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Cynnie @sinycalbytch.bsky.social

MN case law says nervousness on its own isn't suspicious unless it's wildly beyond what would be normal, which is at least a little something. A few judges I've seen lately have explicitly said in rulings that a POC, esp black men, have every reason to be more nervous than typical. But on the whole

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Cynnie @sinycalbytch.bsky.social

The law very much does not gaf about the very real power imbalance, corruption, or literal ability to kill the driver btwn an officer & a citizen. Same with pretextual stops - why tf are those fine as long as they can come up with any bullshit reason for the stop other than "not white driver"? They

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Cynnie @sinycalbytch.bsky.social

Can literally write in their report, "I saw a Hispanic male driving & i decided to stop him bc I think Hispanic people commit crimes & I don't like them and also they had an object suspended from the rear view mirror" and the law is like, "oh well, then, do your thing, officer racism!"

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