5 Ways You’re Treated Like a Criminal Every Day
Most people are not criminals. Sure, everybody breaks a law or two, here and there. But for the most part, we’re all a pretty law-abiding bunch. So when you’re not breaking the law, being treated like you are should piss you off. Here are the five most common ways people are treated like criminals, even when they’re not doing anything wrong whatsoever.
1. Flying
After September 11, 2001, everybody was so afraid of the next terrorist attack that we’ve allowed the government to make it more difficult to get on an airplane than it is to buy a sub machine gun. Nowadays, you have to remove all jackets, shoes, metal or anything else that might seem mildly suspicious. You can’t bring liquids, your laptop has to be unpacked, and after all of that, you still stand a chance of being wand-raped by a 200-lb man wearing rubber gloves. Talk about degrading – especially when you’ve just spent hundreds (or thousands) of dollars on a ticket. I know, we all want to be safe and not die in a ball of exploding jet fuel. But this has gotten completely out of hand.
2. Bag Check
This one is so common, we’ve all just resigned to the fact that we have to hand over our personal belongings to complete strangers when entering a store. So it probably doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. And maybe it’s not. But if you ask me, this is just another instance of how retailers have lowered their shopping-experience standards for all costumers because of the various bad apples that any store has to deal with. Thing is, if you don’t want to hand over your bag (or at least have it rummaged through), you’re probably not going to be allowed to shop at that store. The choice is yours.
3. Talking to The Police, About Anything
If you’re a police officer, most of the people you talk to over the course of your life are lying to you. Because of this, cops are an extremely distrusting bunch. Which is why anytime time you talk to them, about anything – even reporting a crime, they act like they just caught you hanging outside a jewelry store while wearing a ski mask. Then, after they’ve made you so uncomfortable, you start questioning whether you are actually guilty of something, they start asking you why you are acting weird. Unfortunately, the only remedy for this one is to talk to the police as infrequently as possible – they’re sure as hell not going to change.
4. Receipt Checking
I cannot think of a single instance that makes me want to punch someone in the face more than having my receipt checked when trying to exit a store. To have just spent money at somewhere only to be blocked from leaving, and treated like a petty shoplifter simply for having the audacity to shop there, is enough to make anyone dream of going on their ass ‘Fight Club’. Sure, it “greatly reduces” stealing. But so what? That’s not your F’ing problem.
So don’t be intimidated: Unless you’re shopping at stores like Sam’s Club or Costco, which require signing a contract to shop there that can include receipt checks as part of the deal, you are not legally required to show them anything (though they are legally allowed to ask). So the next time that Best Buy door jockey asks to see your receipt, feel free to politely tell him to f**k off.
5. Doing Anything (While also Being Black or Hispanic and Male)
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I don't see any big deal with receipt checking. Maybe Best Buy can get rid of that ten second inconvenience by raising all the prices hundreds of dollars to compensate for the increase in shoplifting. The only people who make a big deal about receipt checking are thieves.
shut your whore mouth russ.
Josh Cronan is an idiot.
What he doesn't know or doesn't care to learn is that African-Americans were PURPOSELY herded into modern day Dachaus in the 1940s, called projects, where the jobs were purposely bled from, and the property values were purposely destroyed. Anytime you don't have jobs and or money, people turn to CRIME. The Irish did it for 200 years, in this country.
This happens everywhere in the world. The rich people in a society need a fall guy, a group that they can dump in the ghetto, exploit for cheap labor, and then complain when that group that they deprived of an equal access to education and job opportunites, turn to the other alternative, which is crime. Crime exists all over the world, not just commited by African-Americans, because of this game that the rich play, it's just that in America, Blacks and Latinos are the group chosen to be exploited and deprived of an equal shot at life.
I suggest you take your talking points back to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, or Anne Coulter, or whatever psycho, right-wing, redneck demagogue that you listen to a pick a history book and learn about terms such as "redlining", "redistricting", "housing discrimination", "white flight", "urban decay", and good old fashioned "racism".
We have ginen up are freedom for saftey , therefor we deserve neather
whats so bad about reciept checking?
And I dare ya to even try to give the guy pictured in number 5 a problem!! I TRIPLE DOG DARE YA!!
thats whats wrong with the society now if your black your being punished. well try again it has nothing to do with color you are just being stupid and doing things(s#*t) you know is wrong and you got caught and that is your scapegoat out my color. if everyone stop whinning about it and stop stealing or beating people up or shooting others. all this wouldnt happen.
