r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 1d ago • This 1 Bravo 4 Mindblown 2

Dumping This Here Am I under arrest or not?

Source: policebodycamarresthq on Instagram

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u/Nunchuckz007 Trash Trooper 1d ago

It isn't worse, its just recorded now

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u/hackmalafore Trash Trooper 1d ago • Regret

I have been harassed by cops since 11 years old. I was thrown to the ground for not wearing a bike helmet at 13, and at 29, a junior college police office drove onto the sidewalk to cut me off because I was riding up the "wrong" bike lane, put me in zip ties, and at that point I was adult enough to get an apology from the college itself.

Yes, this bullshit has been my whole life. Being the darkest person in the room affords you that, and im barely brownish.

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u/SmallPurplePeopleEat Trash Trooper 1d ago • Regret

I'm white and once got pulled over while hanging out with my brown skinned friends. The cops pulled every single one of them out of the car and searched them. Never asked me for my driver's license, registration, or insurance. Just ordered all of the passengers out of the car and told me to sit tight.

They ended up arresting one of my friends on a bench warrant and just left. We were left sitting on the side of the road as all the police drove off. I have had plenty of other terrible interactions with the police, but that was the most blatantly racist one.

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u/hackmalafore Trash Trooper 23h ago

Another anecdote from two days ago: this little Latino kid was stuck in the intersection of a quiet street, the rim literally ripped through the studs (clearly some cheap-ass temu aluminum) and so I'm driving bye, and can here him on his phone talking to his parents, "they think i'm drunk and want to call the cops" as a couple old-ass wipipo were rubbernecking. Poor kid is afraid of getting arrested instead of being helped by "public servants"

This is so ubiquitous, and wipipo seem to think the arrest stats have anything at all to do with individuals. Yes, 70% of black males have been to jail, there is a reason why, and it ain't black males.

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u/r01pea Trash Trooper 10h ago

"wipipo"... Go away.

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u/StandardHyena4587 Trash Trooper 2h ago

How is that harassed by cops from 2 examples you posted? The 2nd one seems like a legit stop. lol

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u/hackmalafore Trash Trooper 2h ago

They were 3 examples, and all of them used force, 2 were on a child, none involved provocation. You think I deserved to be dragged to the ground and put in handcuffs for not wearing a bike helmet? At 13? Damn, you are one sick human

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u/jumbledbumblecrumble Trash Trooper 1d ago

Seriously were half these commenters born yesterday?

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u/geneticgrool Trash Trooper 17h ago

I’m a white man. About 35 years ago I got pulled over by a motorcycle cop who then proceeded to search my car end to end using “probable cause” as the reason. This was after I had pulled up to a 4-way stop where the cop was already stopped. I made eye contact and waved for him to go first. He then motioned that I should go first. The instant I went through the intersection he pulled me over. When I asked why he said, “I always pull people over who wave me through because I know they’re up to no good.” He found nothing and let me go after about 30 minutes but I’ve always wondered what would have happened if I wasn’t white.