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As of 30 minutes ago at the time of posting, the NYPD has detained two young Black men after they refused their demands to show ID without explanation or cause. (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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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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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 116 points 6 days ago (20 children)

Reminder that there legally cannot be a crime such as "failure to provide identification" outside of specific contexts like actively operating a vehicle, etc. Lots of states allow cops to require you to provide your legal name (and sometimes address) when detained, and courts usually have the ability to compell the same.

[–] catty@lemmy.world 61 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (12 children)

In England, it's necessary to provide name and address when arrested, but, it's illegal for the police to arrest just to find out your name. But of course, how difficult is it for them to make up some asinine BS excuse?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 70 points 6 days ago (11 children)

"I smell weed" has been a classic for decades.

A long while back, I was harassed by the cops for "acting suspicious" while waiting for some friends at the mall. This quickly escalated to "suspected terrorist activity" for absolutely no reason I could discern or anyone afterwards could explain.

Cops just say shit. The best you can do is say you need to speak to a lawyer and clam up after that.

[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A guy I knew was on probation and would be visited by cops on a regular basis. During one of the visits, one of his roommates was on his computer doing some programming. The cop looked angry and asked him "are you hacking?"

Bruh...

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To be honest, that's probably a question he has to ask.

When I was on probation I had a ton of random things I wasn't allowed to do including any crime on a computer. But since I work in IT a lot of my job "looks" like hacking so I had to get a letter from my boss basically saying "he is not hacking at work"

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago

'Doing things i don't understand' is hacking.

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