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YES there is a lot of racial profiling that happens and here in Washington state, in the town I live in, it's even more stark - simply because I'm one of a handful of black folks that live in this town. I can go a couple of weeks without seeing another black person in my area stores.<br><br>In any case, I see the main point of the Walgreens incident ... yes, it may be the common practice to hand the reusable green bags to the store clerks at check out ... but obviously this man was not aware of that ... however, what makes this actually racial profiling is that, the clerks and police officer all followed him around and made an accusations for 40 freakin minutes, without once asking him about the bag OR informing him about the policy. <br><br>I don't get the police officer's actions ... because if we are talking a suspicion of shoplifting, he would be in the best position to ask specifically about THE BAG (instead of accusing) and inform the man of the policy (after all he's the one with the badge and gun) so unlike a clerk, he would be in a less threatened position to do that.<br><br>In any case, my own Chicago racial profiling story would be comical if it wasn't so sadly true. My ex husband and I were sitting in his car while I finished a milkshake one evening and low and behold, two cops come out of nowhere shining lights in the car and damn near scared the crap (literally) out of me.<br><br>for one reason: We were an interracial couple.<br><br>However, you would think after they came up to the car, saw that I was drinking a milk shake and well ... was VERY pregnant, they would have lowered their lights and backed off ... but noooo ...<br><br>They proceeded to interrogate us for however long, until they were satisfied that I wasn't a milkshake drinking pregnant prostitute.<br><br>And then,<br><br>Three months later, after my baby was born,  my mom babysits for us, cause it's the hubby's birthday. Finally we get a free night, so we decided to go to a movie. Unfortunately we never got there, we were pulled over by some racist cops. We did nothing wrong - no traffic violation ... nothing. <br><br>They pulled us over again (same neighborhood) because we are an interracial couple in THAT neighborhood. Not only did they once again shine lights in the car, they ran the hubby's license and mine (why mine?? I wasn't even driving). They interrogated us in the car, asking how we knew each other. I said we are married, although my driver's license still had my maiden name. <br><br>We answered all of their intrusive questions, but they still weren't satisfied. They hauled us out of the car on a big busy intersection and I felt so humiliated. I felt like a criminal. We weren't criminals, but we were pulled to the back of the car and interrogated some more. Finally when they were satisfied they had humiliated us enough, they let us go.<br><br>However we missed the movie and I was so shaken up. I mean I never felt so humiliated in my life. My husband told me that the officer who was talking to him, asked why he was with me and insinutated I was a hooker!<br><br>I felt like I had been raped or something. I fear the cops now, I really do. I have more instances of racial profiling, but it would take all day to relay them. Anyway, Jack tell your friend I hope nothing like that ever happens to him again and I wish him the best.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:42:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5259522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The user deleted this comment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-18_07:06:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "d403005dcaacf46400c4b57d22f8b7b2", "has_been_anonymized": true, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5062916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Racial profiling is stopping a young AA male who is driving a BMW twice in a couple of days.  The reason I know it to be true is because it happened to my son.  After my son had been stopped twice for no apparent reason--no ticket was issued--my husband called the mayor and told him he would sue the city if my son were to be stopped again.  My husband accused the police department of racial profiling, and of course the mayor denied it.  Guess what?  My son was never stopped again.<br><br>You may call me foolish, but the incident in Walgreens could have been avoided.  If you don't believe me, just ask anyone who carries their own shopping bags when they go shopping.  I say, pick your battles.  If you don't, there will not be any support for you when you really need it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:04:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed2ef7cb0e6bad3a82c61abf1e68b97d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062780, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:16:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063013, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5065077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think your friend was profiled. I use reusable bags and to try to avoid any appearance of shoplifting I always put the bags in my cart. I never thought of placing the items in the bags.  I'm even careful about reaching into my purse for a lipgloss while shopping.  I don't want anyone to think I'm pocketing anything. The actions of the employees are unexcusable, but I guess we still have to remember we will always be under suspicion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_22:06:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "jadia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5062408": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think the incident has more to do with putting things in the bag rather than race.  Most people carry the bags and hand them to the cashier at the check out.  I would suspect that if you asked a friend of another race to go into the store and do the same thing the employees would watch to ensure the person was not shoplifting.  I do not deny that there is racial profiling but this seems to be a poor example.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_18:11:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CC13", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tell your friend:<br><br>1. Send this to the Chicago Sun-Times, Tribune,  Defender and Chicago Reader. INCLUDE THE ADDRESS OF THE STORE in your letter.<br><br>2. Of course send it up the foodchain at Walgreens.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_21:30:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5062029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Your friend did the right thing by speaking up.  As you state, too many of us let this kind of behavior slide by.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_17:34:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "be302cac86c51f65c0cd4f54f7650670", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To Jack's Friend:<br><br>I agree with goldenstar: first, find out the name of the chief Public Relations person at Walgreen's corporate offices; write them and let them know that you were grossly insulted and humiliated by the profiling; cc the editor of the local publication; and let them know that you will not only take your business elsewhere, but that you will let all of your <b>White friends</b>  know how you were treated, and that they should take their business elsewhere as well. <br><br>I won't try to minimize what happened to you; just know that retail sales profiling happens to all of us at some point--sometimes we don't even know it or admit it--and as pesky as it can be, we do ourselves the greatest service by acknowledging it and then directing our dollars elsewhere.<br><br>Sorry this happened to you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_21:11:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5062288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I had an interesting hour long shopping experience. I shopped with my own green re-usable bag as I do most of the time. </i><br><br>Maybe I'm missing something here.  I'm definitely not trying to defend THE MAN, but aren't those \"re-usable\" bags supposed to be given to the cashier at the conclusion of the shopping experience so that the cashier \"bags\" the items.<br><br>It would look kind of odd to me if I saw a dude (irrespective of his race) putting items in his \"own\" bag versus using a Walgreen's hand-basket or buggy.<br><br>If a  woman were to come into the store and start putting items in her purse, wouldn't that look odd?  I would think that she is shoplifting.<br><br>Again, maybe I'm missing something here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_17:55:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5068952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Woman after my own heart. Why reward nonsense?<br><br>I was racially profiled in Boston all the time. <br><br>In lily-white Maine, I've never been racially profiled in a store. Never had a single woman move her purse out of her shopping cart as I approach. <br><br>I'm sure there's an essay in there somewhere.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_01:20:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5064135, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5065448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "O completely agree with you Rikyrah.  I tell my sons to behave as you have descrbed. Acting like you have rights is one thing, dying to prove you have them is another.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_22:38:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5064607, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5069718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You are so right and I have to apologize to spirit for saying overcompensate because it's so true ... no one should be overcompensating and reward poor service and poor behavior. <br><br>My best friend stopped tipping waitstaff that profile her and I should do the same. It's not right at all.<br><br>I have another instance of seeing it from the other side. <br><br>I worked at this restuarant in the River North area of Chicago some years back and there was this assumption from the wait staff that most of the black patrons came over from Cabrini Green. I don't know why they deduced that, because, although Cabrini Green wasn't far from where I worked, the restuarant was in downtown Chicago and everyone from around the city and suburbs came downtown (that's a no-brainer).<br><br>In any case,<br>There was an assumption by all the servers and hosts that black folks didn't tip and they were the ones more than likely to ditch the bill. I knew deep down that wasn't a universal truth, but my coworkers, white, black, brown and other really BELIEVED it.<br><br>When I say this was a multi-cultural staff ... it really was, we had an Indian guy, black woman, gay man, deaf gay man, white folks, rich girls, poor girls, country folks anyone you could imagine worked in that restaurant but they all seemed to hold that same stereotype as fact.<br><br>One day, we were really busy and I was hosting, I was following the evening rotation I set up. Anyone who has ever hosted knows what that is ... basically you set up stations for the servers at the start of your shift and rotate the tables that way. So when patrons came in, whomever turn it was to be seated, that's who got table.<br><br>Anyway, I'm following the rotation and a two sets of black patrons happen to come in on this one guy's rotation. After I seat the second table he storms the host stand, yelling at me like a mad man, accusing me of purposefully seating him with black folks so he wouldn't make any money.<br><br>I was shocked and embarrassed. I couldn't believe he was acting that way ... the most surprising thing was ... that he was black himself.<br><br>Go figure.<br><br>So that conditioning that Talibah spoke of seems to happen but it's far from right. It's wrong ... period.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_03:02:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5065698, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063960": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": ":) after reading this sad post that made me laugh. =)  lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_20:40:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063123, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree Shelby.  racial profiling is not always cut and dry as we're led to believe. It's layered.  The old saying, IF YOU'RE BLACK, GET BACK.  Tha'ts raial profiling.<br><br> My daughter who lives in DC came to visit me in Minnesota a few years ago.  We went to a resturant that did not require reservations, but did write down name on wait list if they 're busy.  <br><br>They were busy, so I gave my name for the wait list.  My daughter and visited with each other during the wait.  I noticed she was getting anxious, and she left my side and walked up to the host.  I heard her voices and the volume of hers was ascending.  Oh shit, I thought, this doesn't sound good.   <br><br>I approached the dias and asked what was the problem.  My daughter's a city slicker, and she doesn't miss a beat.  Apparently, the she'd witnessed the host seating 2 white couples who didn't have reservations and who had come in after us.<br><br>My daughter had confronted the host and demanded she and I be seated pronto, but the host refused.  I asked the host if she'd passed us over as an oversight, giving the bitch out, but she refused to answer me.  The couples, she'd seated however were willing to wait, so my daughter was right on the money.  My daughter was furious and she stormed out of the joint; I went after her, and we talked it out..  <br><br>She'd never been treated like this.  She was clearly upset and I understood. I explained that even if it were on the moon, we ain't running.  We're going back in there.  We got our game face on and went back into the joint.  <br><br>I asked to speak to the manager.  I explained the situation.  I said his situation is not appropratate  and does not bode well for your establishment.  Your host passed us over on the list and refused to give us an explanation and seat immediately when we asked.  I don't think my friends, neighbors, or the local newspaper editors would appreciate hearing about this type of  treatment  we've expereinced here.<br><br>The manager told the host to leave, and he asked us to chose any place we wanted to sit, order whatever we wanted; that included alcoholic beverages (I don't drink, EHTOL)  and it would all be on the house.  We chose a nice seat by the fireplace, my daughter ordered a glass of wine and we ate our meal without incident.<br>The resturant has since been bought out by a Greek family.<br><br>There is a sensitivity my daughter had going into that resturant as a black female.. It was like she knew this incident was going  to go down. DC ain't like Minnesota, but we don't run from nobody.  That's not how I taught them, to have ther beingness in this world no matter where they are.<br><br>No it is not ok to allow this shit to go unchallenged, and yes we can offer our full support to others", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_21:44:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062780, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5065245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Walgreens shouldn't have done it and they need a letter written on them.  Jack's friend needs to seek satisfaction.  The manager and assistant store manager don't give a shit because in their opinion Jack's friend is a piece of shit negro that isn't due any respect.  When the district manager puts a foot in their ass, they'll change their tune.<br><br>However, I personally would not have spent 40 minutes in the store moseying from aisle to aisle wondering if I was being profiled.  After the 2nd person \"hovered\" around, the friend should have demanded to speak to the manager and then walked out the store.  Life is too short and we work too hard to be treated disrespectfully.