Jajazazajaja Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Back Africans waking the Lower Suk asking guys what’s up etc well I guess something have changed at Lumphini police department? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AndrewMciver Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 I like them, they add a bit of spice to the area. Really wish street food would come back to Sukhumvit. Miss those late night eating spots. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geriatrickid Posted February 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2020 Thailand welcomes any visitor now................... except maybe westerners. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Did they ever leave? They are usually always lingering around the lower sois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jajazazajaja Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 37 minutes ago, BobbyL said: Did they ever leave? They are usually always lingering around the lower sois. They were but they weren’t openly dealing drugs like they are again now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Why Me Posted February 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2020 21 hours ago, AndrewMciver said: Really wish street food would come back to Sukhumvit. Miss those late night eating spots. Yep, miss them too. Used to leave the apartment at midnight, head down to lower Suk, sit at an alcocart, talk to random strangers, down a couple of beers, and head back home. Those were the days. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 21 hours ago, geriatrickid said: Thailand welcomes any visitor now................... except maybe westerners. Well the German tourists better board the cruise liner again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thainess Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 So what's your point? Your deeply ingrained r@@ism just couldn't resist making a derogatory comment, could it? 1 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jajazazajaja Posted February 10, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2020 17 hours ago, Thainess said: So what's your point? Your deeply ingrained r@@ism just couldn't resist making a derogatory comment, could it? My point is the police put a stop to the African dealers around lower Suk about 12 months ago? And now it seems they are back. this Is about drug dealers operating in broad daylight, not black people enjoying a Sunday stroll 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IvorLott Posted February 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, Jajazazajaja said: My point is the police put a stop to the African dealers around lower Suk about 12 months ago? And now it seems they are back. As I understand it the reason behind the big 'round up' of a few years ago, was that when they began trying to 'expand' their horizons, try to encroach on existing (Thai) businesses, they outlived their welcome. Many businesses in that area had had enough. I also heard that they had 'missed payments' to local officials who used to turn a blind eye to their activities. They were becoming a nuisance which is a fact. One lass I know told me recently they were starting to act as 'unofficial pimps' to the freelancers, to the extent they were approaching ladies and their 'johns' as they went to their assignations, demanding payments through menaces. Most of the above is hearsay from people I know in that area, as I am a regular visitor there, when in Bangkok and have been for many years. All told, they bought nothing of value to the area, were a negative factor, hence the fact that many were banned from local businesses in that area. I won't be surprised that under the current intolerant climate to ALL foreigners, there won't be another 'round up' again soon as they are hardly a low profile group. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChakaKhan Posted February 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2020 pssst...yo...yo my brutha...I got masks....all kinds and colors...N95?....I got u...cash only.....peace..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmen Posted February 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2020 16 minutes ago, IvorLott said: As I understand it the reason behind the big 'round up' of a few years ago, was that when they began trying to 'expand' their horizons, try to encroach on existing (Thai) businesses, they outlived their welcome. Many businesses in that area had had enough. I also heard that they had 'missed payments' to local officials who used to turn a blind eye to their activities. They were becoming a nuisance which is a fact. One lass I know told me recently they were starting to act as 'unofficial pimps' to the freelancers, to the extent they were approaching ladies and their 'johns' as they went to their assignations, demanding payments through menaces. Most of the above is hearsay from people I know in that area, as I am a regular visitor there, when in Bangkok and have been for many years. All told, they bought nothing of value to the area, were a negative factor, hence the fact that many were banned from local businesses in that area. I won't be surprised that under the current intolerant climate to ALL foreigners, there won't be another 'round up' again soon as they are hardly a low profile group. The only place you could have "heard this stuff" would have been on a barstool unless you have some amazing contact within the police force which you don't 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salerno Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 How do you know what contacts he has or hasn't got within the BiB? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmen Posted February 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2020 24 minutes ago, Salerno said: How do you know what contacts he has or hasn't got within the BiB? Common sense dictates the bib are not going to discuss corruption Tactics with a farang. You get that right? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salerno Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) Not in my experience (with regard to low level, business as usual corruption). Edited February 10, 2020 by Salerno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thainess Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 4 hours ago, Jajazazajaja said: My point is the police put a stop to the African dealers around lower Suk about 12 months ago? And now it seems they are back. this Is about drug dealers operating in broad daylight, not black people enjoying a Sunday stroll How completely prejudiced of you to assume (quite wrongly) that all black people who happen to be around the streets of Sukhumvit must be drug dealers? Do you have any idea how ridiculous (and bigoted) you sound? How about if Thais saw you hanging around on Sukhumvit and assumed you're a white pervert looking for little kids to molest? 