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QI is horrifically racist. A group of black community members and pastors, I believe, were getting some coffee before boarding a Greyhound, and an officer "move
by FireBeyond 6y ago
QI is horrifically racist. A group of black community members and pastors, I believe, were getting some coffee before boarding a Greyhound, and an officer "moved them on", so as to prevent (in his perception or claim) a dangerous situation from a group of people who were "upset" by this.
They refused, and despite no crime being committed (as was later shown in court, with a directed verdict of no violation), all fifteen of them were arrested.
They sued, claiming civil rights violations. Courts found 1) that there was indeed a lack of constitutionality in what happened, and 2) police were not required to "predict"(?) what laws were constitutional or not.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierson_v._Ray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierson_v._Ray
This rubs me the wrong way in a much less egregious way. I'm an avid photographer, and while my area isn't really focused in a problematic way, I've read many a story of photographers being prevented from photographing police, or in public, or similar.
We are expected to know what our constitutional rights are - remember, "ignorance is no excuse" when it comes to the law for us.
But, as above, multiple police chiefs have said, when addressing issues of such photographers being later released without charge, "We cannot expect our police to be constitutional lawyers".
This is an issue to the extent that things like this are created: http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
- eudydyyd 6y agoThat's a pretty weak line of reasoning for declaring QI racist. The reason police were given QI protection was because the court felt that the police were shielded by the same laws that already shielded judges so long as their actions were undertaken during the performance of the duties.
- rrauenza 6y agoDon't watch the YouTube channel "audit the audit"... It will just make you angry. A lot of the interactions are about people videoing or photographing in public places.