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Around 2.30PM on Saturday, December 19, during a snowstorm, residents at the intersection of 14th and U Streets NW in D.C. started throwing snowballs at passing Hummers.

One of the cars pelted was driven by a plainclothes police officer identified only as Det. Baylor. Baylor got out of his car and brandished his gun at the crowd.

What do you think? Was the officer justified or was he overreacting? Also, how does race play into this since it was an African-American officer with a predominantly white crowd? Would it have been perceived differently if it were white officer with Black teens? Speak On it!

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DaintyJen/ DaintyJen

    somebody could be driving and a snowball gets thrown and the driver spins the car out of control or something, you don’t do no shyt like that. Its better then what me and my brothers be doing when people throw stuff at our cars when we’re driving (seriously). Just because the crowd was white doesn’t mean that they are incapable of doing dirt. Now ***IF*** it was an accident (which I highly doubt) then they should’ve just said so but either way I don’t know anybody that takes stuff being thrown at their car lightly, nor do I know anybody but scorn women that thinks throwing stuff at a car is funny…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DIAMONDPRINCESS1979/ DIAMONDPRINCESS1979

    TRUE! BUT THEY WHERE HAVING FUN NO ONE WAS HURT AND THAT IS WHAT SNOW IS FOR I DONT CARE YOU DONT PULL OUT A GUN TO PEOPLE WITH SNOW BALLS THAT LIKE BRINGING A GUN TO A KNIFE FIGHT GET REAL SWEETIE. IT DONT MATTER WHAT RACE YOU ARE THAT MAN WAS TRYING TO BE A ASSHOLE BECAUSE HE WAS A COP IF HE WAS NOT WORKING AND WAS THROWING SNOW BALLS WITH HIS GRANDKIDS AND A CAR STOP AND PULL A GUN WHO WILL GO TO JAIL HIM FOR THROWING SNOW OR THE MAN WITH THE GUN ‘THINK ‘

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Innovative_Brother/ Innovative_Brother

    F**k detective Baylor for pulling that gun Out.. If you a cop long enough I guess you become a sucker like a lot of the others.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    Some people put rocks and glass in there snowballs and throw them at people and cars so-I might have done the same thing too. And wet snowballs hurt…I guess whoever done it want do it again. Now if by them throwing snowballs at him and he ran over someone or hit into something then what would they have said? (JMO)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Enriquesgyrl/ Enriquesgyrl

    Hopefully race does not play a factor in this case. The officer should not have pulled out his gun, he knew better. Lets just hope for the sake of it all that no one ends up in trouble,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/al4love32/ al4love32

    man iam from d.c i live in d.c i have never heard no s**t like that in my life he needs to get his ass whipped for that why would u sitt here and do some s**t like that hes just overreacted if anything he needs to get locked up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DaintyJen/ DaintyJen

    I agree @ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST… These little chicago goofies do the exact same thing which is why a person is going to get out their car. Hopefully the officer doesn’t get in trouble. For all we know the snowball could’ve had ice/rock/glass in it or it could’ve startled him. If its a snowball fight, I don’t understand throwing snowballs at people who aren’t playing, let alone at passing cars. They asked for trouble in my opinion…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/187mafia_boi/ 187mafia_boi

    f*** det. baylor . snow vs a gun? i would of smacked da f*** out of him cop or not . now you know why so many cops got killed n why they get killed. n***a thats terrorism. KILL YA SELF U B****. LOL what u gonna tell the judge. he was having a snow fight with a moving car? and you pulled your gun out ?but if i would of pulled a gun out n shot you. i would get charged for shooting a cop. when its self defense?? da fuxx

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/babygirl474/ babygirl474

    Ok, first thing…you don’t throw stuff at moving vehicles. That’s home training 101. It’s very dangerous and could have caused an accident.

