They were telling her that she could either give them her churro cart and receive a fine (one that she probably wouldn't have been able to afford), or that they would take her cart and arrest her. 2/?
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Tonight as I was leaving Broadway Junction, I saw three or four police officers (one of them was either a plainclothes cop or someone who worked at the station) gathered around a crying woman and her churro cart. Apparently, it's illegal to sell food inside train stations. 1/?pic.twitter.com/sgQVvSHUik
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She kept trying to speak to one of the cops in Spanish, but the plainclothes cop kept rolling his eyes and saying things like, "Are you done?" and "I know you can speak English." Eventually, they cuffed her and unceremoniously dragged her and her cart away. 3/?pic.twitter.com/qVIfN7DO7u
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I'm not sure what, if anything, can be done about this, but I felt the need to share some of the footage I captured. In retrospect, I wish I hadn't cursed so much, but my adrenaline was pumping and I was really fucking angry. 4/?
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No matter what the law says, there is no reason why that many officers needed to encircle, demean, and police the poverty of that woman of color. It was an abuse of power, and yet another example of how broken our system is. 5/?
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I feel weird about sharing these videos since this woman can't give me her consent, but in the hopes that someone knows of a way to help her, I'm doing it anyway. I have no information about her except for her first name, and I don't know how long they're going to hold her. 6/?
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I don't know what's going to happen to her next or what to do about it, but if anyone has any information that might help, please let me know. 7/7
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@NYGovCuomo and 50 cops got this lady and her churros good! Phew! -
Making the world safer 1 churro cart at a time
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