are we critics here? Many of you who choose to think this was due recourse because of Mitrice's behavior seem to be missing some of the facts. For example, she would NOT have been arrested had the restaurant accepted payment by way of telephone as her family insisted on paying. Because they did not have a fax, the restaurant did not accept it. Secondly, the police for one reason or another are hindering the effort in this search by failing to disclose who those two phone calls were made to...maybe so that investigators and her family can search. everyone should look in their own backyard before judgung mitrice and her family. Mitrice was obviously in a crisis if this behavior was uncharacteristic. there seems to be little effort on part of the police to really SEARCH for a missing person. there is a double standard in society and white over black and every other culture often prevails...look in your history books if you feel otherwise (this being noted by a non african american). I hope to God Mitrice is found and is okay and I pray that more people out there will refrain from making malicious, ignorant remarks...there is a person missing here...lets just stay focused on that.
Posted by Julie, on 09-25-2009 08:12,
I had to comment on this one...first of all prayers to the family, may she be found healthy and safe. When I was 21 I was arrested for possesion of drug paraphernalia (a weed bowl). The Cleveland (OH) police kept me 24hrs and released me at 2 am with no money or car in a very "suspect" neighborhood. I'm white and female but did not expect them to find me a ride home. I called my mom collect and after listening to the lecture she picked me up. I waited on the steps of the police department for my ride so I would be safe. I really don't care for the police all that much but this was not their fault if all they did was let her go in the middle of the night. I've seen a lot of coverage on this story so chill...racism is still a factor but most likely not in this case.
Posted by Chaz, on 09-25-2009 13:32,
This is Horrible
Also Rene I think you're a plant, mole or LIAR !!!
See just as I respect everybody has their own perspective. As well as I don't play the race card and don't wish harm upon anybody regardless to race.
However, it's without question the police are entrenched in this. Just as well as this event should have been far more widely covered in the 48 to 72 hour time frame.
It wasn't it hasn't and that's the indisputable reality. Those in that police hooch know more than they're letting on and they reek of guilt.
Posted by LAuren, on 09-25-2009 14:13,
well you can not blame my uncle she has been missing for a week now he just wants to find his daughter but there are signs that something was not right and they should have kept her until someone could pick her up no matter if she kept saying she was fine
Posted by Angie, on 09-26-2009 06:47,
Race again!??? OH my, I can't take another black person blaming something on race that has NOTHING to do with race.
Posted by patrikia, on 09-26-2009 16:14,
The versions of the story of why Mitirce was released keep changing. The story is suspect and this case should be handled as any other criminal investigation and should start where Mitrice was last known to be, The Sheriff's station. Call in the FEDS.
Posted by ROBERT, on 09-27-2009 00:36,
I share your concern and hope that she is found and well. However, there is some irony here in talking about race and the actions of the sheriff's dept. Usually, when the race card rears its ugly head, it's not about the police RELEASING someone. It's about an allegedly false arrest, an allegedly improper detention, misconduct during the detention, too lengthy of a detention, etc. It has been reported the sheriffs told her she could stay overnight in the lobby. Not in a cell. There is irony here in that this woman was held only very briefly and then released. I know that area---it's safe there, but Malibu Canyon Road is not pedestrian-friendly. Except for her conduct that night, she seems like a wonderful young lady. Hope there's a happy ending here. But it seems like the cops are "damned if they do, damned if they don't" in some circles.
Posted by Michelle, on 09-27-2009 02:34,
Please correct the two typos in the first sentence: "the moment first Emmy was awarded and couple took the stage." It missing a "the" before the word Emmy. This is an excellent article and deserves to have this error corrected.
The police would NEVER, EVER release a young white woman in a black neighborhood with no money in the middle of the night. Never.
I am furious about this. We need to support the search for this young lady, and if she is not discovered hold protests at the station.
The police keep changing their story, which means that they are lying. I believe that they are lying about her allegedly stable condition when she left as she may have been sober but not stable. They are also lying about offering to let her stay. They know that this cannot be verified.
Also, we know nobody told her that her mother had called and was going to retrieve her from the station.
Malibu gets very dark at night and the canyon has very steep hills. If she was not abducted, then she fell and could not get help. This young lady is dead because of racism and sexism.
This has to stop.
