Police Ticket Hispanic Man for Selling Hot Dogs

[rsacamano]

[democratisphere]

1. F'ed up priorities.

Warning would have been more appropriate.

[DK504]

2. This is flat out racism.

If this super cop were so upset over this egregious slap in the face to lady liberty a ticket and a fine would have been more than enough. Having him pack it in and teach him to get a permit.

This was about punishing him him in the most escessive manner possible in the moment. Taking the money, like it was from a drug sale was abolute bullshit. If you can't tell the difference from his bus money or hot dog sales, he can't confiscate it. So he has to return that, that cop had no way of measuring what this man's sales were for the sales for the days were to that point.

This fucking POS cop was so over the line in his racism he needs to lose his job. He is a dander to society. He does not want to protect any one of the people he is sworn to protect, only harass and hurt, he will escalate.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Newspaper article:

Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold

Video shows a police officer taking cash from a hot dog vendor’s wallet while issuing a citation

Link to tweet

Video shows a police officer taking cash from a hot dog vendor’s wallet while issuing a citation

By Rachel Siegel September 12 at 4:49 AM

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Rachel graduated from Yale and is a reporting intern on the local transportation team. Follow @rachsieg

[LiberalLovinLug]

4. One could find a reason to excuse the act of shutting him down

Even, if a cop was an asshole, to fine him as well,

But to take the money from his wallet as well? Some cops I think actually get a thrill from things like this, doing as much damage to a person as they can just to prove how powerful they are.

[msongs]

5. armed robbery. typical behavior just happened to be caught on video nt

[JI7]

6. Trump gave them permission to go after certain people

[tomhagen]

7. A Decent Cop would help the man get a permit

Asshole Cop; Backward System