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Police Called On 3-Year-Old Black Boy Because He Was Too Good At Soccer (blacksportsonline.com)
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[+] -6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

If my kid was playing with baby Messi? I would still want them to have a chance to play. This is fucking kids soccer - there’s no money on it. Good for the kid at being a god, but my kid can’t get good if she doesn’t have a chance to play.

Edit: calling the cops was wrong. I cannot believe anybody thought that was a good idea.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    So you’re fine with this? Just to clarify?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    No. Full stop. That was potentially deadly and scary and stupid and an unbelievable overreaction. I am fully against what they did. I can’t believe these dipshit parents couldn’t talk to the coach or that kid’s parents fucking mystifies me.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    we all know that playing against people of the same level makes you better...... You are just teaching your kid to find the shallowest pool to play in. How dare they be exposed to the idea that someone is better and maybe this is just all for learning.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    Kid was playing against other kids 2 years older. I dare say they learned. And again, bringing cops into was beyond anything imaginable and wrong. But this should’ve been a learning opportunity, not “hey, let’s endanger a kid for playing soccer while black.”

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