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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm Hispanic, used to live in a red part of NY. Have been profiled by cops many, many, many times.

One time the cops gave me FIVE tickets for driving without insurance, while they held my active insurance in their hands. I lost sooo many days of work and almost lost my license fighting that shit.

Another time they pulled me over and spent 20 minutes on the side of the road trying to interrogate me to give me a DUI. I was perfectly sober and was coming home from a long trip with my dog. They also insinuated that my dog was dangerous over the radio (shiba inu, she was curled up asleep)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yikes dude, hope you got a dashcam

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sure those cops are still on the job and only got a slap on the wrist though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Slap on the palms more like.