Brandon Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 Do you live in the South? If so, what state? Because Virginia isn't the south. Neither is North Carolina. Have you actually ever been to Mississippi or Alabama lately? If any home has a confederate flag flying in Mississippi or Alabama, trust me, they are just asking for lots of trouble. I'm from the south. I'm white and believe or not, my dad raised me to see everyone as equals. Growing up, I learned a lot about the South's Civil Rights era. As I've gotten older, opportunities have taken me all over the country. And the fact of the matter is, there's just as much if not more discrimination in all forms up North as in the South. Grow up, times have changed. Oh yeah, Ko Simpson was in a car speeding through a nightclub parking lot. Guess they should have just let him fishtail it out of there huh? Why bother? The stereotype never dies, even if its no longer reality. Times have indeed changed. I've also lived in a southern state my entire life. The fact is, racism is dying rapidly in the region, thankfully. It certainly still exists, but its far less prevalent than it was 20 or 30 years ago and those of us who are younger, especially, simply have no use for it.
keepthefaith Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 Wow...really shocking....Simpson is riding in a speeding car minding his own business, pops off at the mouth to a cop saying "I play for the Bills, I'm worth millions", and gets arrested. In South Carolina, where there are more Confederate flags hanging on porches than American flags(no joke), it doesn't take much for a black man to get arrested. The cop probably yelled out "Whaddya say, BOY??" as he slapped the cuffs on him. If Simpson was indeed nothing more than a passenger in a car that got pulled over for speeding, this is really sad that he got arrested because he is black in a southern state... Stop it.
cantankerous Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 95% of the time things happen almost EXACTLY like they say in the police report. It's amazing in today's world that so little people have respect for authority. Most of the time it's the perpetrator that is being the !@#$. I have almost no doubt Ko Simpson was the !@#$ in this situation. Anyone can go anywhere around the country, on almost every weekend, in a bar area, and see this exact same thing happen to numerous people. There are almost always a few dumbasses out there who are determined to not listen to authorities. There is also usually some dumbass who wouldn't be in trouble if he/she would just keep their mouth shut and stay outta the way. Ko seems to be "that guy" in this situation. I guess next we'll also say the weed found in the other guys pocket was planted by the police too. Cuz police just LOVE altercations where they have to write up reports over stupid schitt like this. Cmon man! You sound like you've never had any interaction with the police. 95%??? LMAO!
Jim in Anchorage Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 I've got respect for Alaska no matter what P. Diddy says. I get a charge over their ignorance. That southern state post however, was just mean. And I have zero connection to the south.
Big Turk Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 I get a charge over their ignorance. That southern state post however, was just mean. And I have zero connection to the south. I respect Alaska cause your governor is hot...
Lori Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Ko makes it to Deadspin: http://deadspin.com/5123105/ko-simpson-is-...-worth-millions
Wilson from Gamehendge Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 At least he was not the one who got possession charges. So, he is worth millions and his buddy is driving a 1995 Nissan? Haha. With those millions, he better buy Mr. Hart a new car...cause, Bo-Bo got that '95 Nissan now!
RayFinkle Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 As much as we'd like to think this kind of thing doesn't happen these days---this kind of thing happens all the time in the south...you can change the laws and be politically correct, but you can't change the hearts and minds of the people there, many of whom still feel the same way as when slavery, segregation and racial separation was the norm. My wife has 2 sisters and a brother that live down there, and I can tell you first hand many people living down there still think the civil war is going on. They take pride in their confederate flags hanging from their porches, have attitudes that range from laughing at to downright hating "yankees", and talk at family gatherings about how they don't want their children playing with "those people"---only they don't say it in such a nice term... So, from what it appears to me, Ko Simpson's only problem was that he was a passenger in a car that was pulled over and was arrested because of the color his skin---something pretty common down there from what I've heard. The charges sound so utterly ridiculous that there really cannot be much substance behind them. Its just really sad things like this still occur, and unfortunately even in the northern states, things like this happen, just much more subtly than down south. Real estate agents "forgetting" to show african americans certain houses because of their neighborhoods and showing them houses more "in their price range"...subtle, but somewhat the same... Ko should have known better than to put himself out there like that...I am sure the cop probably called him "Boy" as well... If your 2 sisters and a brother live "down here" that is not first hand knowledge, it is second hand. There are ignorant people no matter where you live. To declare that everyone in the south still thinks the civil war is going on is one of the dumbest statements i've heard in a long time. Have you ever ventured out of WNY to live someplace else for a while?
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