KYHWWB: Keeping Your Hands Warm While Black
This is now considered reason for the cops to stop a man -- being black and having his hands in his pockets in freezing weather.
Daniel Politi writes at Slate that a Pontiac, Michigan man, Brandon McKean, was stopped by the police for just this reason:
"You were walking by ... you were making people nervous," the white police officer answers when McKean asks him why he was stopped."By walking by?" an incredulous McKean asks.
"Yes, they said you had your hands in your pockets," answers the officer, who also begins to record the encounter with his phone.
"Wow, walking by having your hands in your pockets makes people nervous to call the police when it's snowing outside?"
"Yeah," the officer says calmly.
Then the officer keeps going, as if he's still suspicious of something: "What are you up to today?" McKean is clearly fed up: "Walking, with my hands in my pockets." Then the officer wonders: "Is it an inconvenience talking to me right now?"
"Hell yes," answers McKean, noting "the whole police situation going on across the country." But the officer defends his actions: "We do have a lot of robberies, so I'm just checking on you."








Pants up, don't loot!
That's funny.
For more of America's finest, here's a cop who shot a woman in the head for honking at him when he cut her off in traffic.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at November 30, 2014 10:34 PM
What bugs me more is seeing black men walking around clutching their d!cks.
jefe at December 1, 2014 5:38 PM
Gog makes a good point... the libertarian-minded should be especially pissed at the Ferguson rioters, whose actions have had the effect of discrediting people who point out real police misconduct.
Cousin Dave at December 2, 2014 7:07 AM
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