it is up to the Mayors and Governors to make an effor tin all states regardless of party. They are such pussies afraid to insult the police or challenge them or the unions. If you beat down someone for no reason, your life is now chained to a desk or go find another job.
In this case its just clear that people walking need to carry the same sovereignty as someone in a car. The only circumstance where it is acceptable to detain and question is if the person matches a description from a local crime or if someone is recognized as having warrants or if someone is exhibiting weapons or contraband. Falling-down impairment might also be an ok reason to detain a pedestrian or other aberrant behavior (threats to others etc). But anything else should be stopped. "He looked out of place" is not a valid reason to detain, beat, taze and humiliate.
I live in a winter community as in very cold and lots of snow from mid-December to late-March and you can still get in good skiing at the nearby Ski resort. The streets are plowed first and often. In contrast, sidewalks only plowed a few times per week. It's normal here to see people walking in the streets in my area because its a easier walk, faster than trying to walk along the sidewalk in the winter. Seriously, in my area...a well plowed street only has about 1 - 2 inches of snow. In contrast, all that snow that was plowed off the street...its now on the sidewalks as in a few feet deep. Same is true when I see people jogging in the winter...they jog in the street although I wouldn't dare do my running in the winter along a street because its too dangerous due to the fact that cars slide often. Back to the walking by the guy in the video... It's simple, its Texas. People are not use to seeing others walk in the street in the winter because they aren't use to having an unusual winter storm weather like that. A lot of people in Texas not dressed properly for weather like that. If I was the Police in that scenario...I would have someone drive to his home while he was walking to verify to the owner that its their teenager walking home and to then ask the owner for his jacket to take back to him or I would have just followed him home knowing he most likely lives nearby... Driving behind him to ensure he got home safely considering the call was initiated as a "welfare check". wrbtrader
You just reminded me of the time when running really started to get popular. People then were not used to seeing runners, and many assumed they were "running from something".
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC Please ask yourself: when was the last time you saw next-generation, world class technology for education, healthcare, housing, etc consistently prioritized for underserved communities like this? Honestly, hopefully robospot & automation leads to less black people getting shot? Less racists writing that profiling algo at Boston dynamics. Just found the observation lulzy
It was about two years ago, but AOC fought hard and won! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...sio-Cortez-pulling-plug-New-York-HQ-plan.html
Wearing a t-shirt in the snow and highly likely under the influence of drugs? Not in my neighborhood. I would call the cops too if I saw that dude near my house. Until some of the black dudes quit that scare shit I rather prevent than regret. But I realize that's perhaps just me. I am white and I fully admit black guys who behave erratically in my vicinity make me uncomfortable, safety wise. I had some very bad experience. By the way I would call the cops also on a white dude who stooped around my neighborhood wearing a t-shirt during a snow storm appearing intoxicated. Why? I know all my neighbors. He is not one of them. He wears a t-shirt meaning he can't have been hiking or making distance. Something weird happened and hence I would rather have the cops to check out that dude.