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_22:18:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063454": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah when it's a non POC, benefit of the doubt is given. <br><br>In my town, there's a store I've been shopping at for over a year now. Same handful of people work in the store, I've seen them all, exchanged greetings and well let's keep it real, I'm the only black woman that lives in this particular neighborhood (not in the town) but this little area here. In any case ...<br><br>I was told that it was store policy to ask for ID when someone uses a credit card or debit card. I asked about it, because everytime I would go in there and use my debit card, I'd always be asked to show Identification.<br><br>I didn't let my paranoia get the best of me ... I thought, hey, they are trying to prevent fraud ... BUT, after a fucken year of them seeing me and my same card every week I go in there, I would think at some point it wouldn't be neccessary ... however I let it go ... UNTIL ...<br><br>I was waiting in line one day, and this walrus of a white woman looking like she just rolled out of a dumpster hands the clerk (who I see every week in the same store) her credit card and not one time NOT ONE TIME was she asked to show her identification. From the exchange they had, she wasn't a store regularly, I could tell. HOWEVER, she didn't look suspicious enough AT ALL to warrant asking her for Identifcation.<br><br>I was tempted to pull out my card after that, but I was getting an item work two dollars ... so I let it go and paid for it with cash. I just let it go.<br><br>Till this day, they still ask me for my ID and even INSPECT my card and ID.<br><br>Go figure.<br><br>I think we should start speaking up more, like Jack's friend said. The only thing though, it seems when we do, they want to get the police involved and you know where that leads.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:56:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063012, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5070367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'd say that bringing a bag in Trader Joe's is fairly common though because recycling is encouraged. Other situations do require a little finesse though. I think involving the media and your individual's City Administration is very important. Large companies get state and federal funding after all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_04:58:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063251, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5062437": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The standard practice is to give the reusable bag to the person bagging your items.  I don't condone racial profifing of any kind, but this sounds like a case of miscommunication.  The most the store should have to do is put up a sign for all to see upon entering the store, that shoppers must use the buggies and baskets provided by the store for their use when gathering items for purchase.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_18:14:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed2ef7cb0e6bad3a82c61abf1e68b97d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"You may call me foolish, but the incident in Walgreens could have been avoided.\"<br><br>-OK.<br>You're foolish.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:19:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5069479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My mother was memorably profiled at the Macy's Eastridge Shopping Center in San Jose a couple of decades ago.<br><br>Two store detectives immediately set on her trail.  My mom, <i>who was in her sixties at the time</i> short and stout, felt their presence.  She wasn't doing anything except browsing, killing time during a sale day; she was looking things on the first and then the second floor.  Finally, she just turned around and looked dead at them, told them she was on to them, loudly and clearly, and asked them whether they had other things to do.<br><br>They got the message at being exposed in front of so many incredulous eyes and scrammed.<br><br>There's a Walgreen's very near me.  Several times, when I have come in, some employees have asked me whether I needed help and I courteously would tell them no.  However, they seemed to move as I moved around the store picking up items I wanted or didn't want.  They've been Asian and white women.  <br><br>A couple of times I have hunted them up and asked them questions or wanting to see whether something was in stock.  Sometimes I can't seem to find them at all.  <br><br>The thing is, I'm pretty obvious.  I visit this Walgreen's at least once a week.  You'd think the so-and-sos would stop acting the fool, and know that I am a regular customer, but they don't seem to notice anything but the color.<br><br>I was also followed around in an Ikea store in Southern California.  Finally, I went to rearrange my purchases before I left the store because I was on the bus, and wouldn't you know it, one of the assistant managers actually insinuated herself to watch me openly repack my things, get rid of bags I didn't need and walked me off the grounds.  I kept asking her <i>just why are you doing this?  This isn't necessary.</i>  And she kept insisting that she was only trying to 'help me.'  She saw everything I bought, and even the store cameras would prove that.  And it was a warm day; no way was I hiding anything in a coat or a jacket.<br><br>If these idiots would only follow the right people, then they wouldn't have the shrinkage they have.  My mother, who had once been a saleswoman herself for a big department store, remarked that most of the ripping off she saw would be perped by the white women employees.  I saw that as well when I did sales work for chain stores.  One of the women at my first sales job was fired right off the bat when the manager found her thieving.<br><br>I also remember coming in on a couple exchanging shots with security guards for thieving in a department store.  Several people had to duck or run for cover as they made their getaway.<br><br>Yes, there are black people who thieve.  But not every black person or POC who comes into a shop, chain store, or department store has sticky fingers.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_02:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5065675, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5065000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is the sad reality across our country when black folks go out to a restuarant. I can say, truthfully, from what I've seen, that many restuarant employees (specifically hosts and servers) no matter what color they are, have a ingrained prejudice toward black folk.<br><br>It's the idea (stereotype ... whatever you want to call it) that black folk don't or won't tip. So when you, your daughter, my friends and/or I go out to dine, we have to overcompensate to brick by brick eliminate the idea.<br><br>I do feel it's unfair and we should not have to go above and beyond what anyone else is expected to do in that situation ... but the sad reality is that we do. <br><br>However, my best -friend finally said, no more! She got tired of going out to dine and automatically being treated with disdain by a host or server. Inattentiveness, rudeness, sloppy service and yes ... not being seated promptly (over others).<br><br>I still tip, even when I get lousy service, because I just don't want anyone else to suffer the consequences if I don't (and hell that includes my next trip out to dine). <br><br>It's very unfair, but I guess life isn't fair. My best-friend now does this ...<br><br>When she gets bad service, she turns over her credit card slip and writes ...<br><br>Here's a tip:<br><br>and then she proceeds to inform the server of all the things they did that equaled to poor service and what they should correct next time if they want a monetary tip.<br><br>so there, maybe that's what we all should do from now on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_21:58:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5064860, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Profiling happens anytime someone of color is stopped (or treated criminally)for doing they same things that others would take for granted.  Unfortunately, in times when things are tight it seems as if these incidents become that much more flagrant.  I does not matter whether you drive a BMW or whether you are pushing a cart at the Trader Joe's...  Black men have a particular burden to carry in all this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_20:06:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "NCBM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5065770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "MIRANDA,  YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND PREACH!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_23:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5065698, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damn, both my towns where I was born and reared have gotten themselves on the map for racist shyt and it saddens me.<br><br>Of course, I'm not surprised about Houston, the city of my birth - HPD has always been the urban version of the Klan.  My father defended himself while running his business (a barbeque joint), and did eighteen months for voluntary manslaughter, courtesy of the state of Texas.  And this, after his lawyer put ten witnesses on the stand to testify that the guy my dad killed was trying to rob the place and came after my dad with a knife.<br><br>Oakland isn't a surprise, either; and this is where I did the majority of growing up.  A brotha was always \"the hunted\".  I remember always asking guys who took me out to call me when they got home - just so I could be reassured they weren't getting harassed by OPD.  I even dated an Oakland Police Officer and I remember one of his friends (also a cop) being beaten by HIS OWN COLLEAGUES, because he answered a robbery call while leaving work from his duties as an undercover cop.<br>He even identified himself to the white cops getting ready to get in that ass, and even after they pulled his credentials, they proceeded to beat the shyt out of him, anyway.<br><br>OPD thought they would bury it. My ex's friend sued and won a $500K settlement from the Police Department, where he worked until he retired a couple of years ago.<br><br>I say all that to say that if OPD will BEAT one of THEIR OWN brethren because he's POC, the BART cops are more likely to shoot one of us in the back and think no one's watching their ass.  I hope the families of both men get FAT PAID, and the Federal Government places both organizations under Federal Decree to mandate their actions and shut down shyt and start levying heavy fines when they violate it.<br><br>Money for violations is the only thing these MOFOS understand.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_21:34:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062121, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5070210": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I cannot tell you the number of times I've been followed through various drugstores in San Francisco and usually by Asian employees. I always go the manager and I've refused to make purchases if I felt it was necessary. I also write to the corporate office. In Walgreens case they've been sued for profiling Black customers as well as being sued by employees for not promoting Black staff to any other position than store clerk. The last incident occurred in August and the manager at least had the decency to look embarrassed but I let them know I wouldn't be spending my money anywhere I wasn't treated with dignity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_04:28:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078191": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not sure why this matters from a technical standpoint.  Sure, re-usable shopping bags are usually intended to be used at the checkout.  But if we believe Jack's friend's description, there was no way he was going to leave the store without being checked for his stuff.  An inconvenience to unbag the items, scan them, then bag them up again, maybe--but that's on the cashier and the workers for not speaking up earlier.  All those folks passing by and nobody asked him to use a cart or basket? Yo' fault.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:52:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"30 year old black man\" AHHHH!! run!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:41:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5066397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sorry for the situation your friend is dealing with. I do hope he gets it resolved quickly and without serious incident. This just made me think.... the sad thing is that, even for black employees, profiling is an easy pattern to fall into. As human beings, we naturally create boxes to fit people into-- and when you have experiences that justify these boxes, it is very difficult to snap out of the habit. <br><br>I work in a high profile electronics store just outside of Washington, D.C. and it's a hot target for thieves of all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately though, a great majority of the theft incidents that I've dealt with have involved POC-- especially young black men from SE Washington and the MD neighborhoods on that side. I'm at the point now that when I  see a young AA male (or female even) loitering in the store for no reason, my brain snaps quickly to \"are they gonna take something?\" And I NEVER wanted to be that way and I hate it. It's a very difficult habit to break. It's not right, but it is a reality for people who work in stores.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_23:57:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "b9345f78b50bf42cb9234b82a5460eb6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have low tolerence for this kind of foolishness.<br>Years ago I was stopped twice in my own neighborhood \"walking while black\".<br>Both times I was going to a friend's house.<br>The first time, I was asked who I was and was told to lean on the hood of the police car; I complied and told the officers that my wallet was in my right pants pocket and my information was in it.  They checked it and let me go. <br><br>The secord time was approximately seven years later; police car stopped in front  of me and an officer got out of the car and asked me who I was. I told him and told him I lived in this neighborhood. He told me that he had gotten a report of someone breaking into a home.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:50:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063196, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I practice both methods: use my own bag if I am getting a few items  and use the store cart if I am getting heavy items and ask the cashier to use my reusable bag.<br><br>Nevertheless, I think that your friend should call/write/contact corporate headquarters which is conveniently located in Deerfield, a suburb of Chicago and begin the dialogue.<br><br>I also think that your friend should write a letter to the Editor to the local community (West Loop) and citywide papers. If this is a Walgreen's policy, the public should be made aware of the policy and Walgreen's needs to publicize its policy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:48:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "goldenstar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5066295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Noelani, appreciate your sharing.  I agree we need to call attention to the behaviors of folk who disrespect us.  But I don't over compensate for anyone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_23:48:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5065000, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5062971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah.....I'm gonna have to call you an idiot. <br><br>Sorry JJP, I really didn't see any other alternative.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:07:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5070396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I want to know how that punk officer could just quit and not be forced to answer any questions. He could skip out of the country or anything. I've never seen a cop quit during an investigation. He's just basically announced his guilt. Plus I KNOW the recorded something and are lying about it. Thank goodness so many people had their cell phones.