Young AA man jailed for having saggy pants on plane

[NJMaverick]

A young grieving man returning from his friend's funeral was arrested and jailed for not pulling his pants up fast enough for the white crew members. This young man was a college football player with a 3.0 GPA.


Here is the initial story:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/06/16/sag...l?iref=NS1


Here is a video that surfaced and note the prosecutors have not yet decided to press charges. To me it seems this young man was guilty of flying while black.

Here are some follow up stories:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43450597/ns/...y_area_ca/

http://www.ktvu.com/news/28271545/detail.html

[jaxx]

Reeks of race baiting. I'd be mad too if some dope made a big deal out of what I was wearing.

[azmouse]

Just un-frickin'-believable.
I've been in restaurants, ballparks, movie theaters where men and women had half their underbritches hanging out and no one complained.
Sure, people look stupid and sloppy dressed that way but who is hurt by the supposed horror of seeing someone's underwear.

[Treestar]

There was that one about the girl with the over revealing top a while back, I recall.

[NJMaverick]

(06-18-2011 12:38 PM)Treestar Wrote:  There was that one about the girl with the over revealing top a while back, I recall.

The difference was the girl was forced to cover up with a blanket. She wasn't kicked off the plane or arrested.

[KonaKane]

Air travel has changed dramatically. It's become overly expensive, nerve wracking and a terror concern that has brought the DHS heavily into the picture. I hate it and I used to love flying. Customers are more grumpy, less tolerant to kids, fat people and anyone might in any way possibly give them ten seconds of inconvenience. I doesn't see it "going back" anytime soon.

High speed rail. Now more than ever. (Does that sound like a public service announcement?)

[Treestar]

Trains are far less hassle.

[Brewman_Jax]

Good grief! Just any fucking reason to put a black man in jail.

[KonaKane]

(06-18-2011 05:29 PM)Brewman_Jax Wrote:  Good grief! Just any fucking reason to put a black man in jail.

Just look at the grief they are giving the one in the White House.

[Solara]

Geez, sometimes I find it hard to believe that we are actually living in the 21st century. The regressives have been re-emerging from the shadows at a slow steady crawl for a while now, and I guess since the MSM ( and I use the term loosely) no longer calls them on their obvious racism, the bar just keeps dropping.

[KonaKane]

Apparently when you call a racist, a racist today, you're "just playing the race card" and off they move to another subject.