That's fair and I'll answer that. I think sometimes it can be helpful to respond to one person's comment than can sweepingly address a lot of people who have similar misconceptions at once. This is a person who believes something that a scary amount of people actually think. Like, it's legit horrifying to me how many…

Yes. Racial profiling is not about describing a suspect in an active criminal investigation. It's about singling out people based on the color of their skin as the sole basis for whether or not to engage in interaction with them, such as stop and frisk. The idea that ending this hideously racist practice will end the…

Sure, of course it happens. It is just fairly rare because most victims fear the legal process and social shaming. And it's troubling when the number of false accusation prosecutions starts to get as high as the number of actual prosecutions for rape. If more rape cases were brought to trial, I wouldn't have any…

Southern/Plains chivalry towards women is a real thing. It's just a thin facade, though, overlaying paternalism and condescension. FWIW, Kansas is even worse. I'm disabled. In OK, ppl would pray on me. In KS, they lecture about how god can heal me, while I eat breakfast! Sorry, tangent. OK PTSD.

Former Okie and activist here, from OKC. I'm humbled. Way to make lemonade, ladies!

The writing on some of these stories, and from back before I ever thought about things like gender politics in the locker room, are always enjoyable and eye-opening.

I'm so proud of these young people.

I agree with you, absolutely: and I also think we can recognize that we can trust women in their recounting of a traumatic experience while also understanding that a third-party witness is useful for formal proceedings, legal or not. Like, I am grateful for him procedurally and not morally — but grateful, certainly,…

Some people might say "He doesn't deserve an award for doing the right thing" but I disagree. Peer pressure is a powerful thing, and people who are that age are typically really bad at resisting it. Encouraging those who do so is a good signal to send to other people who might be tempted to not speak up when they…

They do have an attorney. Any follow-ups I write will explore the legal avenues they pursued, once they've decided on that.

Could be, but again I think the Philly factor was big too. Also in the last year his star has risen tremendously, I don't think if Jarrod Carmichael told the same joke it would have gotten the same amount of attention.

Yes he is, outside of maybe Louis CK and Dave Chapelle he's the biggest stand up in the game currently touring. I get that it's a generational thing (most people over 35 probably aren't to familiar with him), but so is the Cos (most people under 45 have never heard his stand up and only know about the Cosby show). He…

Lawyer here. Yes, you're correct if Oklahoma is a one party state. The boy recording committed no crime and if he was not acting on behalf of law enforcement, it's not subject to the exclusionary rule (evidence obtained illegally by law enforcement cannot be used at trial).

I see this coming up a lot in the comments, but let's not forget the person talking is 14.

I want to find one, just one positive in this story, so good on the kid who recorded that drunk fucking scumbag. He should go into police work or something. You can hear him forcibly questioning "Brian," without cajoling him, and successfully getting a confession. Good on you kid. A+ job for an amateur.

Reaching for the positive in this story: ROCK ON, OKLAHOMA KNITTING FEMINISTS.

That makes a hell of a lot more sense.

this is some good kinja right here, boy

People seem to forget that you can accept an apology without accepting the person. It's a good apology, and especially so with the donations to a good cause. That doesn't mean that we should forget that he made the racist joke in the first place.

Not a bad article until the end. Women can get drivers' licenses without their husbands permission here; not cool to resort to lame stereotypes of the Arab world.