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_05:02:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062121, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5062335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is not paranoia, this is life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_18:03:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "608636c1a19d59bc06ceb40d22b5b696", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5078080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes CPL, I've been thinking for some time now that the only remedy for this type of behavior (Bell, Grant, the young man shot in his driveway in Texas, the young man shot in front of his mother's home in Louisiana...) is sustained and coordinated civil suits. Since police departments will not police themselves, and municipalities will not provide oversight, the only solution is to seek civil redress in the courts. At some point city and state governments will get tired of shelling out loads of money for brutality cases and begin to provide oversight. This type of stuff happens because no one is ever held accountable. If jobs and pensions were on the line, you'd better believe these \"accidental\" killings would stop. I'm thinking here of the Southern Poverty Law Center's long term strategy of bankrupting the klan through the courts. Get together a center/team/clearinghouse of lawyers to coordinate responses to these types of incidents on a national level, while pursuing civil cases at the local level.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_15:48:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "06cc79aad408a7bfba952eed449aa6a6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5065675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From these posts, clearly several people have experienced what Mr. Turner's friend experienced.  Yes, similar incidents have happened to me.  While there  may be some incidents that require more attention and care (such as being stopped by the police), the incidents of being treated inappropriately and unfairly in store are more easily resolved-do not continue to spend your hard earned money in that establishment.  Yes, we all have a right to shop where we want, and we should expect to be treated fairly and courteously.  However, in the absence of such treatment, please take your money elsewhere.  There are some products that can only be purchased in certain establishment, but I doubt there is anything in Walgreen's that can't be purchased somewhere else, even if you have to drive further, take another bus, etc,  Notifying the manger and the executive offices of Walgreen's (or other establishment) is not enough- take your money and your business somewhere else.  In addition, tell everyone you know not to shop in that store.  Look at what is happening in CA with the publication of the donors to Prop 8.  Businesses are in jeopardy due to boycotts.  We could take a lesson from this.  We need to remember that our money is good anywhere.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_22:59:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "6d7d49072a27d86f59ab4d7ced4a8012", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5069636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's where profiling goes wrong ... it's really about behavior. Not skin color but people get conditioned for whatever reason to see it as color or race.<br><br>Suspicious behavior by ANYONE should be the issue, not just the fact someone is brown or black.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_02:48:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5066397, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5071414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You might, but you would be in the minority. Those green bags are used by people ALL THE TIME. It is not a purse, man-bag or plastic bag you picked up outta your kitchen cupboard that we are talking about....it is a very distinguishable green bag usually with a big RECYCLE, or the ones from Whole Foods, written across the damn front. Yeah if somebody is going around putting canned goods, tampons, etc  in THEIR PURSE you would be suspicious...but that's not the case at all in this instance. Plain and simple, white people use those damn bags all the times and when they get out of their car there is no antenna that goes up to tell them \"I better do x, y and z so the employees dont think I'm stealing\"...they just go thru life, LIVING LIFE. The employees dont even clue IN on Ally and Becka when the sliding doors open and they walk in. The racial profiling didn't happen because the employees at this Walgreen's saw his putting objects in a \"mysterious\" bag that was foreign to them, the racial profiling happened because they saw a black man.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_08:16:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5068924, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO!  I know this is a serious topic but that was funny, sad but funny.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:50:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "noelani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063123, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If a store irritates me, I will drop my handbasket on the floor aisle, or push my shopping cart away while on the check-out line and just walk right out. The reasons why are many: it could be because the lines are too long, or I felt I was being followed, or I simply changed my mind. I'm not obligated to shop at any store. I can and will always find somewhere else to go. There are some stores in my neighborhood that I never visit (again). <br><br>If someone asks me, What's up? I just say, I'm not spending my money here. I work too hard.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_20:50:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "a9b9abf70e450bc2128c0e057afa51ce", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just this past weekend, a gas station called the police on me because they claimed that my 100 dollar bill which was real was counterfeit.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:49:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074321, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's got a reuseable bag!<br>Run for your lives!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:49:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5074481, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5067211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yes.  i have NEVER seen anybody trotting through a store placing items in their reusable bag WHILE SHOPPING!   you're supposed to give them to the cashier at the register during checkout.  give me a fucking break.  i have no doubt that racial profiling is rampant in chicago as it is in most major cities (i've experienced it before and promptly complained to management), but this case is ridiculous.  then he conducts his own asinine experiment to make sure he's being followed?  how ridiculous is that???  i can only imagine how suspicious he started to look while conductng this 'social experiment'!   this is downright laughable.<br><br>it's cases like these that make a mockery of real profiling and discrimination.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_00:05:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "99bcec632769e483ead5faa515e84132", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063244": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'd write up the entire incident and send it to that particular Walgreens location and Walgreens corporate headquarters.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:35:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062029, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ Noelani,<br><br>\"Anyway, I'm following the rotation and a two sets of black patrons happen to come in on this one guy's rotation. After I seat the second table he storms the host stand, yelling at me like a mad man, accusing me of purposefully seating him with black folks so he wouldn't make any money.\"<br><br>I am not going to lie, there have been times where I have felt I was put in the \"Black section\" of a restaurant. I have went off on anybody, but I have certainly took note. <br><br>The most recent incident was over the summer at a new restaurant here in Hyde Park. Perhaps, it was a simply matter of the rotation schedule. However, it seemed to coincidental that all the Black folks were in the same section.<br><br>Sometimes, it is easy to be paranoid.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:39:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5069718, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5066192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Noelani, what these mofos did to you and your husband should be listed as criminal.  You were pregnent, and the stress they caused you could have resulted in complications for you and your unborn child.  Unfreakingbelievale!!!<br><br>I sorry you had to go through such cruelty.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_23:42:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063298, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5068924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda,<br>The more I think about the less I'm inclined to believe that this incident is racial profiling. There are cases of shopping while black or driving while black or walking while black. A few have been presented in here (noelani, I'm so sorry that happened to you).<br><br>However, if a white person had just been moseying around a store slipping things into a sack (purse, man-bag, whatever), I would think that odds are they are stealing. <br><br>Is that racism or profiling? I don't think so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_01:17:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "bbc56f326ecfb974550e4e2dcd72eafd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5066464, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I carry my own reusable shopping bags whenever I shop at Trader Joe's and I've never been followed or harrassed. So what is your point? I don't know how it is in other parts of the country, but using your own shopping bags in Los Angeles is quite common.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:36:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062916, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064026": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Out where I live I see people using their reusable bags to shop.  I personally refuse to pay for those ugly little bags.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_20:44:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_21:08:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Word.......I was in no mood to be kind to that kind of response either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:31:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063078, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5065823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah, you just go on and publicize that ignorant, racist, bullshit.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_23:13:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5064713, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5066464": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm sick of this spirit!! I'm sick of us dancing around what this is. It didn't matter about some reusable bag...PLEASE....I know damn well know one is naive to think that. That was the excuse, but he damn sure didnt get followed because he had the \"suspicious green bag\". No amount of standing upright, putting a big grin on his face and chatting up the employees would make a bit of damn difference in the fact that the nanosecond his BLACK AZZ walked thru the doors he was not a customer he was a SUSPECT.  His sin was his SKIN. <br><br>Even suggesting what HE could have done is justifying what they did, hell no, we are NOT going there. Yeah we all know we have to \"ease\" the burden of our \"sin\"  on society by abiding by the unwritten rules of doing everything in our power to convey an image of \"not committing a crime\" just to go pick up some damn groceries...but damn, can we NOT condition ourselves to actually thinking that's normal?? ITS NOT. Its NOT normal to be aware of a need to \"not act suspicious\" in your day to day LIFE...Its NOT normal to think you need to \"make sure they dont think I'm stealing\"...its NOT normal unless you are an actual THIEF. Well dammit I'm not a thief so why the hell am I conditioned to behave like one?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_00:01:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5065770, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5065698": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm so sick of this.<br><br>I'm sick of reading the \"but\"...\"maybe\"....shoulda, coulda, woulda of how to look, walk and otherwise accomodate the very thing we're complaining about. <br><br>For those who think this is about reusuable bags and carts and shopping...its not. Its not about the freaking bag, what he was buying or how long he was there. Its about the minute the sliding doors opened as he walked IN. <br><br>There is no \"safe\" method to not get profiled when the issue is your skin. How sad is it that there are actually comments here that basically amount to \"tips on looking  innocent\"?? WTF?!?!?! Sadder is how I know its our reality....that we have actually conditioned ourselves to thinking that isn't the damn equivalent of accepting racism.   Well guess what? It is. Every moment spent actually aware that you need to \"act innocent of any wrongdoing\", is a moment you accept that your very being is what's wrong. <br><br>I am SO sick of this!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_22:59:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5724771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I didn't read the incident report super-carefully (it's 7:30am and I've been up all night) - and people have (probably) already pointed this out - but what those employees could have been responding to is the behavior of the customer, not his/her race.  Like people have said - using a re-usable shopping bag while shopping - just stuffing items in your own bag - instead of using a shopping cart - would be inherently suspicious.  The \"proper\" way to use a re-usable shopping bag is at the checkout - you present the bag to the clerk as he/she is getting ready to bag your items (or you bag the items yourself).<br><br>That said - on the other hand - race could have played into the equation by the person not being given the benefit-of-the-doubt.  These days, customer behavior is supposed to be much more important in determining who is suspicious than race - but a racial bias can make an employee deem a behavior \"suspicious\" in a black customer that he/she would have seen as harmless in a white customer.  It is a complicated issue - and there are lots of \"shades of grey\".  That's why in some ways - it is more challenging being black in 2009 than it was in 1950.  Racism is more complex, can be layered or \"disguised\" underneath so many other factors - and is often denied.  It causes a lot of confusion and frustration. <br><br>In my own experience - I am \"profiled\" and \"watched\" suspiciously all the time in stores - but these days, I don't see it in the stark racial terms that I used to see this behavior.  The main reason is that I've noticed that black employees now watch you as much (if not MORE) than white employees (then again, black people have been known to harbor racial prejudices against \"their own\").  Maybe it depends on where you live - but here in Atlanta, black people have gotten into the \"retail loss prevention\" game in a big way.  I'm just as likely to be watched/followed/offended by a black person as I am a white/other person.  <br><br>For example - when I first started shopping at Whole Foods, I would have complaints about the (white) employees slyly watching me in the aisles - always seeming to find some reason to be near me as I'm browsing the shelves (you know the old, tired \"restocking the shelves\" trick).  