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5. "You just can't walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Apr 30, 2025, 07:35 AM

Apr 30

Of course you can. It's called Police Profiling 101, taught in every police training academy in America. Local cops have been stopping, detaining, interrogating, searching, brutalizing and often killing black and brown citizens on our streets for years. Let's not pretend this is anything new.

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Federal judge slams Border Patrol: 'You can't just walk up to people with brown skin' [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 30 OP

Yeah, but they think if the judge is a woman, they can just ignore her. Or else slander a male judge. Walleye Apr 30 #1

Country's full, we're broke, but we also need lots more (white) babies. tanyev Apr 30 #4

Let's see if they try and moniss Apr 30 #2

In southern california, they waited until undocumented family went to the store Demovictory9 Apr 30 #3

Unfortunately, and practically: Magoo48 Apr 30 #7

"You just can't walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers." sop Apr 30 #5

Yes Cirsium Apr 30 #13

Your honor, could you hold out your arm against this chart .. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 30 #6

There was a series on Investigation Discovery called "Most Evil" tornado34jh Apr 30 #8

47 is 47 cynical_idealist Apr 30 #15

Let's see azureblue Apr 30 #9

Which of course means he directed them to walk up to brown people and demand papers. nt wiggs Apr 30 #10

Who is gonna stop them? That is the question that I keep asking. Ferrets are Cool Apr 30 #11

Yes they can, Judge, and they are doing so. republianmushroom Apr 30 #12

Note that Kern Co. is Bakersfield. El Centro is across the border from Mexicali. maxsolomon Apr 30 #14

Well clearly they can do that. WestMichRad Apr 30 #16