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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEssential Workering While Black
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) A viral video shows a delivery driver being held against his will in an Oklahoma City area neighborhood Monday, blocked in by a man who identified himself as the homeowners association president.
Travis Miller, a home appliance and furniture delivery driver, captured the encounter on Facebook Live while driving through the neighborhood of Ashford Hills.
I want to know where youre going, says the resident whose car is blocking Millers way.
"Its none of your business. Im going out, thats where Im going, Miller replies.
Got me blocked in so I cant leave, Miller says to the camera, showing the mans white Subaru blocking the road out of the gated community. .......(more)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wavy.com/news/health/coronavirus/black-delivery-driver-blocked-into-oklahoma-neighborhood-by-hoa-president/amp/
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Essential Workering While Black (Original Post)
marmar
May 2020
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dalton99a
(81,656 posts)1. "Officers never showed up"
mercuryblues
(14,550 posts)2. The should be arrested for unlawful restraint
marmar
(77,102 posts)3. Agreed.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)4. Video
crickets
(25,987 posts)5. This is getting out of hand.
direct link to wavy:
https://www.wavy.com/news/health/coronavirus/black-delivery-driver-blocked-into-oklahoma-neighborhood-by-hoa-president/
There was no reason for this nonsense. The delivery man was obviously just doing his job.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)6. That's called kidnapping but the man with the suburban will get away with it cause he's white