Comments on: The Kind of Girl Who … calls the cops on yo' crazy ass

By: TKOG Who makes your bedroom behavior her business

TKOG Who makes your bedroom behavior her business — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:32:27 +0000

[...] their credit, the police weren’t racist this time. The second the (very nice) dispatcher picked up, though, I became immediately ambivalent about [...]

By: scribbler50

scribbler50 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:55:50 +0000

You definitely did the right thing, calling 911. And you were also right to be jarred by “Is she black?” right out of the blocks. Strange way to start in. I had a similar situation a couple weeks ago at the bar (a once-a-decade occasion for us) where I had to call the cops when some wacko attacked the manager and split his head open. I called 911 and spent more time answering questions (often seemingly redundant ones) than it actually took for the cops to get to the scene. I realize these dispatchers are being recorded so they have to cover all the bases and make sure it’s not a crank call, but it gets ridiculous. I felt less like I was being questioned than I was interrogated!
And ditto: How in the Christ can you discern what drug (if any) that woman was on. Doubly ridiculous.
Great post!

By: Crimson Rose

Crimson Rose — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:37:06 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c412hqucHKw

By: Alice

Alice — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:46:52 +0000

wow, that poor woman. and, you know, all the people in line who couldn’t get by her. i wonder what happened when the cops got there and couldn’t find the crazy black woman in the street, and just some perfectly ignore-able white lady trying to cross the street…

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:42:03 +0000

Interesting. I saw the Taxi Driver connection residing mostly in an apparently normal person having deep undercurrents of anger and TOTALLY SNAPPING. I’m not actually familiar with the “Hey, I’m walking here!” quote.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:40:22 +0000

I have similar desires… not necessarily when I’m crossing the road but when I’m stuck in traffic that goes 15-25 under the speed limit. All the time. I want to lay on the horn. For 5 minutes. Because what’s waiting at the top of the congestion? The reason? There isn’t one, there’s no change but all of a sudden cars go faster.

Love your blog, btw

By: chiefy

chiefy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:36:53 +0000

I would complain about that police officer. Really? Racism like that should not be allowed. Ever.

Muscles’ comment made me laugh. Good one, yo.

By: nikki

nikki — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:37:42 +0000

Similar thing happened to my friend in DC. She witnessed a house getting broken in to, called the cops and she kept describing the guy as a tall WHITE guy and they insisted on saying it was a black guy. What the fuck.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:30:37 +0000

In a congested city of cars, bicycles and pedestrians we have to be governed by rules. Just as I hate people in their cars that block the box I hate pedestrians that dart into traffic like suicidal lemmings. They create dangerous situations for themselves and others and generally delay everyone due to their own selfish need to get across the street.

By: mysterg

mysterg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:19:06 +0000

You’re thinking of the ad-libbed scene with Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy not Taxi Driver…