"Dorothy Bland is the dean of the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism and the director for the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas."
If her diatribe was any indication of the kind of journalism she once taught and now promotes as Dean of Journalism, then all I can say is I pity those students that look to her as a role model.
She embellished, she lied, she misrepresented, she misinterpreted to forward a cause that deserves much better than what she alleged in her fairy tale.
Yellow journalism at its finest.
Sorry.
Communication breakdown I guess.
roflmfao!
Not that this would apply to you humble, you are "humble" after all.
She's training the kids to work at CNN, CNBC, or MSNBC.
No, that isn't the issue and isn't how she represented it.I think the issue was running her ID, which is pretty ridiculous for that situation.
If we didn’t have the video, these officers would have serious allegations against them," Walthall added. "It would be their word against hers. Every white officer that stops an African-American does not constitute racial profiling.
From the Chief;
This is exactly true, these cops would be dragged through the mud. Instead video proves they were right. In fact, the woman did everything wrong. Lying, insinuating, and acting like an ass. Very glad this backfired on her. It is extremely sad to see people here even think the cops did wrong at all. REALLY shows bias and proves they can't be taken seriously in other threads. Very hypocritical of them, but also typical.
One of the reasons why some folks prefer street over sidewalk is that sidewalks can be uneven. All the little dips as rises for driveways and streets + whatever roots might cause subtle variation can throw you off. Plus over time\distance those little "step ups" to sidewalks add up. since you can't exact pick the leg you do the step up with you end up with one leg taking the brunt of it. Streets offer a more consistent surface.
Calling in her Name and DOB was complete unnecessary under normal circumstances but in a training scenario I can see why they took her info because paper work. I can't fault the officers on this one. This is coming from someone who thinks a lot of cops are dickheads with an entitlement complex
How is calling in someones name/dob EVER unnecessary? We have an absolute SHITLOAD of people out walking around on the streets all the time, proper protocol says run them to see if they are on any lists (sex offenders, people with warrants, unpaid tickets, etc...). All of that is this thing called... uhmmm... What was it again?
Oh yeah, USEFUL INFORMATION.
For the record, as an oppressed white male - I have NEVER been pulled over by an officer and not had my license/registration not been taken. It must have been racism!
I'll agree to a certain extent but here are a few points:
1. Sidewalks are ONLY uneven if the neighborhood (like mine) does INCREDIBLY STUPID SHIT like putting trees in the gap between the side-walk and the street. Roots grow underneath and (naturally) it makes cracks and will make the ground HORRIBLY uneven. Othertimes, sidewalks are absolutely fine. So that's not always the case.
2. If you're WALKING and not RUNNING. There is no reason to worry about twisting your ankle. You are going slow enough to be able to react, let alone see anything ahead of time.
3. I'll take an ankle sprain over being close to the stupid shithead drivers I see in my neighborhood.
Once you go street, you never go back (or something like that)
I'll agree to a certain extent but here are a few points:
1. Sidewalks are ONLY uneven if the neighborhood (like mine) does INCREDIBLY STUPID SHIT like putting trees in the gap between the side-walk and the street. Roots grow underneath and (naturally) it makes cracks and will make the ground HORRIBLY uneven. Othertimes, sidewalks are absolutely fine. So that's not always the case.
Capitalizing "ONLY" and "INCREDIBLY STUPID SHIT" did a nice job of drawing attention to your nonsense. Sidewalks also move quite a bit from frost heave, thermal expansion, and settling, not to mention the intentional unevenness at driveways.
Everything else you post is just as dumb.
And once you go street you immediately learn the benefits of walking on the left side.
Someone running on the right side, if the person has a phone playing music into earbuds, this person cannot hear cars coming up behind, and all it takes is an inadvertent veer into the center (which this woman in the video did do) and BAM!
It's dynamically uneven, which brings about its own benefits as a form of cross training. Blind people walk on the sidewalk, is trying to run on the sidewalk more difficult than trying to walk while blind? Stop being an idiot.
Running on a cambered surface is not worth the risk of stress injuries.
Your opinions mean nothing to me.
Nice attention span. What's the point of replying to my post about causes of sidewalk unevenness with some shit about blind people and cross training?
Also, many runners prefer asphalt to concrete because they feel it reduces injury potential.
I guess everyone has different experiences and expectations of how things are in residential neighborhoods. My experience is that the importance of operating a motor vehicle unimpeded through the streets falls a distant last behind use by walkers, joggers, children riding bikes, parents pushing strollers, yappy dogs running around, playing catch with friends, ladies gossiping, and pant-less old guys cursing at clouds.
If a driver in a residential area isn't expecting any and all of that to occur, and drives in a manner unable to avoid the expected and unexpected, he is being negligent and needs to GTFO.
I don't get how so many place such a high value on driving. What the fuck kind of life do you want to live where pedestrians should rightly be hassled to preserve your freedom to drive your fat ass to whatever insignificant place you're going to.
This is pretty hilarious. You can't always tell what a person is going to do. Someone can dart in front of a vehicle before you can do anything. She could have, and did very easily get right into the road. You don't know that the person was going somewhere insignificant, or that they were fat. She was acting suspicious, and causing a traffic problem. The cops were very polite, even when she was acting an ass. It was a completely legal stop, that she tried to make racial and it backfired on the bitch.
walkers, joggers, children riding bikes, parents pushing strollers, yappy dogs running around, playing catch with friends, ladies gossiping, and pant-less old guys cursing at clouds.
Yea, they would be wrong.
Not only does your opinion mean nothing to ME, but you as a person mean nothing to me. It's an internet forum, nobody gives a shit about anybody or anything they say. It's part of the rules of engagement.
I guess everyone has different experiences and expectations of how things are in residential neighborhoods. My experience is that the importance of operating a motor vehicle unimpeded through the streets falls a distant last behind use by walkers, joggers, children riding bikes, parents pushing strollers, yappy dogs running around, playing catch with friends, ladies gossiping, and pant-less old guys cursing at clouds.
If a driver in a residential area isn't expecting any and all of that to occur, and drives in a manner unable to avoid the expected and unexpected, he is being negligent and needs to GTFO.
I don't get how so many place such a high value on driving. What the fuck kind of life do you want to live where pedestrians should rightly be hassled to preserve your freedom to drive your fat ass to whatever insignificant place you're going to.