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Re: Police Detain Michigan Man on Thanksgiving for ‘Walking with Hands in Pockets’ Po
What?
The cop version and the 911 call indicate that he was doing more than "just walking down the street". He was acting in a way that gave people concern. The cop did manage to get that part across. Yeah, "because your hands were in your pockets" isn't sufficient probable cause and the cop could have been a good bit more specific as to what was happening but the subsequent outburst by the guy was unnecessary. Then, to exacerbate things, he seems to have gone to the media with an incomplete story which the media then never bothered to follow up on before before voicing their "outrage".
This guy's rights were never violated. He wasn't "disrespected" by anybody and there is no indication whatsoever that there was a racial motive anywhere in the situation that wasn't manufactured by a whole slew of people motivated by some bull**** "social justice" agenda.
Respect and tolerance are a two way street and they are also a process. People jumping to conclusions and making mountains out of molehills only serves to stall that process.
I don't know actual police policy or the psychology of these kinds of situations. What I can say is that I am not surprised by the citizen's subsequent reaction.
Did he? Really?
He's not a mind reader, and apparently he wasn't walking around with a police scanner. The only thing he had to go on was what the officer told him, and "having your hands in your pockets" is an absurd reason to suspect anyone.
Amusingly enough, the police also used social media to give a fuller background.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=892284980805860
Numerous media reports have also given the PD's side of things.
C'mon, man. The guy was doing nothing, got stopped by the police, found the reason for the stop to be absurd, and posted it on Youtube.
Video cameras are all but ubiquitous, and more people are filming their encounters with the police. When they do something improper -- or just absurd -- they're going to get called on it. IMO this is a good thing, as it is likely to curb police abuse, without actually preventing them from doing their jobs.
?!?!?
The guy wasn't walking around with an AK-47. He wasn't armed. No one had any reason to think he was armed. He was just walking around, with his hands in his pockets.
If walking around on a cold day with your hands in your pockets is a valid reason for suspicion, then I should've been stopped by the police at least twice a day, every day, for the past month. Care to guess if that's the case...?
What?
The cop version and the 911 call indicate that he was doing more than "just walking down the street". He was acting in a way that gave people concern. The cop did manage to get that part across. Yeah, "because your hands were in your pockets" isn't sufficient probable cause and the cop could have been a good bit more specific as to what was happening but the subsequent outburst by the guy was unnecessary. Then, to exacerbate things, he seems to have gone to the media with an incomplete story which the media then never bothered to follow up on before before voicing their "outrage".
This guy's rights were never violated. He wasn't "disrespected" by anybody and there is no indication whatsoever that there was a racial motive anywhere in the situation that wasn't manufactured by a whole slew of people motivated by some bull**** "social justice" agenda.
Respect and tolerance are a two way street and they are also a process. People jumping to conclusions and making mountains out of molehills only serves to stall that process.