"Do you know who I am"

[Atlas]

Atlanta tackle faces disorderly conduct count
During traffic stop, Coleman allegedly abusive to officer

By News Wire Reports
July 16, 2005

ATLANTA - Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Rod Coleman was arrested for misdemeanor disorderly conduct during a traffic stop early Friday, allegedly cursing at an officer and asking, "Do you know who I am?"

DeKalb, Ga., police spokesman Sgt. Charles Dedrick said Coleman "was verbally abusive" to a police officer. Coleman was a passenger in a sport utility vehicle pulled over for speeding just outside Atlanta.

Another passenger, Sean Watson, also was arrested for disorderly conduct.

During the stop, the officer said he was telling the driver his car insurance was expired when Coleman said, "I wish you wouldn't touch my (expletive) truck. Do you know who I am? I play for the Falcons," according to the police report.

Then, according to the report, Coleman tried to walk away from the car and told the officer to shut up. The 6-foot-2, 285-pound Coleman, who is black, requested a white officer.

The officer, A.C. Francis, complied and also let Coleman call his girlfriend. Francis wrote, "After granting Mr. Coleman every request he asked for besides letting him walk drunk on the Interstate . . . Mr. Coleman's insults continued and threats escalated until the only choice was to take him to jail."

[Florida_Bronco]

Wonder why he asked for a white cop?

[Sir Mawn]

LOL ridiculous. Who cares who you are?

[Dukes]

Suprised he didnt call himself a "motha f***** Soldier"

[Arkie]

Wonder why he asked for a white cop?


Cuz they slam ya down to the street top. Black police showin out for the white cop.

[rbackfactory80]

Do you know who I am??? Never heard that before. But seriously it is one thing to recognize T.O or Randy Moss but a stupid falcons d tackle, get real.

[Atlas]

Cops have a tough job sometimes. Imagine if you were a cop and you had a very irate 6'2" 285 lb man on your hands.

[Bronco9798]

Catchy title, thought it was trivia time......

[Rocket 7]

"Do you know who I am? I'm Moe Greene I made my bones when you were you were dating cheerleaders" One of my favorite quotes from The Godfather

[Kaylore]

http://www.dcist.com/images/Rick-James-99.jpg
I"m Rick James, b****!

[DB-Freak]

Cuz they slam ya down to the street top. Black police showin out for the white cop.
LOL

That's ****ing hilarious.

I can't believe there are actually NWA fans out there.

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Cops have a tough job sometimes. Imagine if you were a cop and you had a very irate 6'2" 285 lb man on your hands.

I imagine he would get tasered and beaten real good.

[Atlas]

I imagine he would get tasered and beaten real good.

Yes I would think. These cops seemed very understanding considering the A-hole they were dealing with.

[Bronx33]

Then, according to the report, Coleman tried to walk away from the car and told the officer to shut up. The 6-foot-2, 285-pound Coleman, who is black, requested a white officer.


???????

[-Slap-]

My favorite scene from LA Confidential is when Russell Crowe catches a rapist, literally with his pants down. He's sitting in the living room, eating a bowl of cereal with the cartoons on, his victim tied up in the bedroom. Crowe shoots the unarmed and half naked scumbag square in the chest and plants a gun on him anyway. Good police work in my book.

[Tredici]

Apparently being a tackle for the Falcons makes you so important law breakers should pay you to ride around with them.

[Dr. Broncenstein]

Anyone see the "Tazed and Confused" edition of COPS? Freakin hysterical. Set tazers to "crap the pants".....

[clean]

A black cop killing an unarmed black under highly questionable circumstances is no longer an oddity. In the past two years black cops have gunned down unarmed blacks in Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Baltimore, Washington and Los Angeles. The irony is that black leaders have long clamored for more black cops -- arguing that black officers would be less likely than racist white cops to brutalize other blacks. This, of course, is pure fiction.

http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/11/01/cops/


But all black officers, whatever their reason for joining the force, face the same occupational hazard: race-based taunting. “You work for the man!” Detective Carl McLaughlin constantly hears in Brooklyn. “I don’t work for ‘the man,’ ” he says impatiently. “I work for the penal law.” The taunts have become “more sophisticated” over the years, McLaughlin reports. “They use bigger words. ‘Because of you, I’m going to get reparations!’ they shout.” McLaughlin smiles beatifically back, the soul of innocence: “Me too: I’m black!” Detective Robert Reedy, a heavy-smoking mountain of a man in an aquamarine pin-striped suit, works with McLaughlin in the 67th Precinct. “They call me a slave, a field ****er,” he says. He responds contemptuously: “That’s ‘house ****er’—get your terms right.” The perps then whine: “You black like me!” Reedy shakes his head in amazement: “What’s that got to do with taking the lady’s handbag?”

http://www.city-journal.org/html/12_3_black_cops.html

[DB-Freak]

A black cop killing an unarmed black under highly questionable circumstances is no longer an oddity. In the past two years black cops have gunned down unarmed blacks in Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Baltimore, Washington and Los Angeles. The irony is that black leaders have long clamored for more black cops -- arguing that black officers would be less likely than racist white cops to brutalize other blacks. This, of course, is pure fiction.

http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/11/01/cops/


But all black officers, whatever their reason for joining the force, face the same occupational hazard: race-based taunting. “You work for the man!” Detective Carl McLaughlin constantly hears in Brooklyn. “I don’t work for ‘the man,’ ” he says impatiently. “I work for the penal law.” The taunts have become “more sophisticated” over the years, McLaughlin reports. “They use bigger words. ‘Because of you, I’m going to get reparations!’ they shout.” McLaughlin smiles beatifically back, the soul of innocence: “Me too: I’m black!” Detective Robert Reedy, a heavy-smoking mountain of a man in an aquamarine pin-striped suit, works with McLaughlin in the 67th Precinct. “They call me a slave, a field ****er,” he says. He responds contemptuously: “That’s ‘house ****er’—get your terms right.” The perps then whine: “You black like me!” Reedy shakes his head in amazement: “What’s that got to do with taking the lady’s handbag?”

http://www.city-journal.org/html/12_3_black_cops.html
Cool.

[-Slap-]

A black cop killing an unarmed black under highly questionable circumstances is no longer an oddity. In the past two years black cops have gunned down unarmed blacks in Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Baltimore, Washington and Los Angeles. The irony is that black leaders have long clamored for more black cops -- arguing that black officers would be less likely than racist white cops to brutalize other blacks. This, of course, is pure fiction.

http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/11/01/cops/


But all black officers, whatever their reason for joining the force, face the same occupational hazard: race-based taunting. “You work for the man!” Detective Carl McLaughlin constantly hears in Brooklyn. “I don’t work for ‘the man,’ ” he says impatiently. “I work for the penal law.” The taunts have become “more sophisticated” over the years, McLaughlin reports. “They use bigger words. ‘Because of you, I’m going to get reparations!’ they shout.” McLaughlin smiles beatifically back, the soul of innocence: “Me too: I’m black!” Detective Robert Reedy, a heavy-smoking mountain of a man in an aquamarine pin-striped suit, works with McLaughlin in the 67th Precinct. “They call me a slave, a field ****er,” he says. He responds contemptuously: “That’s ‘house ****er’—get your terms right.” The perps then whine: “You black like me!” Reedy shakes his head in amazement: “What’s that got to do with taking the lady’s handbag?”

http://www.city-journal.org/html/12_3_black_cops.html

Nice job of presenting opposing viewpoints.