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March 8, 2013 01:57 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/6i5z1d3f0e8/nypd-will-arrest-you-for-carry.html
NYPD will arrest you for carrying condoms: the womentransgenderqueer version of stop-and-frisk
NYC has a law prohibiting "loitering for the purposes of engaging in a prostitution offense" which lets cops arrest whomever they feel like, on the strength of their conviction that the person is probably a sex-worker, on the basis of flimsy circumstantial evidence like carrying a condom, talking to men, or wearing tight clothes. Like [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/6i5z1d3f0e8/nypd-will-arrest-you-for-carry.html
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