See that low key justification....
He owns his own unit, not the public space. Stop acting like this was a door to his living room.
I want to see proof of other people being stopped by Cukor. Surely such an expensive building has cameras yeah?
"My father was murdered outside his home by a trespasser who he confronted alone"
This is it. Don't treat someone like a criminal, treat them like a human being that you have no choice but to inconvenience.
Yeah, completely different. The only mild commonality, trivial at best I'd say, is that a white person called the cops on a black man in situations where no one would normally call the cops on anyone of any other race (well, maybe brown people). The important point is that we need to latch onto some instance of perceived wrongdoing (using coupons that may or may not be fraudulent, entering a building that said may or may not live in - regardless of whether you have any sort of authority to request people's identification) and focus on that specifically, in order to not acknowledge the overt racism in such situations.
. So he does the very same thing that got his father killed on top of that he put his kid in the situation as well.
I own a condo and I don't own the place, I own a percentage of the place. The lobby is a common area that's the responsibility of the condo association, that I contribute funds to, to maintain. I don't have the right to accost people I see there that I don't know.
Yes, why didn't the black guy give all his info to this white guy exerting his authority (authority that he doesn't have)? If Cukor was genuinely concerned about the trespassing or felt threatened in any way, he wouldn't have made the 911 call smuggly in Wesley's face and have a direct confrontation in his kid's presence. This is just him flexing his white privilege 'yeah, I'm calling the cops on you, what are you going to do about it?' muscles.
What exactly are you disagreeing with here? You feel we should treat people like criminals and call the cops if they're trying to tailgate? Is that seriously a proportionate response in your mind?
If you want to be private security in your building, knock yourself out. Maybe it's because I know what it feels like to be treated like I don't belong somewhere based on how I look but I never have nor ever will police the movements of a stranger in a shared space if they're not posing any kind of threat.
You're really going out of your way here. Look how calm and smug Cukor is as he's calling the cops. The same guy who's justifying his actions because his dad got killed for directly confronting someone alone. Does this look like a man concerned for his safety? He must have been real pissed because how dare this black guy not submit to his authority.
You joke but you have no idea how often I've seen this argued in less progressive spaces than this.
"I'm not saying the racist guy is right, I just also don't think the victim of racism is right"
I think the thing that's eye-opening for folks who really don't have experience with these situations is how easily authority is redistributed, especially over PoC. When you honestly believe with all your heart that owning an apartment in a shared building bestows some kind of police powers on you it's time to re-examine your belief system.