But after awhile, I noticed the plethora of black employees Whole Foods employeed - and started noticing that I would be blatantly stared at by these black employees.  These employees weren't staring at me because I'm good-looking (though I wish this was the reason): I picked up on the fact that the staring was an institutional, \"silent\" way to send the message to \"suspicious\" customers, \"You're being seen.  Don't steal.\"  I actually think Whole Foods got clever about the whole loss-prevention thing - and realized if they employeed black employees to watch and \"intimidate\" black customers, then the whole racial angle would be in large part circumvented.  <br><br>But it's not only Whole Foods - I notice it everywhere:  black employees (or black Loss Prevention employees) watching suspicious customers.  So it's not so much a white-on-black, pure \"racial profiling\" thing anymore.  Not to me.<br><br>By the way, I'm a perfectly innocent customer who doesn't steal (I never have).  I just notice a whole lot, and it isn't pretty.  Open your eyes:  if you're anything like me, you're being glanced over, stared at, watched, followed, suspected ALL THE TIME.  Even the phrase, \"May I help you?\" doesn't mean what it used to be - these days, \"May I help you?\" is often Retail-ese for \"I'm letting you know I'm here, and that I see you - since you seem suspicious.  You better not steal.\"  Or, they may utter, \"Did you find what you were looking for?\" at odd times: the whole concept of \"customer service\" has been perverted into a loss-prevention tactic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-31_07:50:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "FavreToSharpe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I have seen many many non-POC using those bags and I guarantee you no one was following them around while they put items in the bag. My sister gave me one, but I have yet to use it for the very reason that some dumbness like what this person experienced would happen to me and I would not react calmly at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:13:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can't believe that folks are trying to excuse the behavior of these clerks and the police officer. After 40 minutes of leering and spying no one bothered to say anything to the brotha if there was a policy about using the store's basket or buggies? If Walgreen's is so concerned about this issue, why not make their own brand of reusable shopping bags like many other chain stores? Let's face it, if your skin is brown, you are more likely to be thought of as a thief, drug dealer, drug abuser, etc.. etc.. I'm glad he spoke to the management, and I hope he contines his efforts.<br>And to the apologists, what would your reaction be if that happened to you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:13:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5074321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I doubt if there is a black man in this country that it has not happened to. I skip Asian stores more than any other ones, they are the worst, and, the Arab ones not too much better. The last time it happened to me was a couple of years ago in a supermarket. I was with a white buddy of mine looking at the outside plant section when this big, huge, dimwitted, $7 an hour, white security \"guard\" was following behind us, not at all trying to hide what he was doing, in my jovial mood, I asked him \"how's it going tonight sweetheart?\" He looked like the chump he was and left, if I get stalked again as a 50 year old gray headed black man, this will be my response.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_12:31:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "d8f1294d2189025175b2c43167428144", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SMH..............I guess we'll always need our \"slave papers\" from massa in order to move about in this land.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_20:14:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063454, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5062121": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As someone who's always profiled, I can tell you that the murder of Oscar Grant has sent chills down my spine.  Even if the cop was looking for the Taser (which I dont buy one bit), still the fact that these Mofos are able to abuse, beat down, and kill folks is outrageous.  This is one area our society truly needs reform.  No more Sean Bells! No more Louimas! No more Oscar Grants!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_17:41:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK so this has been happening to me...the funny thing is that I have no reason to steal anything...My husband has a great job working for the courts that he has been on for 21 years...It`s really sad that I have to go into the store with diamonds and prada just tobuy some dam eyeshadow. My sister who works for longs drug told me that this happens often when you do not look the part of having money...sweats, tennis shoes...wow I said what if I was just comming from working out do I really have to put on these fancy clothes to go shopping I have opted not to return to that store...only with my husband as a witness that this is going on..I only went there to get some eyeshadow that was on sale then I hear security scan all areas of the store and this is all the time when I go in there no matter what time of the day the clerk sees me comming thru the door ...then she gets on the phone and calls to the office then I hear security scan all areas...what am I stupid..do they not know that I know whats going on..I dont know what to do on the other hand I want to call my lawyer but my sister is like.. this is what we have to do no matter what the race is...not to be funny but I look at them like you know I make in a month what you make in 6...I`m not saying that I`m better than anyone but this pisses me off...due to the fact that I have money to spend you are judging me on what I look like thats a real shame..To bad I`m not the owner of the store all parties involved would have been fired on the spot", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:02:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "04860d894b9a335d426994f55ab30026", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5068395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not having it, either Town.  The onus is on the racist , ignorant perps.  And I'm going to call them out on their shit.  His sin is hs skin, is so wrong, and Im not buying that as a reason to compensate,  FUCK NO, not doing it.<br><br>Jack's friend will do what he needs to do to resolve the stench of their filthy behavior by Walgreen's staff.<br><br>Hit them where their brain is.  In their wallet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_00:20:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5066464, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5411608": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Will writing this up and sending it to the corporate office really help? I ask this question because it appears like that this has been going on for some time and the corporate office is aware and has probably initiated the racial profiling. What I would do is stop spending my hard earned money at places that are doing this racial profiling. By shopping at these places we're keeping the businesses in business and we're allowign them to continue to treat us this way. Change the way youdo things and spend your hard earned dollars at a location that treasts you like all people shoudl be treated.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-20_21:00:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed02a20bace99e2c62428fe74d49e5c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5065968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The friend was smart in his interactions with the police. <br><br>Just a reminder for Black folks who visit Chicago:<br><br>1 out of every 4 dollars for the Chicago Police Department is spent on SETTLING POLICE BRUTALITY CASES. <br><br>1 out of 4 people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_23:25:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "100% AGREE", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_21:51:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063013, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'll take paper or plastic.<br>You can keep the reusable bags.<br>I can't save the planet if I'm in jail.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_19:24:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5072254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If I get good service, I tip.<br>If I don't get good service, I don't tip.<br>The employee's preconceived notions are not my problem.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_09:56:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5065000, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064607": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's my take on it.<br><br>If you're using reusable bags, you also use a cart when shopping and let the cashier bag your items in the reusable bags, so that everything is out in the OPEN.  When shopping as a POC, one must EXPECT to be racially profiled when shopping, even though the statistics show that non-POCs are more likely to shoplift than WE ARE.<br><br>Having said that, I'm not going to pass judgement on Jack's friend - but I do think there were some things he could have done to avoid looking suspicious. If he was putting stuff he wanted to buy into his reusable bags BEFORE checking out, it would look suspicious - although to be honest, only a fool would try to steal these days because there's every conceivable security method known to man to prevent stealing, and if Jack's friend tried to walk out of that store after looking suspicious, they already had security avenues to prevent that without following him around in the damned store.<br><br>Third, most corporations mandate sensitivity and awareness training of ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES to prevent or modify incidents like this.  It is painfully obvious that with the advent of a Black POTUS, most people feel like the racism shyt is over, when the reality is, IT IS JUST BEGINNING, and it's NOT GOING TO BE PRETTY.  Since the store's employees either haven't been trained in dealing with POC, or they blew off the training, someone needs to lose their jobs unless they can prove in a COURT OF LAW, that their actions, once they found out Jack's friend, WASN'T STEALING, were in accordance with store policy, Federal, State and City Regulations.  For this, I think Jack's Friend needs to be on the phone to the Chicago equivalent of Johnnie Cochran, and make an example out of the store for his treatment AFTER he demonstrated he wasn't stealing.<br><br>I'm not being an apologist, but sometimes, knowing what we know, and who THEY are, we have to make wise decisions, and shopping with reusable bags while POC, means we have to make sure that the paranoid workers know we aren't in there to steal, and having done that, if they still want to be idiots, they should be made to pay for their IDIOCY.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_21:21:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5062780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This story is so common but it really does get to be hurtful after awhile. And I get disappointed when people's first reaction is to dismiss what happened or try to minimize the effect that racism had on a profiling situation.<br><br>My mother was recently profiled when she tried to return some shoes she got for my younger brother. She had bought the shoes in the city but, went to the branch near their house (in the burbs) to return them.  The clerk, a young white guy, refused to take the shoes back, insinuating that she had stolen them or something. When my mother showed him the receipt he started asking her to lower her voice and calm down or he would call security.  He then turned to the other customers in line (all white) to back him up in mocking my mother. Getting them to laugh and scoff at how much she was \"overreacting.\"  My mom told me that she had almost started crying because she was all by herself and no one was standing up to the clerk's verbal abuse. She then asked to speak to the manager. The clerk called security.  Who were pretty confused when they showed up and saw that a 5'3\" woman in her fifties was the source of the complaint.<br><br>This type of sh*t is not okay. And people need to stop dismissing it as harmless. Black people are automatically criminalized because we're assumed to have superhuman violent tendencies or whatever. The racism behind what happened to the person in Walgreen's and what happened to my mother at a shoe store is the same racism that allows cops to shoot unarmed people of color. And I think speaking up about it is absolutely crucial.  And we need to offer our full support to people who do have the courage to say something about racial profiling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_18:49:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "4bcc6316dd50ef6d6f12e9fc97ced447", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5063805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No you're right. This is a poor example.  <br><br>It defies common sense.<br><br>Why would anyone fill up a shopping bag to be emptied at check out and filled again? Using a cart doesn't negatively impact the environment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_20:28:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "bbc56f326ecfb974550e4e2dcd72eafd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5062288, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5064318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As for the reusable bags, its not about the cart.... you're using the reusable bag to carry your items OUT of the store as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-11_21:00:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5063805, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "9751736", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 8521091802536832081}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "my_friend_was_racially_profiled", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 74, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 9751736, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
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FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
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};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=my_friend_was_racially_profiled' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/my_friend_was_racially_profiled/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'my_friend_was_racially_profiled'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/my_friend_was_racially_profiled/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">74</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/my_friend_was_racially_profiled/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/my_friend_was_racially_profiled/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:9751736" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/my_friend_was_racially_profiled/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:9751736" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p> \n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
