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A white man who asked to see the ID of a black woman who was using a neighborhood swimming pool has been fired, after the woman uploaded video of the encounter to Facebook, calling it “a classic case of racial profiling.”
The incident occurred July 4 at a private community pool in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The man, later identified as Adam Bloom by the Glenridge Homeowners Association, reportedly asked the woman, Jasmine Edwards, for her address and ID to prove she was a member.
Edwards provided her address but refused to show ID, reported local TV station WXII, prompting Bloom, a member of the homeowners association and the pool chairman, to call the police.
Edwards’ video shows that the pool is behind a locked gate that requires a keycard to open. A sign outside the gate makes no mention of needing an ID to gain access.
“Nobody else was asked to see their ID,” Edwards tells officers in the video. “I feel this is racial profiling. I am the only black person here with my son in the pool.”
Though she demonstrated her working keycard to Bloom and the responding officers, he wasn’t quite satisfied.
“If she has a card to get into the pool, I believe that should be enough,” one of the officers tells Bloom in the video. “It turns green, and it unlocks.”
Glad to see at least the cops agree and didn't shoot her.
A white man who asked to see the ID of a black woman who was using a neighborhood swimming pool has been fired, after the woman uploaded video of the encounter to Facebook, calling it “a classic case of racial profiling.”
The incident occurred July 4 at a private community pool in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The man, later identified as Adam Bloom by the Glenridge Homeowners Association, reportedly asked the woman, Jasmine Edwards, for her address and ID to prove she was a member.
Edwards provided her address but refused to show ID, reported local TV station WXII, prompting Bloom, a member of the homeowners association and the pool chairman, to call the police.
Edwards’ video shows that the pool is behind a locked gate that requires a keycard to open. A sign outside the gate makes no mention of needing an ID to gain access.
“Nobody else was asked to see their ID,” Edwards tells officers in the video. “I feel this is racial profiling. I am the only black person here with my son in the pool.”
Though she demonstrated her working keycard to Bloom and the responding officers, he wasn’t quite satisfied.
“If she has a card to get into the pool, I believe that should be enough,” one of the officers tells Bloom in the video. “It turns green, and it unlocks.”
Glad to see at least the cops agree and didn't shoot her.
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