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As of 30 minutes ago at the time of posting, the NYPD has detained two young Black men after they refused their demands to show ID without explanation or cause. (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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The NYPD is skulking through the L train demanding IDs from Black and Latino men, again with zero justified cause or explanation as to why.

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[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

~~Luckily the cops realized that was an idiot 13 year old white kid~~

Luckily you were white. If you'd been anything else they would've been all over the car, maybe even planted something, and been like "well, we had to take the kid seriously just in case".

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 6 hours ago

True. I mentioned my whiteness in my comment intentionally, but maybe I should have made it more explicit as you have.