Post ApTFqVY0cTgE20Serg by clacke@libranet.de
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 (DIR) Post #ApTFqRc7FGaXpaLsi8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-12-08T01:44:26Z
       
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       @mekkaokereke I've been threatened by a cop. Because I told him about an illegally parked car (it was on the sidewalk killingour community garden, parked for a yankees game)I shouldn't have to explain this, but if it matters: I was very polite. He jabbed his finger in my face yelling at the top of his lungs. You see I didn't realize that it was one of his friend's car. But he could have just brushed me off and not done anything. NO. He flipped out on me. It was terrifying. #nypd
       
 (DIR) Post #ApTFqSlix1rtPfr4KG by NohatCoder@mastodon.gamedev.place
       2024-12-08T21:55:24Z
       
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       @futurebird @mekkaokereke It is stories like these that make me wonder about the exact stories behind all those cops killed "in the line of service". What exactly is the ratio between cops that go down fighting an active terrorist, and cops that mismanage a benign situation so badly that they manage to trigger a fight or flight response in someone who happened to have a gun?
       
 (DIR) Post #ApTFqUKV9DHUFp8MAi by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-12-08T01:48:44Z
       
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       @mekkaokereke I sincerely think if I'd been a white lady he would have just said "well get to it" (then not done anything) It was obvious he was trying to goad me into yelling back at him or touching him. Like REALLY obvious.I remember making mental note of a security camera on a garage and then continuing being polite until I could walk away.He told me that the car had to be parked there "to prevent a terrorist from blowing up the stadium"I kid you not. Just thankful I got away. #cops
       
 (DIR) Post #ApTFqUqlDH5LrsE7SC by blogdiva@mastodon.social
       2024-12-08T02:50:22Z
       
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       @futurebird @mekkaokereke i pass the paperbag test. T1 looks ambiguosly Black. T2? totally passes; he’s a true incognegro. had to sit them down when still in grade school and give them the never, EVER talk to cops talk. their dad is Irish American, so they thought i was exaggerating. they learned real quick when a pig IN THE BUS tried to stop & frisk T1 thinking he was evading the fare while i was paying. stomped my boot on that fucker real quick & since then, they never questioned my ‘talks’.
       
 (DIR) Post #ApTFqVY0cTgE20Serg by clacke@libranet.de
       2024-12-10T06:12:21Z
       
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       @blogdiva TIL about the "Paper Bag Test". Thank you.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_pa…@futurebird @mekkaokereke
       
 (DIR) Post #ApTFyJS3TaVAphOjmS by NohatCoder@mastodon.gamedev.place
       2024-12-09T10:44:43Z
       
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       @mekkaokereke @futurebird Yes, but I still think it is worth taking a closer look at the deaths that do happen. Especially because violence begets violence, and I'd wager that the situations where cops get shot look a lot like the situations where civilians get shot.Having some statistical and anecdotal evidence that keeping their gun holstered and being nice to people is actually a really good safety measure for cops, would be nice.
       
 (DIR) Post #ApTFyYP3t01JCl73hI by B_Whitewind@regenerate.social
       2024-12-08T01:37:21Z
       
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       @mekkaokereke "rap snitches telling all their business, show up to court and be their own star witness"I'll see myself out.