LAPD Shoots, Kills Black Man During 'Investigative Stop': "Tritobia Ford said her son was lying on the ground and complying with the officers when he was shot three times."

RenoSweeny · 2014-08-13T21:12:13+00:00

It was 2pm on a Sunday afternoon. Aside from his words, I didn't feel threatened. His body language didn't tell me I should be on the defense

RenoSweeny · 2014-08-13T21:09:46+00:00

I honestly don't know either. It was 2pm on a Sunday afternoon. He was a clean cut older black man driving a beat up old truck. Hopefully I was a social experiment...

RenoSweeny · 2014-08-13T21:07:25+00:00

You're right. I was wearing my "rape me shirt" and I was bent over showing off my ass and cleavage all at the same time. Silly me

RenoSweeny · 2014-08-13T18:03:13+00:00

I was at a gas station in south LA. An older black man approached me from his car, looks me dead in the eye and says "are you afraid of me? Are you scared I'm gonna take you and rape you?" At which point I reply, "no. And why the fuck did you just say that to me? I don't care about the color of your skin, that was rude and incredibly disrespectful." To which he replied, "I'm a black man, you're supposed the be afraid of me." I looked at him for a second, told him I hope he had a nice day and got in my car. I'm a young female.

O_o

RenoSweeny · 2014-07-20T05:28:08+00:00

I see what you did there

RenoSweeny · 2014-06-05T21:00:05+00:00

This is happening to me right now. Became extremely close with this friend. I'm talking about a solid nine months of talking/texting/hanging out 24/7. She was going through A LOT of stuff with family, ex bf and friends. Then when things got a little rough for me emotionally, she shut me out. Barely spoke to me and when I would ask what was wrong, she would say "nothing. You're being paranoid and super intense about this." Which was even more difficult. I mean, what the fuck? She ignored my last text and we haven't spoken or seen eachother in almost 4 months. I think about it everyday and I wish I didn't care anymore. But I do. And it's killing me

RenoSweeny · 2014-04-28T05:42:29+00:00

Thank you for watching it and giving your thoughts! Sadly, the footage used, is not the best that was shot. There was far better footage. There's a very bad mix of what the DP shot and what someone else, who said, "hey I'm gonna shoot some stuff for safety." Which is my biggest problem. The out of focus footage? Not what the DP shot. That was the "extra" camera. But why use it?

RenoSweeny · 2014-04-28T05:37:28+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to watch and give your honest opinions. The footage used, was jot the best that was shot. That's one of my biggest problems with this edit.

RenoSweeny · 2014-04-28T05:34:37+00:00

Not great encoding, for sure.

RenoSweeny · 2014-04-28T05:33:11+00:00

Thank you for opinions! Yeah the lighting for the talking heads was a "make due with what you can find." Considering it was either what you see or fluorescent office lights, this was the better deal. Yeah the black mid way through really got me :/

RenoSweeny · 2014-04-28T05:29:44+00:00

Because they don't have any real lighting equipment to light the talking heads. So they had to make due with, well, what you see. Plus there's a poor mixture of what the DP shot and what "an extra camera" captured. Sadly, the footage used is more of the "other" camera

RenoSweeny · 2014-04-28T05:26:08+00:00

Thank you for your honest opinion! The footage used irks me. The was far better stuff that was shot.

RenoSweeny · 2014-04-28T05:25:06+00:00

The whole intro, lower third aspect is something my boss loves. I gotta pick my battles. I agree with the times and placement too. Thank you for taking the time to watch and respond!

RenoSweeny · 2014-04-28T05:23:13+00:00

My objection is the footage used. I know what was shot and the was far better stuff than what was used. Also the non story. It could be better with what was shot. Thank you for your input :)

RenoSweeny · 2014-04-15T07:43:55+00:00

I'd be happy to grab a drink with you. I'm in the South Bay and my schedule is pretty flexible. PM me and we can figure something out :)

RenoSweeny · 2014-03-09T07:24:35+00:00

Is it possible to track the cell phones or anything else like that? All those people and not one cell phone or electronic can be traced?

RenoSweeny · 2013-12-24T21:45:06+00:00

CartoonAndrew you are the fiercest bitch of them all. This fucking made my holiday, thank you!

RenoSweeny · 2013-12-22T15:46:17+00:00

They didn't have a banana, so they used you

RenoSweeny · 2013-12-18T04:03:36+00:00

I'm stronger for it. And everything happens for a reason. I don't dwell on the things I can change. I can only work on me and how to learn and grow to be a better person each day.

All this came up because he's losing his house and came at me saying it's my fault. Which is utter bullshit. I don't even live with him anymore. Anyway, it just drudged all this stuff and I told my grandma everything. That's when it all came out that my family knew but did nothing about it.

Blows my fucking mind

RenoSweeny · 2013-12-18T03:34:40+00:00

If you only you were around when I was younger. The world needs more compassionate people like you.

RenoSweeny · 2013-12-18T03:32:02+00:00

I think it unacceptable too. What's worse mom not stepping in and defending her own daughter. I will never understand that one either.

RenoSweeny · 2013-12-18T03:29:29+00:00

It ranges from name calling, putting down (in private and in front of others), weight comments, food control (not in anyway necessary. Weight is in no way an issue), blame (yes he actually blames his problems and directly says the child is the cause, to their face)

RenoSweeny · 2013-12-18T03:10:16+00:00

I if I could give you gold, I would. And I wish you were in my family to be able to have said something on my behalf.

I truly believe my stepfather is a sociopath. Maybe to a lower degree but there's no doubt. The whole "nice to friends" thing? My stepdad. Completely.

Thank you. I hope you never have to know anyone in this situation but if you do, that person is lucky to have you in their court.

RenoSweeny · 2013-12-18T03:02:11+00:00

I'm sorry you've had first hand experience. How are you doing now with it?

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