Highway robbery? Texas police seize black motorists' cash, cars
Suit says cops force motorists, largely black, to forfeit cash and cars—or be charged with trumped-up crimes Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar CampwalaSuit says cops force motorists, largely black, to forfeit cash and cars—or be charged with trumped-up crimes Full Story »
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Finally, a story not about the national economy, but the economy of African-Americans being ripped off and treated like dogs. There's hundreds of these little out-of-the-way strips of interstate that feed on tourists to keep there little towns from turning in to dust. This well written and informative article just happens to be about race, most of the time color doesn't matter. These vultures prey on the weak knowing most people will take the loss. Lets hope this town blows away and ... More »
I had my own adventure in my youth while thumbing across the country, they even took a half a pack of cigs, bastards.
A stunning story of an egregious breach of police power, possibly on racial lines, as suggest by the article. There's good information, though we don't get a full set of stats on the race of all 200 victims to understand the racial angle.
Witt seems to have done a lot of investigation and questioning of victims and attempted questioning of the abusive police.
A interesting read, rather stunning actually. Not much collaborative information, obviously if its all true..as Ricky Ricardo once said "they hab som splainin to do"