The NYPD is skulking through the L train demanding IDs from Black and Latino men, again with zero justified cause or explanation as to why.

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  • Sjotroll@lemmy.world
    5·
    18 days ago

    Would someone care to explain why would they not show their ID? Is it better to get detained than showing your ID, unless you have something to hide?
    Anyway, in my country we are required by law to show police officers our IDs when asked.

    • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
      5·
      18 days ago

      As others have said we are not required to provide ID unless there is a cause. Stopping 2 people without stating why means no cause and they have the right to say no and it should end with ok have a nice day, but our rights are tested more and more. Some good news is its generally an easy case for a lawyer to pickup and win meaning they could get a payout from the city. The sad news is generally nothing will be done about the cops who abuse their job and cause the tax payers more money in lawsuits that should never happen.

    • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
      5·
      17 days ago

      …it soon became evident that this net was cast too wide for any private agency. Not merely was my own mail opened, but the mail of all my relatives and friends—people residing in places as far apart as California and Florida. I recall the bland smile of a government official to whom I complained about this matter: “If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.”

        • Psythik@lemmy.world
          4·
          18 days ago

          Because of the bootlicking statement you made.

          Cops in America are not your friend. They have no duty protect nor serve the American people. Their job is to write tickets and make arrests, to help fuel the for-profit prison system and keep the money flowing. (Empty prisons don’t generate profit.)

          Their second duty is to constantly harass people of color to make them feel unwelcome in the country. It starts with approaching brown people who have committed no crime and asking for ID. The goal is to be escalate things in hopes that the person they’re harassing will fight back, that way they have an excuse to charge them with assaulting an officer or interfering with police duties.

          It’s sick, twisted, and fucked up, and the worst part about is is that over a 3rd of the United States voting population supports this behavior.

      • Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world
        3·
        17 days ago

        For example, I know someone on lemmy who was viewing this sublemmy, didn’t do anything, got banned, and was so upset he actually died.

        I smell BS.

        1. Didn’t do anything, but got banned? Possible, but improbable.

        2. Got so upset by a ban on Lemmy that the person died? So close to impossible that I would call it impossible.