Asclepias
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The only reason the media ran with it was because all parties involved believed it was racial profiling. I'm inclined to believe the people that experienced it first hand. I know even driving alone in the wrong part of my state is dangerous for a Black person.Not everyone knows its illegal to sleep in your car. It doesnt even make any apparent sense it would be illegal. If youre tired and you pull over so you wont be a danger to other motorists one would assume it was ok to catch some sleep.These dudes got hand cuffed and detained for I believe 11 hours and the girl was handed over to CPS.I once took a trip with a friend of mine to audit some courses at the University of Chicago.
We were parked in a park between Chicago's South Side and Hyde Park and slept in my car for the night, and some damn cop woke us up. Fucker.
I learned then at nineteen it is illegal to sleep in your car in a metropolitan area.
He told us we had to move along.
I'm willing to bet we got off easy since we were white college kids.
I would guess the excuse given would be because;
1) It is illegal behavior, even I know that.
and
2) She is a minor.
There is no way in hell I would ever sleep in a car in an urban are with my minor son. I know the consequences. It is simply bad parenting. I care too much about my kid to get into that kind of trouble.
I understand the girl going to CPS and an investigation being launched into her welfare, OTH, unless these guys had a previous criminal record, I can't really understand being detained for that long. However, I wasn't there, I didn't run their info, nor to I have all the facts.
We must guard against the belief that the police state is racially motivated though. It destroys and interferes with the rights of all citizens. We should all be alarmed and outraged at its excesses against any citizen, and not make it an issue of race.
I'm going with the racially motivated for 2 reasons. The kept the guys for 11 hours. They could have cleared it up right there if they werent racists.
The state provides rest areas, and towns and cities provide hotels and motels.
If you are old enough to drive, you know that vagrancy is against the law. Or, experiences like this teach you very quickly. lol
What is the big deal? Oh, I know, the media took this case, b/c it involved some black youths, focused it, highlighted it, and dramatized it, to make it a "racial" thing.
Trust me, it isn't.
Those kids learned something.
Maybe you did too.