Just want to know why ignorant people are allowed internet access. How a simple article about excessive searching for innocent people turned into a race discussion I don’t know but regardless I’ll give my opinion. To Michael, I’m glad you are a professional on all things Black/African american but what does 70% being born out of wedlock have to do with anything and do you know what the stats on other races and their ratio of ‘out of wedlock’ births are? Doubt it. Further more do you know the ratio of blacks that have been wrongly convicted and released due to crimes dating further back than the 70’s. Sure you don’t. Look it up. Racial profiling is partially to blame for much of this which thus contributes to the number of blacks in prison. Funny how none of you think whites commit crimes but are more often the serial rapists, baby killers, and major drug suppliers. You just use these types of forums to voice your dislike for PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. I’ll say it again, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. Deal with it. You can call people stupid or lemmings or niggers or whatever you see fit but you are those exact things for supporting former President Bush. So, noone really cares what you’ll put up with because whether you like it or not you’ll be putting up with whatever he dishes out. I don’t think there should be any special requirements for PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA than there have been for any other president. He doesn’t need you to give him a chance, he’s got it….up to him what he does with it. Kick rocks you McCain cocksuckers. (just something to get on your level with.) Enjoy sucking the black mans dick, you’ll all be doing it for a while. Maybe these drug dealers make so much money because they’re smart and sell the shit to you! HA! If you wanna talk about how there is no living slave just wait, you’re next.Oh, and fuck the holocaust, way more blacks died just to build this country since the white man couldn’t do it but blacks are stupid? Come on, go jack off and call it a night. African Americans are awake, we’ve just all been sleeping thinking that our forefathers’ mind tricks were enought to keep the black man down forever. If you don’t like it go and try some of that slavery shit now and see what happens. I don’t have to be black to see that the majority of whites are at least some level of retarded, just embarassed that this includes me. Oh, call me a nigger lover, guess what, inside you’re all nigger lovers too. Either you’ve screwed one, your wife/husband has, or better yet your kids so I guess there’s a little black in all of us. HAHAHA I won’t be reading any further posts so continue to rant to eachother about how the black MAN is holding you down and enjoy being white, that’s getting you really far.
Tan some more why don’t you.
I speak up when shopping in a store and someone starts to follow me…………I threaten to leave without buying anything………..oh I make a scene and love every minute of it
Two weeks ago I went to the optometrist for the first time. After checking in for my appointment, filling out the usual forms and handing over my insurance card, they actually had me step up to the counter and have my photo taken prior to sitting down in the lobby. NOT a nice feeling
Paco – not true about the receipt checking. i MIND and i don’t steal. i think it’s rude and insulting and in fact, i almost always walk right by and say “no, thank you”. i think it should be illegal unless there is just cause and it is harassment. if they want to take the time and effort to call the cops because they can’t properly observe customers walking the 20 feet from the cashier to the exit door, let them. (this has never happened) if more people walked right through, it would stop.
I have only experienced 1 and 4, and Russ the airport was not mentioned in comment #2, e was talking about stores.
WTF is wrong with who wrote this article. I hate it when people use the race card. Really???? Number 5. Get a life and stop acting like blacks and latinos are targeted.
wait til they unhook your bra and then make you shake the cups until your tits fall out. I am glad I only have 8 years to live. Its only gonna get worse.
TELLING THE POOK DOOR CHECKER TO FUCK OFF SOLVES NOTHING..IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SHOW THAT YOUR PISSED OFF HAVE THE BALLS TO GO RIGHT TO THE STORE MANAGER & HAVE THE GIVE YOU A REFUND ON EVERYTHING IN THE CART & MAKE SURE YOU KEEP HIM/HER THERE THE WHOLE TIME. AND IF YOU HAVE A CREDIT/DEBIT CARD FROM THEM CALL & TELL THAT SUPERVISOR WHY YOUR CANCELLING THE CARD.CORPERATE MAKE THESE INTRUSIVE DECISIONS & WONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS UNTILL YOU HIT THEM IN THE POCK HARDED THAN THE SHOPLIFTERS
What's with all the bitching and moaning about airline security checks? You politically correct little weasels wanted cultural diversity and you got it. Muslims are in the USA by the millions now. Our lives will grow ever more miserable as a result and you chumps still won't be able to figure out the connection.
Try having KROGER grocery store telling you that you can only write 1 check a day! It is their policy. I shopped there for years, spent thousands of dollars and never had a returned check or refused debit. I got to the store without my debit card and just thought I would write a check. Imagine my surprise/embarrassment after writing a 45.00 check my 16.00 was refused at the Kroger pharmacy because I had already wrote the first check for groceries. Their reasoning was that they had no “history” with me!!! Even though I shopped there 2 or 3 times per week using my debit card. After calling 3 of the Kroger corporate numbers only to be told that it was there policy and that I should understand, I learned my lesson. Lesson learned – SHOP SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!!!
I am hispanic and no one ever messes with me like a I am some type of criminal. Maybe the preson who wrote this lives in some rural part of our country. Just realized when I went back and looked at the artivle again. Written by a bleeding heart lib.
AIRLINES: I don't fly any more. BAG CHECK: I have nothing to hide, therefore I'm always ready to show my bag. Retail stores have a HUGE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE STEALING FROM THEM. HUGE PROBLEM! (And we honest customers pay for it.) TALKING TO THE POLICE: Putting on a police uniform is like hanging on a sign saying "Shoot me." Talk nice to the police and tell the truth. You may be the only decent person he/she comes in contact with that day. RECEIPT CHECKING: Same as with BAG CHECK. HISPANIC/BLACK MALES: Statistically they do most of the crime. The majority in our prisons are black or Hispanic males. Sadly. Biggest gangs are black or Hispanic.