    However, the detective over-reacted. All he had to do was to tell the people to move along.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Blacks4-2ndAmendment/ Blacks4-2ndAmendment

    The cop should have popped off a few rounds in the crowd

    Many of you here would get pissed if you were driving your BMW, Benz, shiiit, even if you were driving your hooptie and some idiot decide to keep hitting your vehicle, YOU ALL would be pissed

    the punk that hit the cop is a lucky son of a b#$%@ he didn’t get a dose of lead in return.

    by the way, I saw grown azz idiots, not kids throwing the snowballs

    the news said this was arranged on Twitter, all the more reason to pump lead in these imbeciles, thinking life is a joke and everything is fun and rose-colored

    Everybody hates the cops, until they need them
    SMH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Blacks4-2ndAmendment/ Blacks4-2ndAmendment

    I would like any Black person from this forum to go out tomorrow, look for a white cop, hit his or her car, marked or undercover

    slap him or her when they come out of vehicle with a snowball, and then post back here tomorrow night

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/YoungEx19/ YoungEx19

    The guy has a gun in his hand and they’re still throwing snowballs at him. Stupid!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rodjilius/ rodjilius

    dat was stupid i mean they really shouldnt have been throwin at the dude but at the same time he shouldnt have pulled out a f**kin gun.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jazzlove84/ Jazzlove84

    people are naturally stupid. these people should have not been throwing snowballs at any of the cars going pass. however i can understand the off-duty officer felt. those white folks should have gotten a clue and stopped trying to be “hard” when the cop shut that mess down. it’s crazy. and for them to request his badge number is a load of crap. white people have yet to have gotten a clue. they still act like it’s ok for them to act retarded, verbally assualt others and then get away with it.. time for them to get a clue.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jayslay34/ jayslay34

    This shows the natural disrespect that people have and show to black with authority.. Those people wouldn’t have dared to steep up in a white officers face like they did…. I witness this all the time ..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ricochet80/ Ricochet80

    Why are grown adults throwing snowballs at moving vehicles? I even heard one grown man say, “You’re ruining our fun”. As in stopping adults having fun from throwing snowballs at moving vehicles? People grow up!

    As for the cop, I don’t think he should’ve pulled the gun out. However, he did not point the weapon at any one and was merely trying to clear the scene of immature adults throwing snowballs at vehicles. One person still threw a snowball even at the officer after he had already gotten out of his car. That’s just disrespectful and shows how white people think they can do anything they want. If that were a black crowd and a white officer, someone in the crowd would be dead. This is stupid!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Aloof/ Aloof

    Hahahaha

    So some strangers are hitting y’all vehicle and you’re gonna just take it like a bytch ? BULLSHYT

    So everyone is allowed to get upset, but cops are supposed to just take it ?

    From the comments on here, I can see we have a lot if ignorant @$$ “n!gger$”

    You can tell who on here are convicts, always hating the cops just because you’re a dumb @$$ criminal and got a police record.

    I bet some of you wished it was a white cop against Black people so you could have an excuse to riot, and steal shyt from the stores.

    And we wonder why cops act the way they do.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tastypimpette4va/ tastypimpette4va

    Lmao @ Don’t bring a gun to a snowball fight. All this non-sense. Get a grip. S**t is childish & Ridiculous.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/monzy369/ monzy369

    my opinio that why they throwing snowballs in first place I mean its time a the place for that also to me they was acting like fools by yelling and using all cuz words.It seem like the cop got very piss off cause they was hitting his truck and him too also i dont agree what he did by putting out his weapon but in sametime come on people dont throw snowballs people cars that u dont know.they older enough to know better then that also it seem like some cars had a hard time getting threw cause the snow cause i saw a black car was getting stuck in it and they was throwing snowballs at that car. point it trying to make that was chilidish be doing that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/popa1983/ popa1983

    both partys is in the wrong 1 them grown ass people should act there age and not there shoe size 2 this cop is on a power trip it,s snowing like crazy you gonna get snow on your car anyway. pulling out a gun is just stupid all he had to do was flash his badge and tell them to get off the corner.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/animalhustlerQ/ animalhustlerQ

