I disagree, but appreciate you responding. Pretextual stops are a form of profiling. By definition- pretending one reason to hide another. A tactic that’s primarily targeted people of color. Almost always ineffective. And rightly creates distrust between those profiled and police
Sideshows are victimless, non-violent crimes. There’s not much value in stopping them other than abating a nuisance... unless you stop them in order to prevent/detect more serious crimes, which means stopping them is pretextual, which the DA says the police should have done.
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Therein lies the hypocrisy
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I could also go on about the dangers created by intervening in a sideshow. People/vehicles fleeing in all directions creating a public safety hazard. Police intervention possibly necessitating the use of force. Google any video of police breaking up a sideshow and it’s obvious.
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