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I guess the problem is that when he identified himself as a college professor, the cops didn't immediately genuflect? "I was hoping that someone I knew would w
by fiatmoney 11y ago
I guess the problem is that when he identified himself as a college professor, the cops didn't immediately genuflect?
"I was hoping that someone I knew would walk down the street or come out of one of the shops or get off the 39 bus or come out of JP Licks and say to these cops, “That’s Steve Locke. What the FUCK are you detaining him for?”"
IOW, "do you know who I am?"
There are legitimate abuses of police authority and unaccountability, and this is not one.
- pkinsky 11y ago> My handmade one-of-a-kind knit hat was an object of suspicion. My Ralph Lauren quilted blazer was only a “puffy coat.” "They did not realize that I am an individual of high socioeconomic status, one whom should not be treated like a prole." There are many clear cut examples of police racism and abuse of power. This does not seem to be one of them.
- maldusiecle 11y agoI dunno, it doesn't seem like a huge leap to stop investigating someone as a burglar once you notice they're a college prof. Especially if you've stopped them for nothing more specific than wearing a knit hat and "puffy coat," and they're not wearing a puffy coat (did you not look at the picture? or read the article, for that matter, he mentions that he was wearing a blazer).
- DrScump 11y agodid you not look at the picture? That's a bio pic, not surveillance. He writes in his own words that he was wearing a quilted blazer.
- sosuke 11y agoThanks for the new five dollar word. Genuflect was one that gave me no clues, nothing, even in context. I should have taken Latin it would have lasted longer than my other foreign language choices. Latin genu knee + flectere to bend to bend the knee to touch the knee to the floor or ground especially in worship