r/TikTokCringe • u/New_Libran • 26d ago

Discussion The easiest $30k this guy ever made

On October 26, 2022, the judge ruled that Walden's contact with Land should have ended when it became clear that Land was not sleeping in the park or in need of assistance, and that the city was not responsible for Walden's actions.

On November 22, 2022, the city settled the lawsuit for $30,000.

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u/mouseat9 26d ago

My mother who was a boomer, once said to me as a wee lad. “What ppl dont understand, is that if we allow them(blacks) to be treated that way; we will all end up treated that way.” Didn’t understand fully til decades later

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u/Sea-Value-0 26d ago

What backwards folks think instead is: if we dont look the other way while they treat them that way, then we'll be next. They're happy to throw others under the bus to ensure their own safely. All we ever needed to do was to band together.

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u/thegrumpymechanic 26d ago

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - LBJ

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u/jaxonya 26d ago

"None of us are free until all of us are free"

  • Macklemore

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u/Famous-Rain8703 25d ago

Macklemore? 😂

Emma Lazarus Maya Angelou I mean you chose Macklemore bro ?

😂

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u/Famous-Rain8703 25d ago

That's still all we got to do

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u/Sei_Mal_Ehrlich 26d ago

That’s an actual race realist right there. Your mom is based.

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u/mouseat9 26d ago

Thank you.

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u/LoveReasonable1883 26d ago

Yup. You let them make one list and pretty soon there’s a list for everyone.

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u/bokmcdok 26d ago

This is why I've always been an ally. Not that I dont believe that everyone has a right to exist or anything like that, but the issue has always been, and always will be that when hateful people get into power everyone suffers.

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u/mewfour 26d ago

"If you don't do anything, it might happen to you later" is different from "Protect them because it is the right thing to do" btw

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u/Pretty-Yam-2854 26d ago

Holy based

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u/Visual-Studio-4238 26d ago

There are three kids of people...cops, friends/family of cops and suspects.

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u/dubsac5150 26d ago

Something something ... first they came for the socialists...