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To: fireman15
Do you have an example that you would like to give of a “law directed at minorities and the poor more than anyone”?

NYC law against selling "loosies"...individual cigarettes on the street. Low income people who can afford a pack tend to sell a few single cigarettes to make some money.

It was this law that led law enforcement to go after Eric Garner who stupidly resisted arrest and died in the process.

But please tell me that you support law enforcement going after such people.

80 posted on 04/25/2022 11:56:14 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: Erik Latranyi
But please tell me that you support law enforcement going after such people.

I was not aware that a law targeting the sale of unlicensed most likely stolen cigarettes probably to minors was related to the death of someone who had been arrested previously more than 30 times for assault, resisting arrest, and grand larceny. But the fact that the completely woke deep blue municipality of NYC such a law that you feel is unfair to minorities is no surprise. So do you consider the laws against strong arm robbery, arson, stabbing, shooting and mugging innocent citizens is also unfair to minorities since proportionally they are convicted of these laws far more often than selling unlicensed tobacco products to children? Or do you just support lawlessness and the breakdown of society in general>?

81 posted on 04/25/2022 12:18:53 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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