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Cattledog

(6,475 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:25 PM Oct 2018

In Cobb County, Police Called On Black Man Babysitting White Kids.

A white woman who spotted a black man babysitting two white children called police and then followed them home in Cobb County.

WGCL-TV reported Tuesday that the woman stopped Corey Lewis outside a Cobb County Walmart and asked to speak to the kids. He refused, so she called police and followed them to his home.

An officer arrived and questioned the children, ages 6 and 10, and called their parents, David Parker and Dana Mango. The couple says Lewis is a family friend and their son attends his youth program.

Mango says the officer told her Lewis was questioned because he’s a black man driving around with two white children.

Parker said he guesses “B-W-B is the new thing, babysitting while black.”

https://www.wabe.org/in-cobb-county-police-called-on-black-man-babysitting-white-kids/

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In Cobb County, Police Called On Black Man Babysitting White Kids. (Original Post) Cattledog Oct 2018 OP
Here's an interview with the man and the parents. Anon-C Oct 2018 #1
Why wasn't she punished for abusing 911? tulipsandroses Oct 2018 #2

Anon-C

(3,440 posts)
1. Here's an interview with the man and the parents.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:38 PM
Oct 2018
https://www.cbs46.com/news/white-woman-calls-police-on-black-man-babysitting-children/article_0b02ccda-cba4-11e8-89db-ff7b3202479e.html

Hopefully the woman will be identified and the 911 call recording released either willingly by the Cobb County Police or via FOIA request.

tulipsandroses

(6,629 posts)
2. Why wasn't she punished for abusing 911?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 03:18 PM
Oct 2018

The children were not in danger. Showed no signs of distress. This is clearly abuse of 911.

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