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Police Called On 3-Year-Old Black Boy Because He Was Too Good At Soccer (blacksportsonline.com)

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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/usa/p/1271268/police-called-on-3-year-old-black-boy-because-he-was-too-good-at-soccer

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[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 97 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I'm the one who called the cops. You guys don't understand just how good this toddler is, someone had to do something

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Don't you know about cops killing black people though. They could have showed up and thought that little 3 year old boy was going to kick a soccer ball at them.

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[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 days ago (1 child)

Or an acorn could have fallen on a car, causing them to shoot the place up.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago

Home boys gonna fucking roll more than he has since he played sonic in the 90s.

If those cops ever live that down....

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[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago*

I thought it was obvious, but /s for the aforementioned comment you're replying to.

Edit, I read half your reply when I replied. It seems I'm the one with egg on my face

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[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

If you want this kid in black and white stripes, call Juventes.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

Someone call the cops! This comment is too good.

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