Early this week, a Black mother posted several videos on her TikTok of her 18-year-old son walking through a residential community in Sarasota, Florida.
While the incident never turned violent, at one point, one of the white men can be seen going into a car and grabbed something, though the video makes it unclear what he retrieved. He then began to walk back toward the teenager, before another man stepped in front of him and held him back.
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𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦. “𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 [𝘴𝘪𝘤] 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮.. 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 1 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 10 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.
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While the incident never turned violent, at one point, one of the white men can be seen going into a car and grabbed something, though the video makes it unclear what he retrieved. He then began to walk back toward the teenager, before another man stepped in front of him and held him back.
I have a feeling it was a gun.
Probably a gun.
White folks ...
@jdtasker just another day in Black life. He would have been shot and killed easily and no one would have cared. The recording wouldn't have made any difference.
On Tuesday, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office shared that Portela filed a complaint, writing on social media, “The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is aware of a video circulating on various social media platforms of an incident that occurred in the Skye Ranch neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 10. Detectives have been assigned and are actively locating and interviewing.”
What consequences will there be for these insane men? None.