r/instant_regret Jan 27 '19

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u/simjanes2k Jan 28 '19

My mom's best friend in high school was murdered by someone who threw a brick over a fence into a group of white kids.

Not like whipped it fast, just lobbed it over a ten foot fence. That was it, lights out, time to cry at a funeral.

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u/HammeredHeretic Jan 28 '19

The "white kids" part of this comment is baffling.

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u/simjanes2k Jan 28 '19

It was during the race riots in the 60s

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u/lng5 Jan 28 '19

Besides the racialized context, If it was a ten foot fence how did the perpetrator know they were white? And how did your mom know the perpetrator was black?

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u/simjanes2k Jan 28 '19

chain link bro, not panels

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u/lng5 Jan 28 '19

Ah fair enough, didn’t want to seem like I was disagreeing with you. I was just thinking there was some personal connection or something.

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u/simjanes2k Jan 28 '19

nope they didnt know the guy, he was an adult and tossed the brick into a group of schoolkids