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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Thu Feb 4, 2021, 10:32 PM Feb 2021

Court: Black man's arrest for refusing to show ID improper WTOP

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A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that sheriff’s deputies in Virginia violated the constitutional rights of a Black man when they arrested him for refusing to identify himself.

Court: Black man’s arrest for refusing to show ID improper | WTOP

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Court: Black man's arrest for refusing to show ID improper WTOP (Original Post) soothsayer Feb 2021 OP

sure.... sheshe2 Feb 2021 #1

It wasn't the dark clothing that looked suspicious to the deputy. Marcuse Feb 2021 #2

sheshe2

(83,996 posts)

1. sure....

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 10:41 PM

Feb 2021

and a batshit crazy white woman calls for Pelosi to be shot in the head and gets a standing ovation from her fellow congress critters. go figure.

Marcuse

(7,550 posts)

2. It wasn't the dark clothing that looked suspicious to the deputy.

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 11:58 PM

Feb 2021

The deputy “first began to suspect criminal activity when a man that he intended to help approached him in dark clothing. That is not enough,” wrote Chief Judge Roger Gregory.

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