Police Sketches of Black Dudes

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Thembi Ford 26 September 2007 21 Comments

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 L.L. Cool J I don’t even know why I bothered posting the real Uncle L’s picture.

Is my point proven?

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ambboogie said:

point proven indeed….

you know the cops go looking for

a black male
between 4′11 – 6′5

go get em’ johnson!

# 26 September 2007 at 8:22 pm

Q said:

Dave Chappelle himself couldn’t have said this better

# 26 September 2007 at 9:04 pm

Phil said:

Free OJ!!!!

# 27 September 2007 at 8:20 am

justjudith said:

great post. and yeah, you proved your point and also worked in a pumps and a bump reference. score!

# 27 September 2007 at 8:36 am

shelbyinitalia said:

again, you’ve gone too far

# 27 September 2007 at 10:01 am

shelbyinitalia said:

picture #3 could also be masta p with a l’il bit of weight on him

# 27 September 2007 at 10:14 am

Muze said:

this is a great post! and WHY does that bank robber look JUST LIKE LL? lol. wow. i agree, i think they just describe some tall dark man with a mustache…and send the dogs a’sniffin. shame on it all.

# 27 September 2007 at 11:18 am

Undercover Black Man said:

Brilliant, Thembi. Just brilliant.

# 27 September 2007 at 2:35 pm

Jippy said:

we have to find a way to capitalize on your brilliance/mental illness so you can quit your job

# 27 September 2007 at 2:57 pm

Thembi said:

Who you tellin’ Jippy!

# 27 September 2007 at 3:02 pm

hottnikz said:

perp #3 looks like KRS-ONE,lol. Great post Thembi!

# 27 September 2007 at 8:25 pm

dp said:

Thembi,
You murdered this joint right here. Let me bring it over to DP Dot Com one time. You get all credits and links of course.

Plus, holla at Sonny from Cocoa Puffs…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxBI6MH-KT8

# 27 September 2007 at 11:08 pm

Thembi said:

Go for it DP!

I could probably actually make a monthly feature out of this and never run out of unidentified black males…

# 27 September 2007 at 11:23 pm

AJ said:

Excellent post! I guess they don’t put anymore effort into the sketches cause we all look alike. I’m sure we could all find someone in our family that looks like all of these sketches. SMH

# 28 September 2007 at 12:36 am

Dara said:

THEMBI, YOURE GOING TO MAKE ME LOSE MY JOB!!!

busted yet another gut in the office as a result of your sheer hilarity. what do people WITHOUT hilarious older siblings do with themselves? oh, read your blog, i guess.

# 28 September 2007 at 11:00 am

blogxilla said:

that dude who you got up next to obama looks like the Jazmin’s father off the boondocks!!! lol greeat post

# 1 October 2007 at 7:50 am

jamie said:

that looks nothing like obama haha!!

that does look like ll cool j though…

# 3 October 2007 at 10:52 am

Brandon said:

That’s crazy! nice post.

# 7 October 2007 at 10:36 pm

Undercover Black Man said:

Time for you to do this one again, Thembi.

# 18 March 2010 at 12:14 pm

Thembi Ford (author) said:

I think you’re right UBM. I’m gonna get on that!

# 18 March 2010 at 1:09 pm

Luvvie said:

THIS post is STILL awesome! 3 years later.

# 4 June 2010 at 3:35 am

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By Thembi Ford on September 26, 2007

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.

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