Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoShe called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her.www.houstonchronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1555arrow-down18
arrow-up1547arrow-down1external-linkShe called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her.www.houstonchronicle.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareisolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours 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-up2·3 hours 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.
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.