									<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You must log into an account in order to comment on Jack and Jill Politics" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:9751736" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'my_friend_was_racially_profiled',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/my_friend_was_racially_profiled/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'my_friend_was_racially_profiled'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'my_friend_was_racially_profiled'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'my_friend_was_racially_profiled'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/9751736/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/jackandjillpolitics/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5062029" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5062029" href="http://equiresworld.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Esquire</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5062029" class="dsq-comment-message">Your friend did the right thing by speaking up.  As you state, too many of us let this kind of behavior slide by.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063244" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063244">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063244" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'d write up the entire incident and send it to that particular Walgreens location and Walgreens corporate headquarters.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5062121">AM2k6</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5062121" class="dsq-comment-message">As someone who\'s always profiled, I can tell you that the murder of Oscar Grant has sent chills down my spine.  Even if the cop was looking for the Taser (which I dont buy one bit), still the fact that these Mofos are able to abuse, beat down, and kill folks is outrageous.  This is one area our society truly needs reform.  No more Sean Bells! No more Louimas! No more Oscar Grants!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5064747" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5064747" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064747" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn, both my towns where I was born and reared have gotten themselves on the map for racist shyt and it saddens me.<br><br>Of course, I\'m not surprised about Houston, the city of my birth - HPD has always been the urban version of the Klan.  My father defended himself while running his business (a barbeque joint), and did eighteen months for voluntary manslaughter, courtesy of the state of Texas.  And this, after his lawyer put ten witnesses on the stand to testify that the guy my dad killed was trying to rob the place and came after my dad with a knife.<br><br>Oakland isn\'t a surprise, either; and this is where I did the majority of growing up.  A brotha was always "the hunted".  I remember always asking guys who took me out to call me when they got home - just so I could be reassured they weren\'t getting harassed by OPD.  I even dated an Oakland Police Officer and I remember one of his friends (also a cop) being beaten by HIS OWN COLLEAGUES, because he answered a robbery call while leaving work from his duties as an undercover cop.<br>He even identified himself to the white cops getting ready to get in that ass, and even after they pulled his credentials, they proceeded to beat the shyt out of him, anyway.<br><br>OPD thought they would bury it. My ex\'s friend sued and won a $500K settlement from the Police Department, where he worked until he retired a couple of years ago.<br><br>I say all that to say that if OPD will BEAT one of THEIR OWN brethren because he\'s POC, the BART cops are more likely to shoot one of us in the back and think no one\'s watching their ass.  I hope the families of both men get FAT PAID, and the Federal Government places both organizations under Federal Decree to mandate their actions and shut down shyt and start levying heavy fines when they violate it.<br><br>Money for violations is the only thing these MOFOS understand.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5070396" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5070396" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5070396" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5070396" class="dsq-comment-message">I want to know how that punk officer could just quit and not be forced to answer any questions. He could skip out of the country or anything. I\'ve never seen a cop quit during an investigation. He\'s just basically announced his guilt. Plus I KNOW the recorded something and are lying about it. Thank goodness so many people had their cell phones.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5062288" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5062288" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5062288" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I had an interesting hour long shopping experience. I shopped with my own green re-usable bag as I do most of the time. </i><br><br>Maybe I\'m missing something here.  I\'m definitely not trying to defend THE MAN, but aren\'t those "re-usable" bags supposed to be given to the cashier at the conclusion of the shopping experience so that the cashier "bags" the items.<br><br>It would look kind of odd to me if I saw a dude (irrespective of his race) putting items in his "own" bag versus using a Walgreen\'s hand-basket or buggy.<br><br>If a  woman were to come into the store and start putting items in her purse, wouldn\'t that look odd?  I would think that she is shoplifting.<br><br>Again, maybe I\'m missing something here.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5062437" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5062437">Lady C</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5062437" class="dsq-comment-message">The standard practice is to give the reusable bag to the person bagging your items.  I don\'t condone racial profifing of any kind, but this sounds like a case of miscommunication.  The most the store should have to do is put up a sign for all to see upon entering the store, that shoppers must use the buggies and baskets provided by the store for their use when gathering items for purchase.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063012" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063012">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063012" class="dsq-comment-message">I have seen many many non-POC using those bags and I guarantee you no one was following them around while they put items in the bag. My sister gave me one, but I have yet to use it for the very reason that some dumbness like what this person experienced would happen to me and I would not react calmly at all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063454" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5063454" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063454" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah when it\'s a non POC, benefit of the doubt is given. <br><br>In my town, there\'s a store I\'ve been shopping at for over a year now. Same handful of people work in the store, I\'ve seen them all, exchanged greetings and well let\'s keep it real, I\'m the only black woman that lives in this particular neighborhood (not in the town) but this little area here. In any case ...<br><br>I was told that it was store policy to ask for ID when someone uses a credit card or debit card. I asked about it, because everytime I would go in there and use my debit card, I\'d always be asked to show Identification.<br><br>I didn\'t let my paranoia get the best of me ... I thought, hey, they are trying to prevent fraud ... BUT, after a fucken year of them seeing me and my same card every week I go in there, I would think at some point it wouldn\'t be neccessary ... however I let it go ... UNTIL ...<br><br>I was waiting in line one day, and this walrus of a white woman looking like she just rolled out of a dumpster hands the clerk (who I see every week in the same store) her credit card and not one time NOT ONE TIME was she asked to show her identification. From the exchange they had, she wasn\'t a store regularly, I could tell. HOWEVER, she didn\'t look suspicious enough AT ALL to warrant asking her for Identifcation.<br><br>I was tempted to pull out my card after that, but I was getting an item work two dollars ... so I let it go and paid for it with cash. I just let it go.<br><br>Till this day, they still ask me for my ID and even INSPECT my card and ID.<br><br>Go figure.<br><br>I think we should start speaking up more, like Jack\'s friend said. The only thing though, it seems when we do, they want to get the police involved and you know where that leads.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063656" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063656">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063656" class="dsq-comment-message">SMH..............I guess we\'ll always need our "slave papers" from massa in order to move about in this land.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063123" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063123">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063123" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll take paper or plastic.<br>You can keep the reusable bags.<br>I can\'t save the planet if I\'m in jail.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063366" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5063366" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5063366" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063366" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!  I know this is a serious topic but that was funny, sad but funny.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063960">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063960" class="dsq-comment-message">:) after reading this sad post that made me laugh. =)  lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5063805" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063805" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063805">Monica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5063805" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063805" class="dsq-comment-message">No you\'re right. This is a poor example.  <br><br>It defies common sense.<br><br>Why would anyone fill up a shopping bag to be emptied at check out and filled again? Using a cart doesn\'t negatively impact the environment.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5064318" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5064318" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5064318">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5064318" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064318" class="dsq-comment-message">As for the reusable bags, its not about the cart.... you\'re using the reusable bag to carry your items OUT of the store as well.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5064026" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5064026" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5064026">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5064026" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064026" class="dsq-comment-message">Out where I live I see people using their reusable bags to shop.  I personally refuse to pay for those ugly little bags.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5067211" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5067211" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5067211">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5067211" class="dsq-comment-message">yes.  i have NEVER seen anybody trotting through a store placing items in their reusable bag WHILE SHOPPING!   you\'re supposed to give them to the cashier at the register during checkout.  give me a fucking break.  i have no doubt that racial profiling is rampant in chicago as it is in most major cities (i\'ve experienced it before and promptly complained to management), but this case is ridiculous.  then he conducts his own asinine experiment to make sure he\'s being followed?  how ridiculous is that???  i can only imagine how suspicious he started to look while conductng this \'social experiment\'!   this is downright laughable.<br><br>it\'s cases like these that make a mockery of real profiling and discrimination.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5078191" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5078191">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078191" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not sure why this matters from a technical standpoint.  Sure, re-usable shopping bags are usually intended to be used at the checkout.  But if we believe Jack\'s friend\'s description, there was no way he was going to leave the store without being checked for his stuff.  An inconvenience to unbag the items, scan them, then bag them up again, maybe--but that\'s on the cashier and the workers for not speaking up earlier.  All those folks passing by and nobody asked him to use a cart or basket? Yo\' fault.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5062335" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5062335" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5062335" href="http://soulpowr.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Soulpower</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5062335" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5062335" class="dsq-comment-message">This is not paranoia, this is life.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5062780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5062780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5062780">Shelby</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5062780" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5062780" class="dsq-comment-message">This story is so common but it really does get to be hurtful after awhile. And I get disappointed when people\'s first reaction is to dismiss what happened or try to minimize the effect that racism had on a profiling situation.<br><br>My mother was recently profiled when she tried to return some shoes she got for my younger brother. She had bought the shoes in the city but, went to the branch near their house (in the burbs) to return them.  The clerk, a young white guy, refused to take the shoes back, insinuating that she had stolen them or something. When my mother showed him the receipt he started asking her to lower her voice and calm down or he would call security.  He then turned to the other customers in line (all white) to back him up in mocking my mother. Getting them to laugh and scoff at how much she was "overreacting."  My mom told me that she had almost started crying because she was all by herself and no one was standing up to the clerk\'s verbal abuse. She then asked to speak to the manager. The clerk called security.  Who were pretty confused when they showed up and saw that a 5\'3" woman in her fifties was the source of the complaint.<br><br>This type of sh*t is not okay. And people need to stop dismissing it as harmless. Black people are automatically criminalized because we\'re assumed to have superhuman violent tendencies or whatever. The racism behind what happened to the person in Walgreen\'s and what happened to my mother at a shoe store is the same racism that allows cops to shoot unarmed people of color. And I think speaking up about it is absolutely crucial.  And we need to offer our full support to people who do have the courage to say something about racial profiling.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5062916" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5062916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5062916">Lady C</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5062916" class="dsq-comment-message">Racial profiling is stopping a young AA male who is driving a BMW twice in a couple of days.  The reason I know it to be true is because it happened to my son.  After my son had been stopped twice for no apparent reason--no ticket was issued--my husband called the mayor and told him he would sue the city if my son were to be stopped again.  My husband accused the police department of racial profiling, and of course the mayor denied it.  Guess what?  My son was never stopped again.<br><br>You may call me foolish, but the incident in Walgreens could have been avoided.  If you don\'t believe me, just ask anyone who carries their own shopping bags when they go shopping.  I say, pick your battles.  If you don\'t, there will not be any support for you when you really need it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5063251" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063251" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5063251" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5063251" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063251" class="dsq-comment-message">I carry my own reusable shopping bags whenever I shop at Trader Joe\'s and I\'ve never been followed or harrassed. So what is your point? I don\'t know how it is in other parts of the country, but using your own shopping bags in Los Angeles is quite common.