A Boring Dystopia

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Four NYPD officers converged on one woman on a bike because she smiled at them, then detained her because she wasn't carrying ID. (www.threads.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm a little confused. Lots of words before it seems like she was pulled over because she didn't get out of the way of the police when they put their sirens on. Impossible to know whether she made a mistake or not. Still probably a massive overreaction by the police. Obviously traumatic for the young woman but her narrative seems melodramatic. Yes, you're in the bike lane but you can still move over. It does seem dystopia that you can be arrested for not having ID for such a small offense.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She said she didn't have space to move over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I heard that but I think that there is almost always somewhere to move. My guess is that the police thought she didn't make that effort. Probably the police didn't make it very clear what they wanted before the escalated.