May 27, 2008
Fun With 'NE Times' Letters Page
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But one thing that bites at me is that all these fine men in blue were white. How is it that they are always the first to respond?
Last year I visited my old hometown (Philadelphia). I drove by six police patrol cars on the road. Four out of six had the "rap music" on so loud I don’t think they could hear a dispatcher’s call. And the other two were on cell phones with their heads bobbing left to right. Very professional.
Oh, all six were black. I’m not saying I wished the cops that were killed were black, because I am not. But it just seems so strange that all were white.
Thanks, Anthony J. Porta from Sebring, Florida, for your insightful letter. "I'm not saying anything racist, like I wish black cops were killed. I just think all the black officers on the Philadelphia police department are lazy and listen to rap 'music.' See what I did there, with the quotes around it, insinuating it's not any good?"
Why are the white cops the ones to die? [Northeast Times, 4th from bottom]
Posted by D-Mac on May 27, 2008 11:02 AM
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Comments
Holy crap. I hear people say that kind of shit in the Northeast, but I never saw anyone arrange to have it published before.
Posted by: ReelectTilden at May 27, 2008 01:23 PM
I have never - ever - FUCKING WELL EVER - heard music coming out of a cop car.
Have you?
In fact, I am fairly (though not 100%) certain that cops are not, in fact, allowed to listen to music in their cars while on duty.
I'm going to call bullshit on this one, methinks.
Posted by: Dark Horse John at May 27, 2008 02:16 PM
Doesn't that guy write every week and have a funny nickname?
Just for the record, people do talk like that in the NE, and they talk like that in NoLibs, Queens Village and Villanova too.
Posted by: Andy needs a nickname at May 27, 2008 07:01 PM
Let's get this guy to write a column with Christine Flowers.
Posted by: sly at May 27, 2008 11:44 AM