On Feb 27, 2009, at 12:27 AM, Peter Ward wrote:
> Here in the ghetto, South Williamsburg/Bushwick (Brooklyn),
> 'undercover' cops, dispatched in cars without license plates,
> apparently have the right to stop and search back men without
> probable cause. The men are so used to it the spred'm without being
> prompted. I admit having Carabinari-esque SWATs roaming the Upper
> East Side is a bit unsettling but what I've witnessed is an
> indignity on a whole other level.
Yup. But like I say, I'm a middle-aged white guy of fairly respectable appearance. I've never experience anything like that. It happens scores of thousands of times a year to young males of color.