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Black Woman Called 911 for Help, Only to be Arrested After Cop Spots Roaches In Her Home That She Begged Landlord for Months to Fix (atlantablackstar.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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[–] chiocciola@lemmy.cafe 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Calvinitri White was falsely arrested for child neglect after police said she lived in a roach-infested apartment with her three children but charges were dismissed after she proved she had been trying for months to get the landlord to address the issue.

Saved you a click

[–] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 21 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

So they arrested the landlord next, right?

[–] chiocciola@lemmy.cafe 11 points 21 hours ago

Riiiiiioiggghhhhhtttt

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just edited the headline to de-clickbait

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

The hed itself is a shitshow that should have been taken out back and shot.

After Black woman urged landlord for pest control, roaches lead to her arrest from unrelated 911 call

Not sure what I'd do with a 1-44-4 in this case

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Nah, I've still got it:

Ignored
requests
lead to
arrest

The dek can carry the context.