How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help

Post by mey » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 11:34 PM UTC

l33tbro wrote: post #286

herbig wrote: post #240

Back in November, I was arrested in Brooklyn for running a red light on my bike while on my way to work in Manhattan. Normally you're given a ticket and let go, but in this instance, the officers took issue with the fact that I was not carrying ID. Both officers told me that I "could be arrested for not having ID." For clarification, I asked if it was a city, state, or national law, and the officers adamantly maintai…

Arrested. NYC. Turnstile ducking. No Miranda rights. Zero crim history. Mugshot. Prints. Solitary 5 hours. I recommend you listen to this if you're wondering why (apart from bullshit police state) people like us are getting arrested for petty offences: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/414/r...

Post by dkersten » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 11:36 PM UTC

jessaustin wrote: post #114

BlackDeath3 wrote: post #69

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I exist whether you know it or not. I'm not a leprechaun. What is your point?

Three parties: you, good cops, leprechauns. Of the three, with whom have I ever had a conversation? (Hint: this is a singular answer!)

Post by BlackDeath3 » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 11:38 PM UTC

ryguytilidie wrote: post #306

BlackDeath3 wrote: post #230

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Voting should be independent of opinion, should it not? Voting should reflect the merit of a post regardless of its popularity, right? Comments with little more substance than "cops should die" shouldn't be at the top of a comment page, right? You're 0 for 2 with me so far. Don't join the debate team.

This is the top comment right now: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ie3mmcm0acuzxgv/Screenshot%202014-... Do you read this 1000+ word well written point as "having no more substance than 'cops should die'"? Or did you simply decide that you should just ignore that post since it didn't fit your utterly insane narrative? Never mind the fact that even the exact post youre referencing doesn't even say the thing you keep claimin…

Post by fnordfnordfnord » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 11:40 PM UTC

beat wrote: post #264

mdisraeli wrote: post #182

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I'm glad it wasn't just me who felt like that. I'm white, middle class, and grew up in Britain as a native. But as a member of multiple minority groups, I've seen hints of this world, and it is not pretty :( The worst part of all this? First thing I did was check the author's gender and skin colour. And then I read the article. I normally work hard to be free of the prejudice of this society we are forced to live in,…

Interestingly, I assumed the author was female until well into the story. But speaking of privilege, I can't imagine even the most obnoxious cops treating middle-class white women that way.

Post by javajosh » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 11:41 PM UTC

Zancarius wrote: post #251

javajosh wrote: post #198

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The police cannot be trusted, and that is not childish nonsense. It is a rational response to the fact that the police consistently act like thugs, and the problem is only getting worse. One of the most important problems is that the mechanisms for righting these wrongs are almost wholly ineffective or out-of-reach. Peretz talks a little about that in his piece. The most practical thing you can take away from this is…

> Reform will take years, and in that time you are at risk. Reform is a great sentiment... Not to sound overly pessimistic, but "reform" isn't usually how citizens extricate themselves from a police state. Totalitarian governance is inherently insular and well protected from peaceful reform, using the state monopoly on violence to maintain and cultivate its will. The antithesis of peaceful reform also conveniently st…