YouTubers Simple Misfits conducted an experiment to see what people would do if a white guy and a black guy broke into the same car.
The pair uploaded a video to YouTube that appears to be result of a social experiment in L.A.
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White guy goes first. Nobody tries stopping the break-in even though the alarm goes off.
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Location: Little Tokyo, few blocks away from LAPD Headquarters.
Nobody…
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Not even the cop who drives past the “crime.”
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After 30 minutes of trying to break in, nothing happened.
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Now it’s Quinton’s (black guy) turn.
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Location: Hollywood Boulevard.
Onlookers begin raising suspicions.
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Cops arrive at the scene.
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“It was a 30 minute ordeal to get the car keys and show proof of insurance before the cops finally gave in that it was a ‘prank,’” Simple Misfits told BuzzFeed.
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One cop pulled out his gun.
“[The cops held Quinton] against the wall and let him go once they checked his legal record to see if he was clean & once we showed proof it was indeed our car.”
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“It took some time to say the least.”
Watch the whole thing here:
Source: Buzzfeed