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Why Me Posted February 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2020 It's actually pretty easy to tell the drug dealers simply from the fact that they tend to loiter and watch for potential customers rather than walk with a purpose like regular folk. That almost all of them are black is what it is and it's not racist to simply observe this. Having said that I have oddly found them invariably very polite and not at all aggressive like some accounts would have you believe. Hi, How are you, where are you from, a proffered handshake which I have no reason to refuse, by which time they figure out I am not a buyer and move on. Which all stands to reason. Whatever their terms with the police the last thing either party wants is an altercation between a dealer and a legit tourist which is blown up in the media. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 What are back Africans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhickson Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 i think many of them are pimping girls from hotel rooms, a crime that offers severe penalties in thailand. dont get involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvorLott Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 18 hours ago, madmen said: unless you have some amazing contact within the police force which you don't Good that you 'know' exactly what my contacts are, or are not in Thailand, little man, however needless to say, they exceed yours by some distance. Even those with a basic ability in the vernacular, coupled with a little cultural understanding can find themselves earning the trust, dare I say it, even the respect of all manner of people in Thailand. As stated, being a long-term 'regular' in that area, I am a 'familiar face', on good terms with a lot of people in Lower Suk, from one or two members of the police, local moto boys, bar owners, stall holders, from time to time I'll stop and 'shoot the breeze' with them. It's incredible what you may learn. If you can't garner a little information from that lot, then what can you do? I advise you to try it instead of making wild swats at the better connected and clearly far, far more knowledgeable from behind your keyboard. Quote Common sense dictates the bib are not going to discuss corruption Tactics with a farang. You get that right? So you are claiming to possess some 'knowledge' of what a certain policeman may or may not discuss with a 'farang'? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 15 hours ago, White Christmas13 said: What are back Africans? not white caucasians 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, soalbundy said: not white caucasians Back Africans waking the Lower Suk ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwpage3 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Bangkok is a super huge city and this type of behavior exists in super huge cities all over the world, not unique to Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 3 hours ago, IvorLott said: Good that you 'know' exactly what my contacts are, or are not in Thailand, little man, however needless to say, they exceed yours by some distance. Even those with a basic ability in the vernacular, coupled with a little cultural understanding can find themselves earning the trust, dare I say it, even the respect of all manner of people in Thailand. As stated, being a long-term 'regular' in that area, I am a 'familiar face', on good terms with a lot of people in Lower Suk, from one or two members of the police, local moto boys, bar owners, stall holders, from time to time I'll stop and 'shoot the breeze' with them. It's incredible what you may learn. If you can't garner a little information from that lot, then what can you do? I advise you to try it instead of making wild swats at the better connected and clearly far, far more knowledgeable from behind your keyboard. So you are claiming to possess some 'knowledge' of what a certain policeman may or may not discuss with a 'farang'? errrmmm ok nice to know the cops have taken a shining to you and a deep desire to explain to a white boy how corruption works And you call me a little man, Im not the one creaming my jeans dreaming about a bib connection, that would be you ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 2/9/2020 at 1:40 PM, BobbyL said: Did they ever leave? They are usually always lingering around the lower sois. They were on Silom near Holiday Inn. Never left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakmuay887 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 22 hours ago, ChakaKhan said: pssst...yo...yo my brutha...I got masks....all kinds and colors...N95?....I got u...cash only.....peace..... Accurate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChakaKhan Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Nakmuay887 said: Accurate I spit the truth...now..what size-color and how many masks u need?..cash..alley/ soi...5 mins..come alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salerno Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, ChakaKhan said: I spit the truth...now..what size-color and how many masks u need?..cash..alley/ soi...5 mins..come alone Spitting in today's climate ???? Hope you had a mask on ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post timendres Posted February 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2020 21 hours ago, Thainess said: How completely prejudiced of you to assume (quite wrongly) that all black people who happen to be around the streets of Sukhumvit must be drug dealers? Do you have any idea how ridiculous (and bigoted) you sound? How about if Thais saw you hanging around on Sukhumvit and assumed you're a white pervert looking for little kids to molest? Nowhere did the poster state "all black people". In fact he specifically stated "drug dealers, not tourists". If you are not aware of the serious drug dealing being handled by black guys hanging out on Sukhumvit, you have never spent any time there. I am touted by them constantly. Black dudes hanging around a corner all night hitting up every passer-by are not tourists by any stretch of the imagination. Spouting nonsense is just as offensive as bigotry. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thainess Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 23 hours ago, bwpage3 said: Bangkok is a super huge city and this type of behavior exists in super huge cities all over the world, not unique to Bangkok. It isn't a "super huge city" in any way whatsoever. Bangkok has a population of only 8.3 million, London has 8.9 million, and there are over 50 cities in China with a population larger than Bangkok. Bangkok just seems huge because it's so badly designed and organized and so difficult to get around. Third World cities always seem much bigger than developed ones, even when they're not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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