Editor’s note: This drop comes from the mind of my blog cousin at What Would Thembi DO? I almost couldn’t handle the truth.
The photo above is no gag – as funny as it is to see that the composite sketch of the rapist looks just like the newscaster, its not as funny when you realize that police sketch artist drawings of black people are notoriously poor and rarely look like anyone in particular. I’m convinced that when asked to describe the suspect, witnesses just describe the last black male they saw, even if they last saw a black male on television. So I did a little Thembi-style experiment by going online and digging up dozens of sketches of black suspects to see just who the strong arm of the law is looking for. Of course my conclusion was that the “black male suspect” could be ANYONE or SOMEONE who obviously didn’t commit the crime. Here are just a few for now…
Is this a suspected child molester from the Fort Lauderdale area? Or is it Barack Obama lookin’ mad?
It looks like the Houston metropolitan area has been in a frenzy searching for a rapist … or Mel B’s babydaddy.
This aint no Baltimore area armed robber – it’s MC Hammer during his “Pumps and a Bump” phase!
This alleged bank robber looks so much like LL Cool J I don’t even know why I bothered posting the real Uncle L’s picture
* BONUS BEATS * BONUS BEATS * BONUS BEATS *
Black Weblogs nominee Boo Goo Doo Boom has me feeling some kind of blue with this sketch.
Quit fuckin’ playin….
But on the real…check out this sketch that popped up on local news a while back:
http://bgdboom.blogspot.com/2007/07/wanted-police-sketch-artist.html
maybe sketch artist draw the last black person they saw.
I saw a sketch that looked like my father…after he had been dead for about 4 years. Shit had me thinking my dad pulled a ‘Tupac’ on us and was chilling in Bora Bora.
smh
hah great
damn damn and double day, i feel like singing the Ghetto Boys~My Mind’s Playing Tricks on Me!
The newscaster does look a little shady…..hmmm….I’m just saying.
Yeah…that’s about right.
Unfortunately I think we’ve all “fit the description” at some point and spent time sitting on a curb, in the back of the car, or even detained or incarcerated because of it…
the uncle L one looks more like kool keith
sad but true. i also hate the descriptions given:
“The robber was a black male, 18-26 years old, wearing a white t shirt, blue jeans and black tennis shoes”
I can point out 10 niggas on a corner who fit that description.
good ish man that was funny
brilliant!
I think MC Hammer really did rob that Baltimore liquor store. Times were hard.
Yo this shit still has me laughing. That’s effed the eff up, tho. But it’s funny as hell too.
Dope
MASSAGE
THERAPIST
lol
Dallas. You need to find a sketch of someone that looks like you. Im sure they are out there.
that hammer sketch looks more like krs-one
dies…
YO LMAOOOOOO NIGGA I AINT LAFF LIKE THIS IN AGES!!! YOUZ A FOOL!
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