be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agoBar owner is arrested after St. Louis police officer crashes into his businesswww.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world
arrow-up1189arrow-down1external-linkBar owner is arrested after St. Louis police officer crashes into his businesswww.seattletimes.combe_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world
Sorry folks, this didn’t look paywalled for me when I posted it. Links others have provided: https://archive.md/EwTss https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/20/gay-bar-pm-st-louis-police-crash-owner-arrest/71986781007/
minus-squareCosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·11 months agoDon’t talk to police officers. Memorize this script: “Why did you pull me over?” (When they ask questions like where are you going? Where are you coming from? What is that smell?) “I’m not discussing my day. “Am I being detained or am I free to go?” (If you are being detained, invoke the 5th amendment.)
minus-squareThassodar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·11 months agoThis works significantly better if you are of the less melanated complexion.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoWe’ll see that’s your first problem right there. Gotta figure out how to not be dark skinned.
Don’t talk to police officers.
Memorize this script:
This works significantly better if you are of the less melanated complexion.
We’ll see that’s your first problem right there.
Gotta figure out how to not be dark skinned.