Posted by Dee Howard, on 09-27-2009 06:38,
First and foremost, my prayers are with Mytrice and her family. She needs to be found, and all energies should be placed towards that effort. I pray that she is safe and that we ALL learn valuable lessons from this incident.To all those readers who get offended whenever someone mentions the word race, I must pause to educate and liberate. RACE IS NOT A CARD, it is a condition. Meaning, it goes deeper then skin. Race is a set of beliefs and behaviors shaped by culture, rooted in history, and fueled by passions that transcend all reason. It is more than black and white, it includes latinos, asian, native americans etc. It involves this country, It is a condition of mind, environment, and sometimes circumstance. NOTE: ALTHOUGH ONE MAY NOT HAVE RACIAL INTENT, ONES ACTIONS MAY NONETHELESS HAVE RACIAL CONSEQUENCE. It is perfectly normal for people to think of race and refer to it in everyday life because for some it is the reality that they live. Their experience cannot be denied by your ignorance. It is a very complicated matter that is avoided by most Americans because of the fear and lack of courage to face reality. That is why in times of crisis, trouble, or change, the subject of race often dominates the discussion. We are both fatigued and fascinated by race. For example, in the case of the Katrina disaster, or the recent Presidential Elections and the events that have transpired since. We must not reduce the problems of race to face and skin, we must also see race in light of structure and system. And looking through the lens of the legal/justice system for black Americans; RACE MATTERS.The bottom line is, the young lady is missing and right now there are more questions than answers. Unfortunately,RACE still matters in this country, if it didn't, we would not being talking about it in the wake of a missing young woman. While helping to search for her on Saturday, I was not thinking of her race. Although race was far from my mind,it is always my reality.
Posted by KRISP, on 09-27-2009 07:09,
So Angie why don'w you just go back to the Orange County Register website since you don't like whats being said here? in fact, you don't even have to use your computer; just pick up the copy over there in the corner of your trailer.
Posted by daze, on 09-27-2009 07:39,
of course they had somthing to do with it. thats why they let her out.. A balck woman freed..in malibu? yeh right.. they shoud look into whoever decided to release her whos idea was it? who got it approved? and who left the station soon after her...
Posted by Angie, on 09-27-2009 08:32,
Dear KRISP,
Are only your opinions or supporters of your opinions valid? For your information, fortunately I don't live in a trailer, I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a racially diverse neighborhood, as I am sure you know. However, any time tragedy or even an inconvenience happens upon a black person, it is not because they are black. You want to talk race? Why don't you look up the statistics regarding crimes against white women commited by black men and compare them to crimes against black women commited by white men. THATS inequality.
Posted by Holli Holliday, on 09-27-2009 23:29,
For those of you focused on the unpaid check the bottom line is that the young woman is MISSING. Get that! If this were your daughter, relative, friend, etc. would you be focused on the unpaid check. The question is what do we do as a community to help? What do we do to make some noise and put some fire under some butts? I have called the Malibu Sheriff's department who then referred to to a number for the LAPD which was a roster of voicemails, I then called back to be referred to a dispatch desk, and then called back and spoke to someone who finally tried to help me find someone I could talk to about this case. No one knew really where the heck to send me and barely what case I was talking about. So you tell me people? I finally get a guy in the missing persons LAPD division who tells me that the detectives are off duty and I needed to call back tomorrow when they were working. WOW! I asked did this mean that the search for her stopped, ceased, nothing happened while these guys were off duty. The guy told me he could not answer that question. WOW! So if you want to make some noise now is not the time to judge of even fight amongst yourselves. It's not about us it is about this missing young woman. Make some noise in the right place. Each and everyone of you should call these detectives and ask them what they are doing? Let them know intelligently that all eyes are on them and we support the search and recovery of this yoiung woman and anything less is not acceptable. As it takes a village to raise a child it just might take a village to find this one. The number to call is (213) 485-2505. But by all means only when the detectives are on duty. WOW! God Bless.
Posted by A+, on 09-28-2009 05:31,
I find something really disturbing about this story, and the author has written some inaccuracies in her report. First off, which one was it? Was she or was she not intoxicated when she left the restaurant? Both the restaurant and sheriff's department have said she was not intoxicated, however, the writer says she was intoxicated. Also, as someone else had stated, black celebrities have gotten a "free ride" home after being detained for similar so-called intoxication incidents. So, let's not play the race cards with this one. The girl was drunk or high on weed, she was arrested in the first place for not paying a bill she couldn't afford. Who was she with at the restaurant? WHO did she call? And where were her cell phone and handbag? Oh, and if she was so effing "scared of the dark" (which is absolutely ridiculous for a grown woman!), why would she leave the jailhouse without someone coming to pick her up? All of these questions need to be answered and her parents need to stop looking for scapegoats. Yes, it is an unfortunate situation, however, something is very wrong and I don't we or her family should be holding the sheriff accountable.
Posted by TROUBLED BY THIS, on 09-28-2009 07:22,
11 years ago, I was arrested by a local police department on false accusations that I'd slapped someone of all things. I spent hours in a cell without food, even though I told them I was hypoglycemic. I had my head slammed into the corner of an elevator while the jailors laughed and said "quit doing that to yourself." Of course that took place in the corner away from the camera. I learned you are NOT innocent until proven guilty, even if you are an educated white female. Did Mitrice ever walk out of that police station alive? She looks beautiful. What did they do to her? Is there footage of her actually leaving?
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