Turbo Killer
Member
Isn't this that bootstrap shit the republicans jack off to? They should be applauding these kids.
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Undercover cops handcuff teens selling water on National Mall
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Another poster had a good idea to chip on for a permit for them. I'm all for it so these kids can go back and undercut the fuck out of these other vendors. Free market, bitches.
I'll even donate money to them to just hand out free water.
Funny enough you can hand out free water no problem. The permits from what i can find are damn near impossible to get an handed down among family members. Didn't research it myself though so that might be bullshit.
Bootstraps depend on who's wearing them. If their Merrell it's fine. If their Timberlands not so much.
It's only bootstrapping when you're white. It's failing to obey the rule of law when you aren't.
They weren't. The goal was to get these kids to stop selling beverages here without a permit. Even if they ran they would have achieved their goal. This was just an additional indignity they piled on top of things.
Chie Satonaka
Member
The sooner people understand this...
The sooner nothing happens because the vast majority of people don't and won't fucking care.
RecRoulette
Member
How the fuck did they *sees picture* oh...should've known.
What a joke.
What a joke.
FeenixRising
Banned
I mean, the cops only had to. Those kids were clearly waterbenders
Sutton Dagger
Member
If I was an American cop I'd be despised within the force because my response to this 'violation' would have been "sorry guys, you can't sell water here, have a good day".
Why does everything have to be so bloody over the top, I mean I know the answer it's cause they're black. Putting them in handcuffs.... jesus.
Why does everything have to be so bloody over the top, I mean I know the answer it's cause they're black. Putting them in handcuffs.... jesus.
chicko1983
Member
So the undercover cops blew their cover to arrest these kids?
Did the drug dealers get away or was the sting always taking down the illegal vendors?
Did the drug dealers get away or was the sting always taking down the illegal vendors?
The goal of law enforcement is to make sure we know our place.
They didn't fear for their safety, they did it to demoralize these teens.
Exactly.
If folks can't find a cop guilty after watching him murder someone on video, they sure as shit won't care about some of us in cuffs.
Good luck with that.
Is that shocking?
People shoot themselves in the foot everyday to be racist
Ninja Scooter
Member
that doesn't apply to the blacks.
parrotbeak
Member
Gonna need to see some receipts for those bootstraps.
chicko1983
Member
It's shocking where I'm from (Australia).
Undercover cops would only be used to take down criminals, not to give slap on the wrists to teenagers.
I've also never seen handcuffs on a person in real life. Can't imagine how the kids felt.
If we can chip in and buy them a permit, let me know as I want to donate.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Saint Gregory
Member
I'll bookmark this page for the next poster that cites FBI data on black crime stats. It's really easy to make a race look like criminals when you criminalize everything they attempt to do to make money.
CrocMother
Banned
Real talk nobody should be selling water bottles at all, it's an environmental disaster.
You'd be under investigation by IA because you didn't at least slap em with cuffs.
One Eyed Willy
Member
Pretty much this, unless they are repeat offenders in which something had to be done.
next week caveman biker guy and spindly middle aged jeans guy will be wearing different disguises.
Whatever. Next you'll be saying it's an institutional problem nationwide that's as plain as day.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Finally somebody cracks down on the "kids selling water" crisis that is sweeping the nation.
Hierophant
Banned
only the most real issues are dealt with in america, like this water could be counterfeit you never know
Jampsuliini
Member
Did the officers "fear for their safety"? This is sooooo dumb...
Bigboss242
Banned
Yes
Netherscourge
Banned
You'd think undercover cops would have better things to do than shaking down a couple kids selling cold water bottles on a hot day.
TheLaughingStock
Member
It's unbelievable how much BS can spew out of someone's mouth. They detained these kids for their own "safety" and the safety of the officers after nagging them about selling water bottles. Give me a break...
If you've ever been to the mall during summer months, it is ungodly hot with not really a ton of shade and few drinking fountains (all of which dispense luke-warm water). These kids sell a bottle of water for maybe $1-$2. Nobody is being harmed by this, they're providing a needed service.
Lonewulfeus
Member
Lol they would have bought water from them if the kids were white and praised their entrepeneurial spirit
Also the legit vending shacks that do sell water and other beverages are few and far between. They seem to all be concentrated between the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building. On the other side of the Wash Monument all the way to the Lincoln Memorial there isn't many places to get water.
Jesus h. Chrimbo
spazchicken
Member
Yes. What do you think the US prison system is.
The Jazz Cabbage Master
Member
Oh my
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Shit, that explains a lot.