tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post5469815960011231536..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: “Jumping the gun”: A meditation on random police stopsPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-85464652074118344922010-07-29T16:00:36.339+12:002010-07-29T16:00:36.339+12:00The creepy thing is we already have curfews with g...The creepy thing is we already have curfews with graduated licenses, cops check for passengers, and Driving While Young, and Driving While Young and Brown really do seem to be offences.<br /><br />My own son and several of his friends is stopped all the time for no good reason. Last conversation when he was a passenger in a Pacific Islander friend's car:<br /><br />Officer - "Do you know why you were pulled over?"<br /><br />Young person - "No."<br /><br />Officer - "Lots of cars like this have been stolen."<br /><br />And this happens all the time.Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-88061454152652309092010-07-29T13:49:49.075+12:002010-07-29T13:49:49.075+12:00Random checks are an anaethema as you say.
Part o...Random checks are an anaethema as you say.<br /><br />Part of the control system that hits the poor the hardestAndreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536593172412406428noreply@blogger.com