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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKansas cops bust a man for having tree pollen on his car
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2000771249955227&id=1554747021224321Can you guess the skin color of the man with "suspicious vegetation" on the outside of his car?
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Kansas cops bust a man for having tree pollen on his car (Original Post)
Bucky
May 2018
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InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)1. This has to be a joke, right?!
Bucky
(53,997 posts)2. Sadly no. Here's an article on the incident
http://atlantablackstar.com/2018/05/19/police-accuse-kansas-man-drugs-spotting-tree-stuff-car-window-seal/
Minutes later, the cop returns and asks Samuel to step out of his car so it can be searched, claiming he doesnt have to test the tree stuff before searching for drugs. Samuel balked at the officers order and asks repeatedly why hes being ordered from his car. Thats when the officer is seen reaching in and forcibly removing the man from his vehicle.
Minutes later, the cop returns and asks Samuel to step out of his car so it can be searched, claiming he doesnt have to test the tree stuff before searching for drugs. Samuel balked at the officers order and asks repeatedly why hes being ordered from his car. Thats when the officer is seen reaching in and forcibly removing the man from his vehicle.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)3. WTF?!?!
RandiFan1290
(6,229 posts)4. Happens a lot
They also like to claim that grass clippings on the floor looks like weed and that an air freshener is there to cover the smell. They consider this 'probable cause'
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)5. Not surprised, it's Kansas. F'ed up place, but other states too, n/t
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)6. Hmmm....I'm pretty sure it wasn't a white guy.
The racism in this country has only gotten worse since Trump was elected. He has encouraged and legitimized this hatred.
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)7. America is getting more and more hateful all the time. F if one would ever vacation in
America. If it's not the rudeness and hatefulness, then one is likely to be shot to death by someone or killed by cops.