's easy in hind sight and at a distance to make much of this non story. That's what you've done.
     
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    I dont think every caller saw the truck
     
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    They're expensive to run, must be kept fully equipped, ready to be manned and it's way overkill. A car or even something like a Surburban makes a lot more sense.
     
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    But you're not making any dollars off the N word are you?
     
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    Strange as my fire department tend to use whatever is available at the time.
     
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    You just made that up. I bet they make a jack in the box run in the firetruck too.
     
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    "This story was brought to my attention via CNN. I hope you don't mind that I share this on my wall.
    Imagine being so cowardly, that someone whose skin, hair, accent, clothing, or even their religion makes you so scared that you have to call the cops hoping for... what, exactly? That they'll get shot, perhaps killed?"



    "The uniform I can almost go with, but even the fire engine didn't convince him! Wow. Just wow"

    "The superiority complex really shows when this person demanded to see a 2nd ID becasue He couldn't make out his face in the 1st. Which was really the old "Oh, hoop #1 didn't trip you up, let me create another hoop for you to jump through"

    "Only a vile racist would report a firefighter to police simply for doing his or her job while having a different skin color"

    "Very sad. The firefighters were in uniform and there is no mistaking a fire engine in the street. Plus yelling out fire department as they were doing their job. People just need to stop"

    " I bet if his house was on fire he was not asking for no first, second or third ID. Idiots"

    "I can't understand at all how this is acceptable or even something that these people think is reasonable. I just don't get it. Then people wonder why poc might be angry."

    "
    Megan Bryan, please tell your co-worker that all true Americans stand with him, yourself and all of those who courageously risk their lives to help others. And please don't let the few who are unstable change how you approach your job (or life, for that matter).

    Carry on and thank you for everything you do!"


    Yea, the problem is that the Steve Ns of the world will unfortunately always exist.
     
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    See my quote.
     
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    Point out the liberal. You made the original accusation.
     
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    It is California in the Bay Area. How may Republicans do you think live in Oakland?
     
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    A little work story for you, just in case you think people of color are treated the same as whites in this country...
    So we conduct “vegetation management” inspections every year in the Oakland hills. The 4 person fire crew will drive to a neighborhood, split up and walk around the streets looking at each property to make sure the houses are compliant before fire season. We’ve had 2 shifts of doing inspections so far. First shift my black coworker, while doing a 360 around a house after ringing the door bell, had the resident call “the fire dept” on him. This woman actually called our dispatch and asked if we were doing inspections because she had someone in her backyard. She also sent security footage of my coworker to the police dept, saying she suspected “criminal activity” at her house. Let me explain to you we drive a big red fire engine to these houses, wear our uniforms, wear a radio on us and carry an iPad/clipboard.
    Shift 2: my black coworker goes to a house, rings the doorbell and after waiting a bit, starts to walk the front yard (while yelling “fire dept”, cause he’s been treated differently before and is cautious). He hears a man’s voice “can I help you?” My coworker turns around and is met with a man videoing him with his phone.
    My coworker: “hi sir, we are doing our annual vegetation management inspections”
    Resident: “do you have identification?” (My coworker is in his full uniform, radio, clipboard)
    Coworker: “yes I do”, handing the man his fire dept ID.....
    Resident: “well do you have a second ID?”
    Coworker: “I don’t, but I do drive that fire engine right there.”
    Resident: “you should really have a second form of ID, I can’t see your face well in this one.”
    2 shifts, 2 days of being treated differently.
    Let’s just say I’ve never had the cops called on me, in uniform or not. I’ve never been videoed, nor has anyone ever asked for my Fire Dept ID.....
     
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    So, according to you, seeing a firefighter performing their duties is seeing something. Because the firefighter is black.
    Way to spell out your thought process.
     
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    Explain why the white firefighters aren't subjected to this....
     
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    Interesting..Liberals do not get along with me.

    Nor lies...so what does that have to do with anything I typed to you.
     
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    In my area the giremen like to beg for money in uniform on street corners

    They say the money goes to charity
     
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    Will you answer the question or deflect and make false accusations?
    Name the liberal who called the police. It should be on record.
     
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    Maybe two or three

    One of those being michael savage
     
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    Do you have a second I.D., lol what a load of ****.
     
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