Comments on: Mercy’s take on the LAPD http://erika.haub.net/mercys-take-on-the-lapd/10/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:04:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: erika http://erika.haub.net/mercys-take-on-the-lapd/10/comment-page-1/#comment-276833 erika Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:06:59 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/mercys-take-on-the-lapd/10/#comment-276833 Yes, Jelani, I had the exact same thoughts. And Sunday at our worship service she heard a young man in our congregation give exactly that testimony: God delivering him from LAPD custody (totally wrongfully detained), after getting jumped/tackled/wrestled to the ground and thrown into the back of a cruiser. So as black and white (no pun intended) as I tend to paint her world at this age, the gray is not lost on her, I'm sure. Yes, Jelani, I had the exact same thoughts. And Sunday at our worship service she heard a young man in our congregation give exactly that testimony: God delivering him from LAPD custody (totally wrongfully detained), after getting jumped/tackled/wrestled to the ground and thrown into the back of a cruiser.

So as black and white (no pun intended) as I tend to paint her world at this age, the gray is not lost on her, I’m sure.

]]> By: Jelani Greenidge http://erika.haub.net/mercys-take-on-the-lapd/10/comment-page-1/#comment-276760 Jelani Greenidge Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:01:44 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/mercys-take-on-the-lapd/10/#comment-276760 Wow, what a great series of questions. "Where they wrestle you?" "No... of course not. Unless you're Rodney King. Or they think you have a weapon. Or you're an African-American male and you said something vaguely aggressive. Okay, sure... fine. They wrestle you." That would've been my response. Maybe it's good that I don't have children yet. Wow, what a great series of questions.

“Where they wrestle you?”

“No… of course not. Unless you’re Rodney King. Or they think you have a weapon. Or you’re an African-American male and you said something vaguely aggressive. Okay, sure… fine. They wrestle you.”

That would’ve been my response.

Maybe it’s good that I don’t have children yet.

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