Did I Do Something That May Have Been Construed Racist?
So, the other day my wife is driving toward a freeway entrance. This requires driving a short distance on surface streets in Detroit or drive 10 miles further to the freeway enter and then drive through Detroit on the freeway. She stopped for a red light. I glanced to my right to look at the buildings since it had bee awhile since being at that intersection. Then some movement is noticed and my focus was on a Black man sitting at bus stop. He had raised his arm and pointed a brown gloved hand at me and, like a child might do, shot me with his finger. After that, he gave me the finger.
Perhaps this forum is the wrong audience. I'll try to ask this question of my next door neighbor since he is Black. Anyway, is it racist to look anyway but forward in a vehicle while in a Black area? I want to know since my actions may trigger being shot with a real gun.
I wasn't carrying that day because MI doesn't allow carrying in a hospital.
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Toolman286 wrote: "I've carried for 40 years & rarely did anyone know. If it was noticed, I learned from it. If I'm going to a no carry area, I go smaller & more concealable. I'd rather say oops, I forgot or oh, I didn't see the sign. I frequently pass through a rural black neighborhood near my home. We wave to each other with all 5 fingers. HE was the racist & you were correct in giving him the 1 finger salute.
"Retired leo."
The Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act states you can carry just about anywhere, including hospitals, schools and what not. The only places I have found that the law doesn't cover are some, not all, Federal Courts, and the secured areas of airports. I carry everywhere I go.
One day a long time ago, I was in a VFW area in Dallas, stopped at a red light. I looked around to see if this was where I was supposed to turn, and a black woman on the opposite curb thought I was looking at her and yelled obscenities at me.
Some of my black friends cautioned me about having a "Trump for President" sticker on my truck, but I never had a problem. I reckon they were just being overly cautious.
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