It Takes a Village

[Stallion]

Georgia Tech game security loses a Georgia Tech recruit due to police harassment

http://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2015/1 ... -decommits

[skyscraper]

Wow

[mustangxc]

Wow! Where was the recruiting coordinator?

[whitwiki]

Stupid cop

[Puckhead48E]

Synopsis? Page has been removed.

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[SMUer]

AD needed to make sure everyone had their lanyards and impress their importance. Bad attitude by the cop but I put this on the feet of the AD staff.

[3rdGenPony]

I would be interested to hear if the cop was still as sure about his job security if the story is true.

[Rebel10]

If they did not get the name of the cop then they may not find out who it was. Not saying they did not get the name of the cop.

[HarvCrimYaleBlue]

Here is a quote inserted into the comments section (dont know source or if even true):

"I saw the whole thing happen. I sit in the Letterwinners club inside on the first row. The student section in the north stands is just below my seats. There were a number of people who were not students sitting in the row below. Two white Georgia Tech police officers came into that area and asked everyone who was not a student to leave the area. Everyone did except a black woman and two young black men (teenagers). Both of them were wearing recruit lanyards. One of them immediately moved his tag to his back where the officer could not see it. The officers approached and asked them to move. There were some ensuing verbal exchanges that I could not hear. All three seemed to be getting more and more hostile. The officers appeared to remain calm. The two recruits began leaving but the woman stayed. The recruits then returned.
One officer asked for identification. One of the recruits got his ID out and held it in front of the officer. When the officer reached for it, he pulled it back and put his arm behind his back. There was a heated exchange between them and the officer grabbed the recruit’s arm and tried to lead him away. The woman was having a fit. At that point a black officer approached and talked with the white officers who then left. The black officer talked for a while to the three people. He then led them out of the stands.
The section for recruits is just across the aisle and all other recruits were sitting in that section. My thoughts were that the officers originally focused on no one. They simply asked all non-students to leave the section. Everyone else did. They only approached the recruits when they didn’t move. They seemed to remain very calm in the face of escalating hostility. Things became a problem when the recruit decided to play hide and seek with his ID. The officer who interceded did the right thing to calm things down, otherwise the recruit would likely have been arrested.
I saw nothing inappropriate on the officer’s part no matter what race the recruits might have been. No one was profiled or singled out. The recruits singled themselves out by not doing what everyone else did when asked. They acted like entitled jerks and were solely responsible for what transpired. Personally, no matter how good they may be, I would not want to see that kind of person representing Georgia Tech whether black or white. Sorry for the length of this post, but I feel an eyewitness account was needed."

[malonish]

I have an opinion on this, but I won't post it. (I will get doxed by the SJWs if I make a positive or negative comment).

[footballdad]

Check back in a couple days when the full story emerges.

[PerunasHoof]

Is it still racial profiling if the person being approached by the police was actually doing something wrong?

Love everyone's rush to judgment that the police officer acted inappropriately.

[RGV Pony]

I blame climate change for this unfortunate situation

[Rebel10]

Here is a quote inserted into the comments section (dont know source or if even true):

"I saw the whole thing happen. I sit in the Letterwinners club inside on the first row. The student section in the north stands is just below my seats. There were a number of people who were not students sitting in the row below. Two white Georgia Tech police officers came into that area and asked everyone who was not a student to leave the area. Everyone did except a black woman and two young black men (teenagers). Both of them were wearing recruit lanyards. One of them immediately moved his tag to his back where the officer could not see it. The officers approached and asked them to move. There were some ensuing verbal exchanges that I could not hear. All three seemed to be getting more and more hostile. The officers appeared to remain calm. The two recruits began leaving but the woman stayed. The recruits then returned.
One officer asked for identification. One of the recruits got his ID out and held it in front of the officer. When the officer reached for it, he pulled it back and put his arm behind his back. There was a heated exchange between them and the officer grabbed the recruit’s arm and tried to lead him away. The woman was having a fit. At that point a black officer approached and talked with the white officers who then left. The black officer talked for a while to the three people. He then led them out of the stands.
The section for recruits is just across the aisle and all other recruits were sitting in that section. My thoughts were that the officers originally focused on no one. They simply asked all non-students to leave the section. Everyone else did. They only approached the recruits when they didn’t move. They seemed to remain very calm in the face of escalating hostility. Things became a problem when the recruit decided to play hide and seek with his ID. The officer who interceded did the right thing to calm things down, otherwise the recruit would likely have been arrested.
I saw nothing inappropriate on the officer’s part no matter what race the recruits might have been. No one was profiled or singled out. The recruits singled themselves out by not doing what everyone else did when asked. They acted like entitled jerks and were solely responsible for what transpired. Personally, no matter how good they may be, I would not want to see that kind of person representing Georgia Tech whether black or white. Sorry for the length of this post, but I feel an eyewitness account was needed."

So since we don't know the source of this post we do not know if it is accurate or not. Could be a G T fan trying to do spin damage control.

[PerunasHoof]

Here is a quote inserted into the comments section (dont know source or if even true):

"I saw the whole thing happen. I sit in the Letterwinners club inside on the first row. The student section in the north stands is just below my seats. There were a number of people who were not students sitting in the row below. Two white Georgia Tech police officers came into that area and asked everyone who was not a student to leave the area. Everyone did except a black woman and two young black men (teenagers). Both of them were wearing recruit lanyards. One of them immediately moved his tag to his back where the officer could not see it. The officers approached and asked them to move. There were some ensuing verbal exchanges that I could not hear. All three seemed to be getting more and more hostile. The officers appeared to remain calm. The two recruits began leaving but the woman stayed. The recruits then returned.
One officer asked for identification. One of the recruits got his ID out and held it in front of the officer. When the officer reached for it, he pulled it back and put his arm behind his back. There was a heated exchange between them and the officer grabbed the recruit’s arm and tried to lead him away. The woman was having a fit. At that point a black officer approached and talked with the white officers who then left. The black officer talked for a while to the three people. He then led them out of the stands.
The section for recruits is just across the aisle and all other recruits were sitting in that section. My thoughts were that the officers originally focused on no one. They simply asked all non-students to leave the section. Everyone else did. They only approached the recruits when they didn’t move. They seemed to remain very calm in the face of escalating hostility. Things became a problem when the recruit decided to play hide and seek with his ID. The officer who interceded did the right thing to calm things down, otherwise the recruit would likely have been arrested.
I saw nothing inappropriate on the officer’s part no matter what race the recruits might have been. No one was profiled or singled out. The recruits singled themselves out by not doing what everyone else did when asked. They acted like entitled jerks and were solely responsible for what transpired. Personally, no matter how good they may be, I would not want to see that kind of person representing Georgia Tech whether black or white. Sorry for the length of this post, but I feel an eyewitness account was needed."

So since we don't know the source of this post we do not know if it is accurate or not. Could be a G T fan trying to do spin damage control.

So maybe not jump to conclusions on either side of the scenario?