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339 - The Death Angels

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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The SFPD and Black Men's Eyes

The first black man hired by the SFPD was Richard Finis in 1948 getting some dick into this suck real quick. At that point there were still less than two dozen black officers in a city of about 740,000 people. Black men's eyes were described so weird to me as maroon. I don't understand. Maroon is a dark purple or like a brown crimson color. Usually depicted as a dark red. Never seen any black people with redeyes. Never seen anyone with red eyes. Demons are often depicted as having red eyes. It sounds like maybe black men were being literally demonized in their you know physical description depictions. They're not hanging out with respectable friends so

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