# Chronos, why can't we talk about race in a thread about police? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-why-cant-we-talk-about-race-in-a-thread-about-police/839005 "2019-08-21T15:28:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-why-cant-we-talk-about-race-in-a-thread-about-police/839005/27 "2019-08-21T23:43:46Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > They weren’t to me. Can you please define the “lines”? Is it flippant remarks, or any mention of race? I have put the posts in a quote hierarchy. My read is that **engineer\_comp\_geek** ’s post was referring to disagreements with **Chronos** ’s post. I would paraphrase it as ‘_ **Chronos** said **DCnDC** ’s post is inappropriate. I agree. Do not continue to question our rulings in this forum. If people continue to question the moderators here we will be forced to issue warnings._’ After that **garygnu** and **Saint Cad** continued to question the moderator rulings in General Questions and received warnings. If my interpretation is correct, it doesn’t matter what the original post or the topic was. The warnings were for disobeying moderator instructions. > [@If I ran like "Baby" from Baby Driver in a public place, would I be arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ran-like-baby-from-baby-driver-in-a-public-place-would-i-be-arrested/838872/25): > > > [@If I ran like "Baby" from Baby Driver in a public place, would I be arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ran-like-baby-from-baby-driver-in-a-public-place-would-i-be-arrested/838872/24): > > > > > [@If I ran like "Baby" from Baby Driver in a public place, would I be arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ran-like-baby-from-baby-driver-in-a-public-place-would-i-be-arrested/838872/23): > > > > > > **Moderator Note** > > > > > > > [@If I ran like "Baby" from Baby Driver in a public place, would I be arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ran-like-baby-from-baby-driver-in-a-public-place-would-i-be-arrested/838872/21): > > > > > > > > > [@If I ran like "Baby" from Baby Driver in a public place, would I be arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ran-like-baby-from-baby-driver-in-a-public-place-would-i-be-arrested/838872/13): > > > > > > > > > > **[Moderating]** > > > > > > > > > > > [@If I ran like "Baby" from Baby Driver in a public place, would I be arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ran-like-baby-from-baby-driver-in-a-public-place-would-i-be-arrested/838872/7): > > > > > > > > > > > > Depends. Are you black? > > > > > > > > > > This is not the time nor the place for that comment. > > > > > > > > I disagree. That’s a very relevant comment. > > > > > > In other forums perhaps, but not in GQ. > > > > > > > [@If I ran like "Baby" from Baby Driver in a public place, would I be arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ran-like-baby-from-baby-driver-in-a-public-place-would-i-be-arrested/838872/22): > > > > > > > > No it’s not because if he were Black he wouldn’t be running. He would have already been shot in the back. > > > > > > Again, keep comments like this out of GQ. > > > > > > Further comments along these lines in this thread will result in warnings. > > > > It might be flippant, but this forum deals with factual answers, and it is most certainly factual that ones skin color is a big factor when it comes to being stopped by police. > > My thoughts exactly. The question of if you would be stopped by cops for running/parkour away from them will be different if you are white male in workout clothes as opposed to a black male dressed like a gangbanger. I don’t see any difference with discussing that aspect just like we can discuss if you’d be more likely to be arrested if you have a backpack on (suspected shoplifting). > > Are the mods saying race should not be discussed as a factual component of being arrested or is it merely the style of the comments? > [@If I ran like "Baby" from Baby Driver in a public place, would I be arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ran-like-baby-from-baby-driver-in-a-public-place-would-i-be-arrested/838872/26): > > **[Moderating]** > > Yup, those are further comments along those lines, all right. And so this is a Warning for both **garygnu** and **Saint Cad**. ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-why-cant-we-talk-about-race-in-a-thread-about-police/839005)._