Murder, theft and assault are crimes.
Be careful in making the argument (or suggesting) that police are justified in this by an innocent person's clothing (or accessory choices.
The "suspicious" clothing or accessory will one day change, as it has before:.
But perhaps this time, it will be:
There are still way too many people in this country who subscribe to the “if you’re not doing anything wrong, why object” theory along with the “cops are always right” crowd. One day soon all of them will find out cops are wrong lots of times.
“Wearing a hoodie is not a crime.”
Exactly. And, while I cringe when I say this...the ACLU should’ve been in that neighborhood holding “Know Your Rights” classes for the citizens.
“Am I being detained, officer? Am I free to go, officer?”
Maybe even encouraging video recording of incidents...to be used as evidence in the later civil rights violation trials.