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5070367" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5070367" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5070367" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5070367" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5070367" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'d say that bringing a bag in Trader Joe\'s is fairly common though because recycling is encouraged. Other situations do require a little finesse though. I think involving the media and your individual\'s City Administration is very important. Large companies get state and federal funding after all.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5062971" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5062971" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5062971">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5062971" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah.....I\'m gonna have to call you an idiot. <br><br>Sorry JJP, I really didn\'t see any other alternative.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5063548" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063548" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063548">NCBM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5063548" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063548" class="dsq-comment-message">Profiling happens anytime someone of color is stopped (or treated criminally)for doing they same things that others would take for granted.  Unfortunately, in times when things are tight it seems as if these incidents become that much more flagrant.  I does not matter whether you drive a BMW or whether you are pushing a cart at the Trader Joe\'s...  Black men have a particular burden to carry in all this.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5064860" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5064860">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064860" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree Shelby.  racial profiling is not always cut and dry as we\'re led to believe. It\'s layered.  The old saying, IF YOU\'RE BLACK, GET BACK.  Tha\'ts raial profiling.<br><br> My daughter who lives in DC came to visit me in Minnesota a few years ago.  We went to a resturant that did not require reservations, but did write down name on wait list if they \'re busy.  <br><br>They were busy, so I gave my name for the wait list.  My daughter and visited with each other during the wait.  I noticed she was getting anxious, and she left my side and walked up to the host.  I heard her voices and the volume of hers was ascending.  Oh shit, I thought, this doesn\'t sound good.   <br><br>I approached the dias and asked what was the problem.  My daughter\'s a city slicker, and she doesn\'t miss a beat.  Apparently, the she\'d witnessed the host seating 2 white couples who didn\'t have reservations and who had come in after us.<br><br>My daughter had confronted the host and demanded she and I be seated pronto, but the host refused.  I asked the host if she\'d passed us over as an oversight, giving the bitch out, but she refused to answer me.  The couples, she\'d seated however were willing to wait, so my daughter was right on the money.  My daughter was furious and she stormed out of the joint; I went after her, and we talked it out..  <br><br>She\'d never been treated like this.  She was clearly upset and I understood. I explained that even if it were on the moon, we ain\'t running.  We\'re going back in there.  We got our game face on and went back into the joint.  <br><br>I asked to speak to the manager.  I explained the situation.  I said his situation is not appropratate  and does not bode well for your establishment.  Your host passed us over on the list and refused to give us an explanation and seat immediately when we asked.  I don\'t think my friends, neighbors, or the local newspaper editors would appreciate hearing about this type of  treatment  we\'ve expereinced here.<br><br>The manager told the host to leave, and he asked us to chose any place we wanted to sit, order whatever we wanted; that included alcoholic beverages (I don\'t drink, EHTOL)  and it would all be on the house.  We chose a nice seat by the fireplace, my daughter ordered a glass of wine and we ate our meal without incident.<br>The resturant has since been bought out by a Greek family.<br><br>There is a sensitivity my daughter had going into that resturant as a black female.. It was like she knew this incident was going  to go down. DC ain\'t like Minnesota, but we don\'t run from nobody.  That\'s not how I taught them, to have ther beingness in this world no matter where they are.<br><br>No it is not ok to allow this shit to go unchallenged, and yes we can offer our full support to others</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5065000" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5065000" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5065000" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the sad reality across our country when black folks go out to a restuarant. I can say, truthfully, from what I\'ve seen, that many restuarant employees (specifically hosts and servers) no matter what color they are, have a ingrained prejudice toward black folk.<br><br>It\'s the idea (stereotype ... whatever you want to call it) that black folk don\'t or won\'t tip. So when you, your daughter, my friends and/or I go out to dine, we have to overcompensate to brick by brick eliminate the idea.<br><br>I do feel it\'s unfair and we should not have to go above and beyond what anyone else is expected to do in that situation ... but the sad reality is that we do. <br><br>However, my best -friend finally said, no more! She got tired of going out to dine and automatically being treated with disdain by a host or server. Inattentiveness, rudeness, sloppy service and yes ... not being seated promptly (over others).<br><br>I still tip, even when I get lousy service, because I just don\'t want anyone else to suffer the consequences if I don\'t (and hell that includes my next trip out to dine). <br><br>It\'s very unfair, but I guess life isn\'t fair. My best-friend now does this ...<br><br>When she gets bad service, she turns over her credit card slip and writes ...<br><br>Here\'s a tip:<br><br>and then she proceeds to inform the server of all the things they did that equaled to poor service and what they should correct next time if they want a monetary tip.<br><br>so there, maybe that\'s what we all should do from now on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5066295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5066295">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5066295" class="dsq-comment-message">Noelani, appreciate your sharing.  I agree we need to call attention to the behaviors of folk who disrespect us.  But I don\'t over compensate for anyone.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5072254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5072254">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5072254" class="dsq-comment-message">If I get good service, I tip.<br>If I don\'t get good service, I don\'t tip.<br>The employee\'s preconceived notions are not my problem.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063013" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5063013" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063013" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t believe that folks are trying to excuse the behavior of these clerks and the police officer. After 40 minutes of leering and spying no one bothered to say anything to the brotha if there was a policy about using the store\'s basket or buggies? If Walgreen\'s is so concerned about this issue, why not make their own brand of reusable shopping bags like many other chain stores? Let\'s face it, if your skin is brown, you are more likely to be thought of as a thief, drug dealer, drug abuser, etc.. etc.. I\'m glad he spoke to the management, and I hope he contines his efforts.<br>And to the apologists, what would your reaction be if that happened to you?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063046">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063046" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5064936" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5064936">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064936" class="dsq-comment-message">100% AGREE</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063078">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5063078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063078" class="dsq-comment-message">"You may call me foolish, but the incident in Walgreens could have been avoided."<br><br>-OK.<br>You\'re foolish.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063196">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063196" class="dsq-comment-message">Word.......I was in no mood to be kind to that kind of response either.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063390" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063390">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063390" class="dsq-comment-message">I have low tolerence for this kind of foolishness.<br>Years ago I was stopped twice in my own neighborhood "walking while black".<br>Both times I was going to a friend\'s house.<br>The first time, I was asked who I was and was told to lean on the hood of the police car; I complied and told the officers that my wallet was in my right pants pocket and my information was in it.  They checked it and let me go. <br><br>The secord time was approximately seven years later; police car stopped in front  of me and an officer got out of the car and asked me who I was. I told him and told him I lived in this neighborhood. He told me that he had gotten a report of someone breaking into a home.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5063298" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5063298" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063298" class="dsq-comment-message">I was born and raised in Chicago and I can tell you ... YES there is a lot of racial profiling that happens and here in Washington state, in the town I live in, it\'s even more stark - simply because I\'m one of a handful of black folks that live in this town. I can go a couple of weeks without seeing another black person in my area stores.<br><br>In any case, I see the main point of the Walgreens incident ... yes, it may be the common practice to hand the reusable green bags to the store clerks at check out ... but obviously this man was not aware of that ... however, what makes this actually racial profiling is that, the clerks and police officer all followed him around and made an accusations for 40 freakin minutes, without once asking him about the bag OR informing him about the policy. <br><br>I don\'t get the police officer\'s actions ... because if we are talking a suspicion of shoplifting, he would be in the best position to ask specifically about THE BAG (instead of accusing) and inform the man of the policy (after all he\'s the one with the badge and gun) so unlike a clerk, he would be in a less threatened position to do that.<br><br>In any case, my own Chicago racial profiling story would be comical if it wasn\'t so sadly true. My ex husband and I were sitting in his car while I finished a milkshake one evening and low and behold, two cops come out of nowhere shining lights in the car and damn near scared the crap (literally) out of me.<br><br>for one reason: We were an interracial couple.<br><br>However, you would think after they came up to the car, saw that I was drinking a milk shake and well ... was VERY pregnant, they would have lowered their lights and backed off ... but noooo ...<br><br>They proceeded to interrogate us for however long, until they were satisfied that I wasn\'t a milkshake drinking pregnant prostitute.<br><br>And then,<br><br>Three months later, after my baby was born,  my mom babysits for us, cause it\'s the hubby\'s birthday. Finally we get a free night, so we decided to go to a movie. Unfortunately we never got there, we were pulled over by some racist cops. We did nothing wrong - no traffic violation ... nothing. <br><br>They pulled us over again (same neighborhood) because we are an interracial couple in THAT neighborhood. Not only did they once again shine lights in the car, they ran the hubby\'s license and mine (why mine?? I wasn\'t even driving). They interrogated us in the car, asking how we knew each other. I said we are married, although my driver\'s license still had my maiden name. <br><br>We answered all of their intrusive questions, but they still weren\'t satisfied. They hauled us out of the car on a big busy intersection and I felt so humiliated. I felt like a criminal. We weren\'t criminals, but we were pulled to the back of the car and interrogated some more. Finally when they were satisfied they had humiliated us enough, they let us go.<br><br>However we missed the movie and I was so shaken up. I mean I never felt so humiliated in my life. My husband told me that the officer who was talking to him, asked why he was with me and insinutated I was a hooker!<br><br>I felt like I had been raped or something. I fear the cops now, I really do. I have more instances of racial profiling, but it would take all day to relay them. Anyway, Jack tell your friend I hope nothing like that ever happens to him again and I wish him the best.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5066192">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5066192" class="dsq-comment-message">Noelani, what these mofos did to you and your husband should be listed as criminal.  You were pregnent, and the stress they caused you could have resulted in complications for you and your unborn child.  Unfreakingbelievale!!!<br><br>I sorry you had to go through such cruelty.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5063350">goldenstar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5063350" class="dsq-comment-message">I practice both methods: use my own bag if I am getting a few items  and use the store cart if I am getting heavy items and ask the cashier to use my reusable bag.<br><br>Nevertheless, I think that your friend should call/write/contact corporate headquarters which is conveniently located in Deerfield, a suburb of Chicago and begin the dialogue.<br><br>I also think that your friend should write a letter to the Editor to the local community (West Loop) and citywide papers. If this is a Walgreen\'s policy, the public should be made aware of the policy and Walgreen\'s needs to publicize its policy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5064135" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5064135" href="http://bettychambers.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GoldenAh</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064135" class="dsq-comment-message">If a store irritates me, I will drop my handbasket on the floor aisle, or push my shopping cart away while on the check-out line and just walk right out. The reasons why are many: it could be because the lines are too long, or I felt I was being followed, or I simply changed my mind. I\'m not obligated to shop at any store. I can and will always find somewhere else to go. There are some stores in my neighborhood that I never visit (again). <br><br>If someone asks me, What\'s up? I just say, I\'m not spending my money here. I work too hard.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5068952" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5068952" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5068952" class="dsq-comment-message">Woman after my own heart. Why reward nonsense?<br><br>I was racially profiled in Boston all the time. <br><br>In lily-white Maine, I\'ve never been racially profiled in a store. Never had a single woman move her purse out of her shopping cart as I approach. <br><br>I\'m sure there\'s an essay in there somewhere.