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Hoodie related
My mother worked retail sales for a number of years. She says anytime someone came in dressed inappropriately for the weather /time of year they always watched them more closely becuase why would you wear a jacket in the summer 3 sizes to big into a store? They would assume people (regardless of color) were going to try to stuff things inside the jacket to steal. And sadly most of the time they would eventually catch them shoplifting. Also in the dead winter when pople came in in fhort sleeves and shorts they would assume they were going to try to steal pants and or jackets by puttin g them over their existing clothes and walking out with them on.
Re: Hoodie related
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I knew goths growing up who wore black clothes, hoodies, long sleeves, and long pants year round. You know how miserable that is in Fresno in the summer time? Some people are very committed to their counter culture.
When I worked retail, we always watched people who had strollers with no kids in them. I probably wouldn't have shot someone though, just because they didn't have a kid in their stroller.
Also, wasn't it raining when Trayvon was walking home. So the hoodie makes sense.
This reminds me of the piercing, tattoo, and leather-head crowd here in the summer. I LMAO when I see them in all their gear and it's 108 degrees outside. That's commitment, man!
Yes, it makes sense to watch people engaged in suspicious behavior. Baggy clothing in summer heat, inside a store, is kinda suspicious. Although, I guarantee my skinny blond white ass would not get followed in a store if I wore baggy clothing, so people explain away suspicion if you look "right".
An empty stroller pushed by an old man, suspicious (also, incredibly common here, as the preferred method to transport scavenged recyclables by the homeless community).
Being a black teen in a hoodie walking down the street is not suspicious.
This is true in the dead of winter with girls and their club gear. It can be 20 degrees outside and they will be wearing a skirt that barely covers crotchital region.
This really has no relation to the OP, but oh well.
Also, I totally remember watching Loss prevention videos when I worked retail and big jackets was always one of things they pointed out to watch for.
Today's crime report in my local newspaper includes the phrase:
"suspect is described as foreign-looking."
WOW.
Absolutely! Canadians are issued these shoes at birth:
Americans get these:
In Canada where you have some of the most multicultural cities in the world that isn't very helpful...
Ahh but not where I live! I live in a small town, so if I had to wager a guess, I'd say at least 85% of people are white. Its not nearly as diverse as the larger centres. Its not nearly as 'prejudicial' as some of the stuff I read about some small-towns in Texas (my sister brings me the newspapers from work as she works there) but its certainly not a multicultural utopia where everyone holds hands and embraces each other.
It just made me laugh though because, really, whats 'foreign looking.'? Asian? Arab? Indian? Native?