- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.ml
Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
Mate, the laws are written so that if someone wealthy or powerful doesn’t like what you’re doing, it’s illegal. And if what you’re doing isn’t illegal, they find something you’re doing that is.
I mean loitering is clearly aimed at homeless people as a justification to arrest them for basically being homeless.
Poors hanging out in rich folk places is a superset of the homeless situation.
Coral Gables has laws against carrying “burglar tools” - well, a credit card or even a state issued ID card can be used to open a locked door, so there’s a handy “burglar tool” charge just as soon as the cop asks to see your ID.
Only if your not white though. Or white, but wearing a hoodie because hoodies are scary.
You know, it’s really about poor… black is shorthand for poor, so it looks like racism, but underneath it all, they’ll abuse poor people just like they abuse black people.