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5064411">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064411" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5064463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5064463">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064463" class="dsq-comment-message">To Jack\'s Friend:<br><br>I agree with goldenstar: first, find out the name of the chief Public Relations person at Walgreen\'s corporate offices; write them and let them know that you were grossly insulted and humiliated by the profiling; cc the editor of the local publication; and let them know that you will not only take your business elsewhere, but that you will let all of your <b>White friends</b>  know how you were treated, and that they should take their business elsewhere as well. <br><br>I won\'t try to minimize what happened to you; just know that retail sales profiling happens to all of us at some point--sometimes we don\'t even know it or admit it--and as pesky as it can be, we do ourselves the greatest service by acknowledging it and then directing our dollars elsewhere.<br><br>Sorry this happened to you.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5064607" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5064607" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064607" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s my take on it.<br><br>If you\'re using reusable bags, you also use a cart when shopping and let the cashier bag your items in the reusable bags, so that everything is out in the OPEN.  When shopping as a POC, one must EXPECT to be racially profiled when shopping, even though the statistics show that non-POCs are more likely to shoplift than WE ARE.<br><br>Having said that, I\'m not going to pass judgement on Jack\'s friend - but I do think there were some things he could have done to avoid looking suspicious. If he was putting stuff he wanted to buy into his reusable bags BEFORE checking out, it would look suspicious - although to be honest, only a fool would try to steal these days because there\'s every conceivable security method known to man to prevent stealing, and if Jack\'s friend tried to walk out of that store after looking suspicious, they already had security avenues to prevent that without following him around in the damned store.<br><br>Third, most corporations mandate sensitivity and awareness training of ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES to prevent or modify incidents like this.  It is painfully obvious that with the advent of a Black POTUS, most people feel like the racism shyt is over, when the reality is, IT IS JUST BEGINNING, and it\'s NOT GOING TO BE PRETTY.  Since the store\'s employees either haven\'t been trained in dealing with POC, or they blew off the training, someone needs to lose their jobs unless they can prove in a COURT OF LAW, that their actions, once they found out Jack\'s friend, WASN\'T STEALING, were in accordance with store policy, Federal, State and City Regulations.  For this, I think Jack\'s Friend needs to be on the phone to the Chicago equivalent of Johnnie Cochran, and make an example out of the store for his treatment AFTER he demonstrated he wasn\'t stealing.<br><br>I\'m not being an apologist, but sometimes, knowing what we know, and who THEY are, we have to make wise decisions, and shopping with reusable bags while POC, means we have to make sure that the paranoid workers know we aren\'t in there to steal, and having done that, if they still want to be idiots, they should be made to pay for their IDIOCY.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5065448" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5065448">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5065448" class="dsq-comment-message">O completely agree with you Rikyrah.  I tell my sons to behave as you have descrbed. Acting like you have rights is one thing, dying to prove you have them is another.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5064713">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064713" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell your friend:<br><br>1. Send this to the Chicago Sun-Times, Tribune,  Defender and Chicago Reader. INCLUDE THE ADDRESS OF THE STORE in your letter.<br><br>2. Of course send it up the foodchain at Walgreens.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5065823" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5065823">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5065823" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah, you just go on and publicize that ignorant, racist, bullshit.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5065077" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5065077">jadia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5065077" class="dsq-comment-message">I think your friend was profiled. I use reusable bags and to try to avoid any appearance of shoplifting I always put the bags in my cart. I never thought of placing the items in the bags.  I\'m even careful about reaching into my purse for a lipgloss while shopping.  I don\'t want anyone to think I\'m pocketing anything. The actions of the employees are unexcusable, but I guess we still have to remember we will always be under suspicion.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5065245" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5065245" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5065245">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5065245" class="dsq-comment-message">Walgreens shouldn\'t have done it and they need a letter written on them.  Jack\'s friend needs to seek satisfaction.  The manager and assistant store manager don\'t give a shit because in their opinion Jack\'s friend is a piece of shit negro that isn\'t due any respect.  When the district manager puts a foot in their ass, they\'ll change their tune.<br><br>However, I personally would not have spent 40 minutes in the store moseying from aisle to aisle wondering if I was being profiled.  After the 2nd person "hovered" around, the friend should have demanded to speak to the manager and then walked out the store.  Life is too short and we work too hard to be treated disrespectfully.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5065698">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5065698" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m so sick of this.<br><br>I\'m sick of reading the "but"..."maybe"....shoulda, coulda, woulda of how to look, walk and otherwise accomodate the very thing we\'re complaining about. <br><br>For those who think this is about reusuable bags and carts and shopping...its not. Its not about the freaking bag, what he was buying or how long he was there. Its about the minute the sliding doors opened as he walked IN. <br><br>There is no "safe" method to not get profiled when the issue is your skin. How sad is it that there are actually comments here that basically amount to "tips on looking  innocent"?? WTF?!?!?! Sadder is how I know its our reality....that we have actually conditioned ourselves to thinking that isn\'t the damn equivalent of accepting racism.   Well guess what? It is. Every moment spent actually aware that you need to "act innocent of any wrongdoing", is a moment you accept that your very being is what\'s wrong. <br><br>I am SO sick of this!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5065770">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5065770" class="dsq-comment-message">MIRANDA,  YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND PREACH!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5066464">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5066464" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sick of this spirit!! I\'m sick of us dancing around what this is. It didn\'t matter about some reusable bag...PLEASE....I know damn well know one is naive to think that. That was the excuse, but he damn sure didnt get followed because he had the "suspicious green bag". No amount of standing upright, putting a big grin on his face and chatting up the employees would make a bit of damn difference in the fact that the nanosecond his BLACK AZZ walked thru the doors he was not a customer he was a SUSPECT.  His sin was his SKIN. <br><br>Even suggesting what HE could have done is justifying what they did, hell no, we are NOT going there. Yeah we all know we have to "ease" the burden of our "sin"  on society by abiding by the unwritten rules of doing everything in our power to convey an image of "not committing a crime" just to go pick up some damn groceries...but damn, can we NOT condition ourselves to actually thinking that\'s normal?? ITS NOT. Its NOT normal to be aware of a need to "not act suspicious" in your day to day LIFE...Its NOT normal to think you need to "make sure they dont think I\'m stealing"...its NOT normal unless you are an actual THIEF. Well dammit I\'m not a thief so why the hell am I conditioned to behave like one?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5068395">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5068395" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not having it, either Town.  The onus is on the racist , ignorant perps.  And I\'m going to call them out on their shit.  His sin is hs skin, is so wrong, and Im not buying that as a reason to compensate,  FUCK NO, not doing it.<br><br>Jack\'s friend will do what he needs to do to resolve the stench of their filthy behavior by Walgreen\'s staff.<br><br>Hit them where their brain is.  In their wallet.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5068924">Monica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5068924" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda,<br>The more I think about the less I\'m inclined to believe that this incident is racial profiling. There are cases of shopping while black or driving while black or walking while black. A few have been presented in here (noelani, I\'m so sorry that happened to you).<br><br>However, if a white person had just been moseying around a store slipping things into a sack (purse, man-bag, whatever), I would think that odds are they are stealing. <br><br>Is that racism or profiling? I don\'t think so.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5071414">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5071414" class="dsq-comment-message">You might, but you would be in the minority. Those green bags are used by people ALL THE TIME. It is not a purse, man-bag or plastic bag you picked up outta your kitchen cupboard that we are talking about....it is a very distinguishable green bag usually with a big RECYCLE, or the ones from Whole Foods, written across the damn front. Yeah if somebody is going around putting canned goods, tampons, etc  in THEIR PURSE you would be suspicious...but that\'s not the case at all in this instance. Plain and simple, white people use those damn bags all the times and when they get out of their car there is no antenna that goes up to tell them "I better do x, y and z so the employees dont think I\'m stealing"...they just go thru life, LIVING LIFE. The employees dont even clue IN on Ally and Becka when the sliding doors open and they walk in. The racial profiling didn\'t happen because the employees at this Walgreen\'s saw his putting objects in a "mysterious" bag that was foreign to them, the racial profiling happened because they saw a black man.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5069718" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5069718" class="dsq-comment-message">You are so right and I have to apologize to spirit for saying overcompensate because it\'s so true ... no one should be overcompensating and reward poor service and poor behavior. <br><br>My best friend stopped tipping waitstaff that profile her and I should do the same. It\'s not right at all.<br><br>I have another instance of seeing it from the other side. <br><br>I worked at this restuarant in the River North area of Chicago some years back and there was this assumption from the wait staff that most of the black patrons came over from Cabrini Green. I don\'t know why they deduced that, because, although Cabrini Green wasn\'t far from where I worked, the restuarant was in downtown Chicago and everyone from around the city and suburbs came downtown (that\'s a no-brainer).<br><br>In any case,<br>There was an assumption by all the servers and hosts that black folks didn\'t tip and they were the ones more than likely to ditch the bill. I knew deep down that wasn\'t a universal truth, but my coworkers, white, black, brown and other really BELIEVED it.<br><br>When I say this was a multi-cultural staff ... it really was, we had an Indian guy, black woman, gay man, deaf gay man, white folks, rich girls, poor girls, country folks anyone you could imagine worked in that restaurant but they all seemed to hold that same stereotype as fact.<br><br>One day, we were really busy and I was hosting, I was following the evening rotation I set up. Anyone who has ever hosted knows what that is ... basically you set up stations for the servers at the start of your shift and rotate the tables that way. So when patrons came in, whomever turn it was to be seated, that\'s who got table.<br><br>Anyway, I\'m following the rotation and a two sets of black patrons happen to come in on this one guy\'s rotation. After I seat the second table he storms the host stand, yelling at me like a mad man, accusing me of purposefully seating him with black folks so he wouldn\'t make any money.<br><br>I was shocked and embarrassed. I couldn\'t believe he was acting that way ... the most surprising thing was ... that he was black himself.<br><br>Go figure.<br><br>So that conditioning that Talibah spoke of seems to happen but it\'s far from right. It\'s wrong ... period.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084495">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084495" class="dsq-comment-message">@ Noelani,<br><br>"Anyway, I\'m following the rotation and a two sets of black patrons happen to come in on this one guy\'s rotation. After I seat the second table he storms the host stand, yelling at me like a mad man, accusing me of purposefully seating him with black folks so he wouldn\'t make any money."<br><br>I am not going to lie, there have been times where I have felt I was put in the "Black section" of a restaurant. I have went off on anybody, but I have certainly took note. <br><br>The most recent incident was over the summer at a new restaurant here in Hyde Park. Perhaps, it was a simply matter of the rotation schedule. However, it seemed to coincidental that all the Black folks were in the same section.<br><br>Sometimes, it is easy to be paranoid.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5065675">Librarian</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5065675" class="dsq-comment-message">From these posts, clearly several people have experienced what Mr. Turner\'s friend experienced.  Yes, similar incidents have happened to me.  While there  may be some incidents that require more attention and care (such as being stopped by the police), the incidents of being treated inappropriately and unfairly in store are more easily resolved-do not continue to spend your hard earned money in that establishment.  Yes, we all have a right to shop where we want, and we should expect to be treated fairly and courteously.  However, in the absence of such treatment, please take your money elsewhere.  There are some products that can only be purchased in certain establishment, but I doubt there is anything in Walgreen\'s that can\'t be purchased somewhere else, even if you have to drive further, take another bus, etc,  Notifying the manger and the executive offices of Walgreen\'s (or other establishment) is not enough- take your money and your business somewhere else.  In addition, tell everyone you know not to shop in that store.  Look at what is happening in CA with the publication of the donors to Prop 8.  Businesses are in jeopardy due to boycotts.  We could take a lesson from this.  We need to remember that our money is good anywhere.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5069479" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5069479" class="dsq-comment-message">My mother was memorably profiled at the Macy\'s Eastridge Shopping Center in San Jose a couple of decades ago.<br><br>Two store detectives immediately set on her trail.  My mom, <i>who was in her sixties at the time</i> short and stout, felt their presence.  