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[–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Well, the story is basically he said/he said. Some reports say the kid was just humiliating the other kids, which got the other parents angry. The boy's parents shared (their chosen clips) video of him scoring goals without pushing anyone. Other reports talk about the boy's parents being belligerent and arguing with the ref and other parents, but there is no video of that. I think there is nothing to point at this being about race, even if there is something about other parents getting angry that their kids were feeling embarrassed and not having fun (still unclear on that, though).

I will say the video from the boy's parents has them celebrating like he scored in a world cup game instead of scoring at a 3 year olds' league game. That could rub some parents the wrong way.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Yeah, a friend had told me about it after he saw a post on Reddit, so I made the mistake of listening to him and not watching it myself when I saw it here. I also don't think it was about race, my point there was simply that in the American context, calling the cops on a Black person is a serious escalation. The parents definitely sound like they're their own worst enemy in this situation for sure.

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