Turning Nothing Into Something
My senior year in high school I worked at Circuit City as a computer tech and salesman. At the particular store I worked at, we had a public address (PA) system in the store that was supposed to be used to make announcements about things sales and when the store was closing. However, most of the time it was used by employees to play pranks on each other (ex: we were able to patch a personal phone call over the PA so the whole store could here a particular employee breaking up with his girlfriend). One time, a customer was able to get on the PA system and scream PENIS after which he immediately ran out of the store. Following that particular incident, the district manager ordered that all the PA systems in all the stores in the Phoenix area be disabled. That was pretty much the end of it (and unfortunately the end of a lot of fun at Circuit City).
Something similar happened at a Walmart in New Jersey when someone (either a customer or employee) got on the store’s PA system and announced that all black people needed to leave the store. Stupid and childish? Yes. Racist? Absolutely. Should the store management reevaluate how their PA system is used? Definitely. Does this incident warrant a wide ranging criminal investigation by the local police department and county prosecutor? Hell no.
From the article:
Store management contacted the Washington Township Police Department, which opened an investigation in conjunction with the county prosecutor’s office, Deputy Police Chief John Dalesandro said.
“The incident is being investigated by both law enforcement agencies as a suspected bias intimidation crime,” local authorities said.
What in the name of Chesty Puller is a “bias intimidation crime”? To me it sounds like something the local police chief and prosecutor make up for a chance at some national publicity (which they are obviously getting). You’re going to tell the people of your county that there isn’t more pressing matters than some jackass getting on a PA system at Walmart and saying something retarded?
I’m waiting quite eagerly for Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the SPLC to come into this town and start extorting this town and Walmart for their “racism”. Does anybody want to take bets on when they are going show up?
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Dan, a “bias intimidation crime” is a crime against feel good. If someone says something or draws something that makes someone else “feel bad”, it rises almost to the level of hate crime. Just think “thought police”.
For those whose livelihood involves extortion and threats, ala Jackson, Sharpton and the SPLC, it’s the lifeblood of their existence.
Does anybody want to take bets on when they are going show up?
You’re kidding right?? They probably showed up long before your post….
“Has anyone seen Amanda? I’m looking for Amanda Hugenkiss”
“How about Richard Smoker…..Big Dick? I’m looking for Big Dick Smoker…..”
Its always something. Everybody has to belong in a victim class in today’s America. Its not enough that some racist jerk got a hold of the PA one day, in a single store, in one place in the country. He couldn’t be the problem of course. No, it has to be part of a larger conspiracy, for without that conspiracy there would be no shakedown for professional hustlers. Walmart may as well start cutting checks for the extorionists because punishing the idiot responsible just won’t cut it. I’m taking bets now on which congressman will feel compelled to open their piehole as this is obviously the MOST IMPORTANT issue facing our country.
A “bias intimidation crime” is one where a violation of civil rights might possibly just potentially kinda sorta in close-to way be involved by someone who could somehow, even tagentially, come into contact with a public good or servie or some kind, requiring Dept of Justice, FBI, IRS, INS, Dept of Commerce, etc. investigations, appointment of Al Sharpton (he’s a lawyer) an an independent prosecutor, interrogations, etc. for six months until the realize that,, gosh, Walmart is a private sector company and a customer probably did it… let that be a lesson to you, Capitalist exploiter of poor, easily-offended loyal Democratic voters.
Had the shoppers not gone to the media as soon as this happened they would have had their perpetrator in a few days because chances are he/she had a video taken of him doing it and would have put it up on youtube. Instead some of the people who were offended had to try to get their 15 mins of fame by contacting the media around here. Now if the perpetrator has half a brain he won’t post it up on youtube and he’ll get away with no repercussion against him.