Elon James White

2022-11-12 20:29:41

#RealTalk: Until there’s punishment for calling the cops on Black folks simply existing, they will keep calling the cops. Had the nerve to mention she was wearing a hoodie. 😤

“There’s a little Black woman, walking, spraying stuff on the sidewalks and trees, I don’t know what the hell she’s doing; it scares me though.”

- A 9-Year-Old Girl Whose Neighbor Called The Police On Her For Catching Lanternflies

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/new-jersey-girl-spotted-latternfly-police

A 9-Year-Old Black Girl Was Catching Lanternflies Outside. Her Neighbor Called The Police On Her And Said She “Scared” Him.

The neighbor called 911 after spotting her outside testing an environmentally friendly spotted lanternfly solution she’d made, identifying her as “a little Black woman” with a “hood.”

^{Steffi Cao (BuzzFeed)}