She wasn\'t doing anything except browsing, killing time during a sale day; she was looking things on the first and then the second floor.  Finally, she just turned around and looked dead at them, told them she was on to them, loudly and clearly, and asked them whether they had other things to do.<br><br>They got the message at being exposed in front of so many incredulous eyes and scrammed.<br><br>There\'s a Walgreen\'s very near me.  Several times, when I have come in, some employees have asked me whether I needed help and I courteously would tell them no.  However, they seemed to move as I moved around the store picking up items I wanted or didn\'t want.  They\'ve been Asian and white women.  <br><br>A couple of times I have hunted them up and asked them questions or wanting to see whether something was in stock.  Sometimes I can\'t seem to find them at all.  <br><br>The thing is, I\'m pretty obvious.  I visit this Walgreen\'s at least once a week.  You\'d think the so-and-sos would stop acting the fool, and know that I am a regular customer, but they don\'t seem to notice anything but the color.<br><br>I was also followed around in an Ikea store in Southern California.  Finally, I went to rearrange my purchases before I left the store because I was on the bus, and wouldn\'t you know it, one of the assistant managers actually insinuated herself to watch me openly repack my things, get rid of bags I didn\'t need and walked me off the grounds.  I kept asking her <i>just why are you doing this?  This isn\'t necessary.</i>  And she kept insisting that she was only trying to \'help me.\'  She saw everything I bought, and even the store cameras would prove that.  And it was a warm day; no way was I hiding anything in a coat or a jacket.<br><br>If these idiots would only follow the right people, then they wouldn\'t have the shrinkage they have.  My mother, who had once been a saleswoman herself for a big department store, remarked that most of the ripping off she saw would be perped by the white women employees.  I saw that as well when I did sales work for chain stores.  One of the women at my first sales job was fired right off the bat when the manager found her thieving.<br><br>I also remember coming in on a couple exchanging shots with security guards for thieving in a department store.  Several people had to duck or run for cover as they made their getaway.<br><br>Yes, there are black people who thieve.  But not every black person or POC who comes into a shop, chain store, or department store has sticky fingers.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5065968">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5065968" class="dsq-comment-message">The friend was smart in his interactions with the police. <br><br>Just a reminder for Black folks who visit Chicago:<br><br>1 out of every 4 dollars for the Chicago Police Department is spent on SETTLING POLICE BRUTALITY CASES. <br><br>1 out of 4 people.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5066397">Talibah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5066397" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry for the situation your friend is dealing with. I do hope he gets it resolved quickly and without serious incident. This just made me think.... the sad thing is that, even for black employees, profiling is an easy pattern to fall into. As human beings, we naturally create boxes to fit people into-- and when you have experiences that justify these boxes, it is very difficult to snap out of the habit. <br><br>I work in a high profile electronics store just outside of Washington, D.C. and it\'s a hot target for thieves of all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately though, a great majority of the theft incidents that I\'ve dealt with have involved POC-- especially young black men from SE Washington and the MD neighborhoods on that side. I\'m at the point now that when I  see a young AA male (or female even) loitering in the store for no reason, my brain snaps quickly to "are they gonna take something?" And I NEVER wanted to be that way and I hate it. It\'s a very difficult habit to break. It\'s not right, but it is a reality for people who work in stores.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5069636" href="http://getbad.net/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Noelani</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5069636" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s where profiling goes wrong ... it\'s really about behavior. Not skin color but people get conditioned for whatever reason to see it as color or race.<br><br>Suspicious behavior by ANYONE should be the issue, not just the fact someone is brown or black.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5070210" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5070210" class="dsq-comment-message">I cannot tell you the number of times I\'ve been followed through various drugstores in San Francisco and usually by Asian employees. I always go the manager and I\'ve refused to make purchases if I felt it was necessary. I also write to the corporate office. In Walgreens case they\'ve been sued for profiling Black customers as well as being sued by employees for not promoting Black staff to any other position than store clerk. The last incident occurred in August and the manager at least had the decency to look embarrassed but I let them know I wouldn\'t be spending my money anywhere I wasn\'t treated with dignity.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5074321">Mike</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074321" class="dsq-comment-message">I doubt if there is a black man in this country that it has not happened to. I skip Asian stores more than any other ones, they are the worst, and, the Arab ones not too much better. The last time it happened to me was a couple of years ago in a supermarket. I was with a white buddy of mine looking at the outside plant section when this big, huge, dimwitted, $7 an hour, white security "guard" was following behind us, not at all trying to hide what he was doing, in my jovial mood, I asked him "how\'s it going tonight sweetheart?" He looked like the chump he was and left, if I get stalked again as a 50 year old gray headed black man, this will be my response.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074636" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074636" class="dsq-comment-message">Just this past weekend, a gas station called the police on me because they claimed that my 100 dollar bill which was real was counterfeit.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5074481" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5074481" class="dsq-comment-message">"30 year old black man" AHHHH!! run!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088330">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088330" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s got a reuseable bag!<br>Run for your lives!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5077248">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5077248" class="dsq-comment-message">RACIAL PROFILING IS RACISM.  PERIOD!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5078080">Mark</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5078080" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes CPL, I\'ve been thinking for some time now that the only remedy for this type of behavior (Bell, Grant, the young man shot in his driveway in Texas, the young man shot in front of his mother\'s home in Louisiana...) is sustained and coordinated civil suits. Since police departments will not police themselves, and municipalities will not provide oversight, the only solution is to seek civil redress in the courts. At some point city and state governments will get tired of shelling out loads of money for brutality cases and begin to provide oversight. This type of stuff happens because no one is ever held accountable. If jobs and pensions were on the line, you\'d better believe these "accidental" killings would stop. I\'m thinking here of the Southern Poverty Law Center\'s long term strategy of bankrupting the klan through the courts. Get together a center/team/clearinghouse of lawyers to coordinate responses to these types of incidents on a national level, while pursuing civil cases at the local level.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5259522">Guest</span>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5411608">Concerned black american</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5411608" class="dsq-comment-message">Will writing this up and sending it to the corporate office really help? I ask this question because it appears like that this has been going on for some time and the corporate office is aware and has probably initiated the racial profiling. What I would do is stop spending my hard earned money at places that are doing this racial profiling. By shopping at these places we\'re keeping the businesses in business and we\'re allowign them to continue to treat us this way. Change the way youdo things and spend your hard earned dollars at a location that treasts you like all people shoudl be treated.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476756" class="dsq-comment-message">OK so this has been happening to me...the funny thing is that I have no reason to steal anything...My husband has a great job working for the courts that he has been on for 21 years...It`s really sad that I have to go into the store with diamonds and prada just tobuy some dam eyeshadow. My sister who works for longs drug told me that this happens often when you do not look the part of having money...sweats, tennis shoes...wow I said what if I was just comming from working out do I really have to put on these fancy clothes to go shopping I have opted not to return to that store...only with my husband as a witness that this is going on..I only went there to get some eyeshadow that was on sale then I hear security scan all areas of the store and this is all the time when I go in there no matter what time of the day the clerk sees me comming thru the door ...then she gets on the phone and calls to the office then I hear security scan all areas...what am I stupid..do they not know that I know whats going on..I dont know what to do on the other hand I want to call my lawyer but my sister is like.. this is what we have to do no matter what the race is...not to be funny but I look at them like you know I make in a month what you make in 6...I`m not saying that I`m better than anyone but this pisses me off...due to the fact that I have money to spend you are judging me on what I look like thats a real shame..To bad I`m not the owner of the store all parties involved would have been fired on the spot</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-5724771">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5724771" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5724771" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5724771">FavreToSharpe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5724771" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t read the incident report super-carefully (it\'s 7:30am and I\'ve been up all night) - and people have (probably) already pointed this out - but what those employees could have been responding to is the behavior of the customer, not his/her race.  Like people have said - using a re-usable shopping bag while shopping - just stuffing items in your own bag - instead of using a shopping cart - would be inherently suspicious.  The "proper" way to use a re-usable shopping bag is at the checkout - you present the bag to the clerk as he/she is getting ready to bag your items (or you bag the items yourself).<br><br>That said - on the other hand - race could have played into the equation by the person not being given the benefit-of-the-doubt.  These days, customer behavior is supposed to be much more important in determining who is suspicious than race - but a racial bias can make an employee deem a behavior "suspicious" in a black customer that he/she would have seen as harmless in a white customer.  It is a complicated issue - and there are lots of "shades of grey".  That\'s why in some ways - it is more challenging being black in 2009 than it was in 1950.  Racism is more complex, can be layered or "disguised" underneath so many other factors - and is often denied.  It causes a lot of confusion and frustration. <br><br>In my own experience - I am "profiled" and "watched" suspiciously all the time in stores - but these days, I don\'t see it in the stark racial terms that I used to see this behavior.  The main reason is that I\'ve noticed that black employees now watch you as much (if not MORE) than white employees (then again, black people have been known to harbor racial prejudices against "their own").  Maybe it depends on where you live - but here in Atlanta, black people have gotten into the "retail loss prevention" game in a big way.  I\'m just as likely to be watched/followed/offended by a black person as I am a white/other person.  <br><br>For example - when I first started shopping at Whole Foods, I would have complaints about the (white) employees slyly watching me in the aisles - always seeming to find some reason to be near me as I\'m browsing the shelves (you know the old, tired "restocking the shelves" trick).  But after awhile, I noticed the plethora of black employees Whole Foods employeed - and started noticing that I would be blatantly stared at by these black employees.  These employees weren\'t staring at me because I\'m good-looking (though I wish this was the reason): I picked up on the fact that the staring was an institutional, "silent" way to send the message to "suspicious" customers, "You\'re being seen.  Don\'t steal."  I actually think Whole Foods got clever about the whole loss-prevention thing - and realized if they employeed black employees to watch and "intimidate" black customers, then the whole racial angle would be in large part circumvented.  <br><br>But it\'s not only Whole Foods - I notice it everywhere:  black employees (or black Loss Prevention employees) watching suspicious customers.  So it\'s not so much a white-on-black, pure "racial profiling" thing anymore.  Not to me.<br><br>By the way, I\'m a perfectly innocent customer who doesn\'t steal (I never have).  I just notice a whole lot, and it isn\'t pretty.  Open your eyes:  if you\'re anything like me, you\'re being glanced over, stared at, watched, followed, suspected ALL THE TIME.  Even the phrase, "May I help you?" doesn\'t mean what it used to be - these days, "May I help you?" is often Retail-ese for "I\'m letting you know I\'m here, and that I see you - since you seem suspicious.  You better not steal."  Or, they may utter, "Did you find what you were looking for?" at odd times: the whole concept of "customer service" has been perverted into a loss-prevention tactic.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5062408">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5062408" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5062408" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5062408">CC13</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5062408" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5062408" class="dsq-comment-message">I think the incident has more to do with putting things in the bag rather than race.  Most people carry the bags and hand them to the cashier at the check out.  I would suspect that if you asked a friend of another race to go into the store and do the same thing the employees would watch to ensure the person was not shoplifting.  I do not deny that there is racial profiling but this seems to be a poor example.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5064128">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5064128" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5064128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5064128">nickwah22</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5064128" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5064128" class="dsq-comment-message">I think if it only had to do with the bag then all of the store clerks AND police officer would have told the gentleman about the policy instead of following him around for 40 minutes and asking him if he had stolen anything.</div>\
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