Dumb question amnesty: what does “failure to identify herself” mean? Did she refuse to give her name? Because it’s not like you need an ID to go out jogging. Is refusing to give your name to the cops an arrestable offense?

Sorry, still out of gold stars and cookies for NOT EVEN DOING THE BARE FUCKING MINIMUM.

Apparently in Texas you do not have to identify yourself to the police unless you are under arrest. So if they arrested her for not identifying herself, they got the law backwards.

So, wait, if I’m reading this right, they guy who grabbed my ass on the street a few years ago was ALSO a cop, right? Cops are the only people who would grab someone, evidently.

Cops treat blacks so badly that we kind of neglect to mention how badly they treat women as well.

Because the middleschoolers are unsupervised and bored.

Why are the weekend trolls such low quality

I’m sick of immigrants where I work. :( Like, the office is FULL of them, the higher-ups are all immigrants. I mean, I get it right? They came to this country to escape violence and years of military conflict, but god damn, some of their holidays aren’t even on the same days as ours. The immigrant was talking our…

Can you imagine if an American was assaulted for not speaking Italian in some tiny village in Italy? Or for not speaking French in some petit town in Burgundy? Or for not speaking Japanese in Hokaido? Fox News would use it as justification for nuking the impudent foreign bastards. But no, this type of xenophobia is an…

No really ya think...

Minnesota, you do realize winter hasn't even started yet. You might want to pace yourselves.

I’m sure that if this lady traveled to another non-English speaking country she would never have the audacity to speak English at a restaurant. Right?

But then americans dont speak english either?

Her name is Jodie Marie Burchard-Risch, possibly the most French name ever, and she's mad at someone else for not speaking English? I just want to make sure I read that correctly. #irony

Happily (well, you know), they are indeed looking into whether there’s enough evidence to nail it down as a hate crime.

A hate crime is third degree assault?

Remember, kids: we call it “Minnesota Nice,” but only if you’re white and speak english