    The cop really loves his job. I think he had to pull out gun because he was in plain clothes and no one would listen to him. He probably was just trying to prevent an accident from happening. People can’t drive and if your car get hit and you are startled and you see how bad the roads were… someone could of go hurt. If they were in the middle of a field someone were, I think it would be different.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ahardfind/ ahardfind

    You can tell that these were college students just by their behavior. Young people throw snowballs at car all the time whenever after there has been a snow storm. This is typical in the north.

    The police offers should have just kept driving in his BIG HUMMER. And since he didn’t have the self control to that he should have at least stepped to one person and explain that they were hitting a city vehicle and that they are disturbing the peace by throwing snowballs at moving cars. Pulling a gun is a class act.

    And all of you who are reducing this to a black and white issue, come out of you cave.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/masculine31/ masculine31

    I am actually for the officer in this situation. People need to grow up, driving is a privilege in this country, and so is staying safe. That could cause a serious accident/injury or even death.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ahardfind/ ahardfind

    Well, the Police Chief is not supporting the police officer because he was in the wrong. And he was off duty.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bingo916/ bingo916

    The cop was right to stop the kids from throwing snowballs for safety reason… Someone could have lost control of their car and people could been hurt or killed… At first look it may seem a little much for the officer to pull his gun but the mob was not responding to the officer… Also after the officer told the mob to stop he was assaulted with a snowball… That is assault on a police officer a crime that holds a max sentence of 12 to life… The whole mob should have been arrested for disorderly conduct & assault on a officer It funny when whites commit crimes against black officers the black officer becomes the criminal… Sad!!! Sad!!! Sad!!! WTF!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bingo916/ bingo916

    No one like the police until they are getting robbed… then the police is a great thing to have… for those who like the fact that the police officer was disrespected shame on you… please read ROMANS 13 from the bible then think about it… I hope the cop gets off….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bingo916/ bingo916

    no matter how much I disagree with police officers they still need to be respected

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bLuvidPrince/ bLuvidPrince

    The copper was right, the crowd was wrong. Although the cop should NOT have drawn his piece unless he felt any threat. His best option would have been to call for crowd-control & back up before getting out of his Hummer. He needs to learn to pick his battles wisely. I agree with bingo 916 below. Oh and these days you must slow down your reaction time because everyone has a camera and with “Twitter,” news travels super-fast. Later.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lindahi51/ lindahi51

    Is it any different than the cop that pulled over the ambulance with a sick passenger?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lindahi51/ lindahi51

    No doubt he will be put on administration leave or given a desk job, reported to internal affairs, etc.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hellokitty111/ Hellokitty111

    First off what are grown adults doing throwing snowballs at oncoming traffic? Do these dumb folks not realize that it might cause an accident if someone isn’t expecting it and its scared and swerves? Or was it kids, it didn’t say. I do think he should of have called for back up or something. He didn’t need to wave his gun, but hey who knows how he was feeling. I was in a similiar situation and on Father’s day last year, i was pulling out of a gas station and as i was trying to make a left someone swerved over and turned in leaving my car covering alot of the entry way. Well the car coming in from the left side, honked and flipped me off and started to curse at me in front of my kids. So i backed the hell up ( maybe not smart) and asked what his problem was and that i don’t appreciate him cursing at me in front of my kids (and yes they heard) and he said i took up the whole entry way, i told him that some guy swerved in and i had to stay like that until the traffic was clear to pull out. He kept at me and i told him i don’t appreciate him cursing at me in front of my kids over something so stupid and he apologized and said something smart to me and i got smart back and he then told me i better move on or else and pulled his badge out and flashed it. I said oh you big and bad now aren’t u and i decided to drive off. Was it wrong to back up….maybe cause then i have to deal with whatever happens, was it wrong for him to flash his badge in a battle he started….hell yeah…..i wasn’t going to let down cause he was wrong. I should of reported him but i didn’t have a badge number but if i wasn’t so pissed off i would of remembered to get his license plate number and call him in. Especially if he is with the sheriff’s office in my township cause they are all racist!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexyStateOfMind/ SexyStateOfMind

