My wife is Arab, wears a headscarf. She stopped at a red light, cop car whips around to the side of her vehicle and told her that driving the vehicle she has will catch attention and get car jacked. They outright told her never to stop at that red light and the following three red lights on that road, day or night.
That said, things have improved enormously in the last 10 years. There is a vibrant downtown area, and fairly large pockets of redevelopment around it, with safe(-ish) and affordable housing.
To assholes yeah. I grew up in a pretty rural area and still drive through some holes in the wall regularly with traffic lights where I’m stopped and there’s no traffic in miles. I still stop because that light is there for a reason. To save lives by enforcing some consistency in the rules.
In Detroit where in some areas, you don’t stop at a red light… you drive right through it and keep going.
If you’re white and driving a decent looking car the cops will just ignore you. At least that’s what I was always told.
My wife is Arab, wears a headscarf. She stopped at a red light, cop car whips around to the side of her vehicle and told her that driving the vehicle she has will catch attention and get car jacked. They outright told her never to stop at that red light and the following three red lights on that road, day or night.
Did they offer her a gun if she didn’t have one?
You don’t get them for free here. You have to purchase the Big Mac meal to get the complimentary gun.
I got mine at the lost and found. Storage unit guy said that he has to get rid of them regularly or the box just fills up.
Lucky! I don’t have one, so I just type 12345 on my dad’s gun safe and borrow his 🤫
The american dream ™
Is that actually a thing?
Yes. I’ve been told that by cops in prior years.
That said, things have improved enormously in the last 10 years. There is a vibrant downtown area, and fairly large pockets of redevelopment around it, with safe(-ish) and affordable housing.
Only when turning left. Seriously, a city planner or something had a huge beef with turning left at lights and launched a war against it.
To assholes yeah. I grew up in a pretty rural area and still drive through some holes in the wall regularly with traffic lights where I’m stopped and there’s no traffic in miles. I still stop because that light is there for a reason. To save lives by enforcing some consistency in the rules.
Yep, no cop no stop