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Selfie from black man stopped by white police officer encourages #Respect
Fox 10 Phoenix ^ | 9/21/15 | Jeffrey Thomas DeSocio

Posted on 09/21/2015 6:42:59 PM PDT by markomalley

A selfie taken by a African-American man during a traffic stop by a white police officer was going viral across the internet over the weekend. But not for the reasons you may think...

Greg Barnes Jr. of Muncie, Indiana felt obligated to snap the photo featuring himself and the officer after a brief conversation he and the officer had following the traffic stop.

After the officer ran Barnes's information, he returned to the car and began a brief conversation about the situations and circumstances both he and Barnes find themselves in these days with African-American and police officers. They noted that most talks end up negative -some even deadly...but theirs was different, and they agreed to take the selfie and post to Facebook in hopes of spreading their story.

The point they both wanted to make was that not all people are bad, not all are racist. They continued to explain "that we can all continue to fight against each other until we are 'black & blue', or we can show one another the respect both inherently deserve - not as a 'black man' or a 'blue police officer' - but as human beings."

"None greater, none less."

Barnes ended the posting with a simple hashtag. #Respect.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: bellcurve; watchman

1 posted on 09/21/2015 6:42:59 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Good for him.


2 posted on 09/21/2015 6:45:05 PM PDT by umgud
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To: markomalley

Nice.


3 posted on 09/21/2015 6:48:31 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: markomalley
Mr. Barnes is what's right with America.

FUBLM!

4 posted on 09/21/2015 6:50:13 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: Irenic

“Nice.”
“Yeah. Does that mean you won’t give me a ticket now?”
“No, I just didn’t want you to think you’d overlooked something.”
“Honky!”
“I love this job.”


5 posted on 09/21/2015 6:52:15 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Voting is acting white.)
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To: markomalley
Always be POLITE to an officer.
You may even be able to talk yourself out of a ticket, which will NEVER work if you start out belligerent.

6 posted on 09/21/2015 7:07:19 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I remember when I was called a “boot licker” on this site when I advocated showing the police respect and that the police would reciprocate it.


7 posted on 09/21/2015 7:30:00 PM PDT by BBell
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To: markomalley; Alaska Wolf; DCBryan1; Slings and Arrows; Doomonyou; napscoordinator; Shimmer1; ...
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8 posted on 09/21/2015 7:33:43 PM PDT by null and void (FLINT: Free enterprise, Limited government, Individual liberty, National defense, Traditional values)
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To: BBell

Yep. The “all cops are scum” crowd has gone silent. Thank God.


9 posted on 09/21/2015 7:36:37 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: markomalley

God Bless the Peacemakers.

One traffic stop at a time.


10 posted on 09/22/2015 10:44:21 AM PDT by TheOldLady (Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8 - Look it up. I miss the Gipper. Wish we still had someone like him.)
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To: markomalley
True Story: Selfies Killed More People Than Sharks This Year
11 posted on 09/22/2015 10:50:45 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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