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Does anybody else feel guilty being suspicious of anybody in a black hoodie with the hood up? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Specifically because I live in a hot climate, I'm always fighting the feeling of being suspicious of anybody I pass in the streets with a hoodie pulled up. I feel guilty because of racial profiling associated with hoodies, but gotta protect myself and my family, especially because in many cases the perpetrators of assault and murder seen in media are somebody with a hood and/or mask on.

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[โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago*

They're lying about crime rates so that they can pump more money into the police for when the people revolt.

As a mastodon thread amazingly put it: The police are their climate plan. The police are their housing plan. The police are their food plan. Capitalists don't want to fix the problem, they want to silence anyone who brings it up and kill anyone who takes direct action.

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