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    The family of a 10-year-old Black boy who was arrested and placed in a cell for relieving himself in a parking lot say they will file a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Mississippi city unless police officers involved in the detention are fired.    
    Quantavious Eason was detained and taken to a police station in Senatobia after an officer spotted him urinating behind a car outside a law office last month while his mother was inside getting advice on a housing issue.    
    LaToya Eason questioned if her son’s race influenced officers’ decision to take him away in a police car and place him in a cell for almost an hour. “Would you have put a white child in a cage? If it had been a white child, he probably wouldn’t have even been stopped,” she told a news conference this week.

  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    do you want to live in a place where people can piss on the sidewalk whenever they want?

    That’s why we have fines and warnings. Not arrests.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t disagree. My issue is with framing this as “hurr durr Americans are puritanical”. There’s more to it than that. I dont have a problem with nudity. I also don’t want to walk through puddles of piss.

      • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        But you’re challenging the idea of giving a 10 year old a fine instead of arresting them. You’re supporting the idea of arresting a child who relieved themselves behind a car in a parking lot, intentional or not. You might want to check your pride / ego over defending your countries reputation.

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          1 year ago

          No I’m not. I’m challenging the idea that skittishness about nudity is the issue here rather than public health. You want to walk around with your dick out, fine, feel free. Don’t piss where I’m walking.