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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA bullet-proof vest is defensive. Being in public in a bullet proof vest invokes police response
even if you are parole officers.
Strange. If police don't want the legal advantage to shoot people, why is there no right to wear, completely passive, defensive, bullet resistant attire?
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A bullet-proof vest is defensive. Being in public in a bullet proof vest invokes police response (Original Post)
HereSince1628
May 2015
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)1. What is the back story? Thank you
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)2. Here:
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)3. Thank you. Good god.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)5. We mustn't stomp on officers' right to shoot us without reason and have us die.
Bullet proof vests are an insult upon the officers' right to kill citizens, especially black people.
These "parole officers" should have known better, being black and all, that they would raise attention, I mean driving a car and pretending to be regular citizens.
Sarcasm emoticon, for the emoticon impaired juror:
When is this shit going to stop???
beevul
(12,194 posts)4. Technically a defensive arm, presumably.
I wonder if the constitutionality of bans on them has ever been challenged.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)6. Being black in a bullet proof vest...
You forgot that part.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)7. I think this works the same for everyone...
but I have no doubt that black while bullet resistant is alarming to many.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)8. Which is bullshit, but of course open carrying of a fire arm
would be an automatic death sentence.