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April 4th, 2003 · No Comments

Apparently, some of the police who patrol my (overwhelmingly Hispanic) neighborhood think it’s both permissible and entertaining to pull over Latino families under false pretenses, then berate them, make fun of their ability to speak English, and threaten them with arrest without cause. Some of them also think they’re not obligated to provide badge numbers. One such officer’s story is here. At the end of the article is contact information in case you’d like to let your representatives know how you feel about the behavior of Lieutenant Leonard of PSA410. It’s a good bet that the officers who do this think they get away with it because nobody ever does make noise. After all, if they can’t even speak English, are they likely to write a letter of complaint?

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