Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoShe called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her.www.houstonchronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square151linkfedilinkarrow-up1637arrow-down18cross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
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minus-squareKickforce@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoIt’s not just murderers that get that though. Even if you went to jail for something like driving while black, you are a dangerous ex-con for life.
minus-squareisolatedscotchBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoi understand the systemic racism in police but “driving while black” isn’t an actual crime, let alone one that can put you in jail
minus-squareKickforce@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoIt’s only a way of starting an interaction, it escalates easily with things like “illegal possession”, “resisting arrest” and “assaulting a police officer” . Which are all things that might happen without the suspect doing anything really.
minus-squareisolatedscotchBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoassaulting a police officer without doing anything is a new one to me…
minus-squareKickforce@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoHappens regularly often the police officers find themselves compelled to kill their passive aggressor in self defense.
minus-squareisolatedscotchBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoof course… regularly often… like in the recent case of…
It’s not just murderers that get that though. Even if you went to jail for something like driving while black, you are a dangerous ex-con for life.
i understand the systemic racism in police but “driving while black” isn’t an actual crime, let alone one that can put you in jail
It’s only a way of starting an interaction, it escalates easily with things like “illegal possession”, “resisting arrest” and “assaulting a police officer” . Which are all things that might happen without the suspect doing anything really.
assaulting a police officer without doing anything is a new one to me…
Happens regularly often the police officers find themselves compelled to kill their passive aggressor in self defense.
of course… regularly often… like in the recent case of…