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Judi Lynn

(160,682 posts)
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 05:13 PM Jun 2018

White man blocks Atlanta doctor from entering her own home


By Jay Scott Smith - June 24, 2018

It’s happening again. This time, a Black doctor in Atlanta is upset at a white man who blocked her entrance to the gated community in which she lives because he felt she “didn’t belong there.

Dr. Nnenna Agoucha told WXIA that on June 18 the man racially profiled her when he blocked her from entering the Buckhead community where she has lived for nearly eight years.

A part of the nearly 30-minute exchange was captured on camera.

“He is saying that I need to prove to him that I live here before he lets me into my own community,” a frustrated Aguocha says in the video. “He got out of the car and threatened to call the police on me because I was ‘trespassing.’

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https://thegrio.com/2018/06/24/white-man-blocks-atlanta-doctor-from-entering-her-own-home/
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White man blocks Atlanta doctor from entering her own home (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Jun 2018 #1
Telling excerpt (emphasis added): tblue37 Jun 2018 #2
Turned out the a--hole didn't even live there! hedda_foil Jun 2018 #3
what in the ever loving fuck..... dhill926 Jun 2018 #4
This is WAR. Paladin Jun 2018 #5
And it's scary to think Ohiogal Jun 2018 #6
Disgusting. Downtown Hound Jun 2018 #7
Trump is to blame for this, as surely as if he'd been the one who did it. raccoon Jun 2018 #8
Why wasn't the guy arrested??? It sounds like he had no business being near the property and Vinca Jun 2018 #9

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

tblue37

(65,552 posts)
2. Telling excerpt (emphasis added):
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 05:29 PM
Jun 2018
“He called the police, so I called the police as well,” she said. Aguocha told police he would not let her in due to the fact he didn’t believe that she lived there. He accused her of tailgating his car to try to get in.

“I absolutely think it was racially motivated,” Aguocha told WXIA. “When this altercation was going on, what went through my mind was this guy could do absolutely anything to me.

“He could shoot me dead on the spot because he was trying to protect the neighborhood and the property,” she added, “and people would make up stories later.”

After police arrived on the scene, the man eventually moved his vehicle. The man, who it turns out did not actually live in the gated community himself, claimed there had been robberies in the area and people had been allegedly stealing A/C units.


George Zimmerman also used recent robberies in the area as an excuse for profiling Trayvon Martin and stalking (and killing) him becuase Zimmerman was so sure he didn't live there.

Oh, and the xlaim about robberies of AC usnits was a lie:

However, the president of the homeowner’s association said they had no knowledge of any A/C unit thefts and even if there had been, it doesn’t excuse his behavior.

Paladin

(28,287 posts)
5. This is WAR.
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:11 PM
Jun 2018

These incidents are a direct result of trump's hateful racist policies, and they must me met with equal or greater RESISTANCE and FORCE.

Ohiogal

(32,196 posts)
6. And it's scary to think
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:14 PM
Jun 2018

that if he lived in a "stand your ground" state, he could have shot her dead and claimed he felt "threatened"! and he'd be excused for it!

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
7. Disgusting.
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:54 PM
Jun 2018

I was arrested in 2009 for blocking the street outside the CA State Supreme Court when they upheld prop 8. It was only a misdemeanor, and I was only too happy to accept the charge. This man should face the same penalties, seeing as how he's on video. And throw in some harassment and stalking charges while we're at it.

raccoon

(31,135 posts)
8. Trump is to blame for this, as surely as if he'd been the one who did it.
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 12:53 PM
Jun 2018

He has emboldened racists like this man. They now seem to think they can do whatever they want to POC, AND GET AWAY WITH IT.

Just like George Zimmerman did.

That MF man ought to be arrested for something.

Vinca

(50,334 posts)
9. Why wasn't the guy arrested??? It sounds like he had no business being near the property and
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 03:02 PM
Jun 2018

he was definitely disturbing the peace.

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