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-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1556arrow-down18cross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
arrow-up1548arrow-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-square89linkfedilinkcross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
minus-squareisolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·23 hours ago Hey, totally unrelated, isn’t it great how convicts are so heavily vilified for life? murders someone in cold blood WhY dO yOu HaTe Me sO mUcH
minus-squareKickforce@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours 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-squareisolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 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-up2·7 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.
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.