    LOL…..Thats funny. White people calling a black cop a pig……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexxymommanAtx/ sexxymommanAtx

    He should have got them! Grown ass folks throwing snow balls. They should have called an pattywagon and got them all. They don’t know what kinda of day he was having and they gonna throw a snow ball at his car. I would have beat they ass. lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexyStateOfMind/ SexyStateOfMind

    I agree with the cop in this situation. Whos else is not gonna react when a crowed of complete strangers is throwing snowballs at them??

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/good_and_sweet09/ good_and_sweet09

    Everyone was wrong here. The people throwing snow balls were wrong for throwing them at oncoming traffic and the officer was wrong for not first identifying himself as an officer before he drew his weapon. LOL tutoring a criminal justice major pays off hahahahaha

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ABSTRACTS_2002/ ABSTRACTS_2002

    Hello all. I’m from DC and still reside in the DMV area. I have seen 1st hand how crooked the DC police are so I just cant side with them. How can you justify pulling a gun on people armed with snowballs? YOU CAN’T. It was a snowstorm and when it snows here people throw snow at everybody and the police know that. And somebody commented and said that they could have caused an accident by hitting cars with snowballs. WHAT?? People where driving like 10 mph up 14th st that day Give me break.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Red1214/ Red1214

    In the Urban noise makers why do yall insist on showing Rhiana fugly face yeah she a noise maker all right. She probably was talking Chris Browns ears off till he just slapped the ssssssh out of her. She look like she messed up in the head…. lmao…. but seriously theres other stars yall can put on there other than 20 pictures or Rhiana, and Jay- Z, and Beyonce… Put some more of my girl Taraji or Mariah

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Red1214/ Red1214

    And for the cop/snowball fight incident. They all wrong! The residents grown behinds, shouldnt have been throwing snowballs at no ones car all it took was a car accident or worse the cop couldve put an actual bullet in they a$$es or someone else could have shot them for that matter. Then for the cop: It aint that serious to pull a gun out on people having fun because he’s having a bad day! He shouldve either gotten some from his wife that morning or got a cup of coffee with a hot meal before leaving out. Enjoy life and get over yourself but at the same time show some responsibility for your actions, and thats for both parties involved!
    Have a Merry Christmas!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Red1214/ Red1214

    For the comment on what Abstract said you right I agree with you but there are stupid drivers who drive 40mph in snow like that and then like I said there’s people who got out on the wrong side of the bed also, who could’ve came out fighting or blazing bullets everywhere. The people throwing snowballs at the cars were wrong and the cop was wrong that’s why I said people should be more responsible for their actions. Anything could’ve went wrong in the situation and it was risky. But that’s their problem. Once again the point of today is: BE MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS IN ANY SITUATION.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BabyBoy1603/ BabyBoy1603

    Im not supporting anyone sides. but its called disorderly conduct. i noticed white people trying to bash a black man. if it was a bunch of black people throwing snowballs at the white man it would of been a different story. someone would have went to jail for what disorderly conduct. you cant just throw snowballs at people definitely you dont know. cops arent the only ones who carry guns. if they was in Southeast or something like that round the hoods in dc. they wouldnt of threw snowballs at any of the black residents. they would have got f**ked up. i know your suppose to have fun. but do you think i would just walk up and throw a snowball at you and i didnt know you. its funny how dem crackers. be trying to gang up still. weak as f**k by themselves. and yes i said crackers. with their ol’ saltine ass.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Daddystarks36/ Daddystarks36

    They wanted to call him a N*gger sooooooo bad..!!

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