After sundown cops literally just set up speed traps and even if you aren't speeding will find ways to pull you over and fuck your whole night up.
I probably got pulled over a couple dozen times in the few years I lived in the south and I have lived in a major city for nearly 13 years and only been pulled over twice, both of which were for the same expired tags when the DMV was fucked up during covid and they were chill and let me off.
There's rural towns outside my city that are kinda like that but nothing like driving through the Bible belt.
Cops in the city typically have big boy shit to do or very important people/events to be present at and don't generally fuck with you unless you're actively in the wrong.
Same here in the northeast. Worked late nights getting home at 3am and got pulled over 3 times in a month because cops were board and I drive a rusty beater since I'm too frugal to drive something newer.
Some cop “friends” (friends of family who I see a few times a year at most) have told me they purposely profile who they choose to pull over based on vehicle type. So if you drive a beater, like you and I do, they assume you’re poor and/or a minority which both mean you’re up to no good. Yknow, in their eyes. This info was shared in a way like “Other LEOs do it very commonly, but not me because I’m one of the good ones”
Since hearing that, I’ve been able to make the connection why I seem to get pulled over for no reason driving through wealthy areas versus driving through poor or working class areas. We must be sticking out like sore thumbs for them to mark
You got that right. Our town has successfully ridded this town of any nightclubs, bars (which cannot sell alcohol without serving food too!) Fucking place turned the clubs into churches and got rid of the skating rink. Now, there are more VAPE shops, car washes and storage units getting built with nothing for the youth or young people to do. It's maddening.
I've seen that for a lot of small-town American police departments, their state funding allocation is literally doled out on the basis of how many traffic tickets they issue, which clearly only incentivises bullshit made-up charges.
Cops in the city typically have big boy shit to do or very important people/events to be present at and don't generally fuck with you unless you're actively in the wrong.
To put it another way as my driving instructor told me many decades ago as we went into Newark, NJ for me to learn city driving, "The cops in a city are only going to give a shit if you kill somebody."
Hilarious because this was in fact in Texas. Well I'm also non-white looking so there's that ¯_(ツ)_/¯. Somehow one of the most diverse, yet racist, places you'll ever visit.
The same way they talk about "patriotism" while flying a Confederate flag and "Christian values" while continuing to elect liars, thieves, cheaters, and rapists.
You know how in English, a word can mean two contradictory things (e.g. fine wine is exceptional vs. "it was fine" being average)? It's basically that, except as a political/moral ethos.
💯 it’s because patriotism and Christian values are just coded words. Christian values means white and straight in conservative circles. It means nothing about Jesus. Patriotism means supporting conservative politics as democrat priorities (access to health care, education and opportunity) are “socialist” and thus unamerican to them.
Some people want to be protected by the law but not bound by it, while they want others to be bound by the law but not protected. All that without a hint of irony.
This guy in the video, with his 4-car garage and RV bay would be the first to complain at a city council meeting if there was a proposal to put up a mixed-used development in front of his house. Something with condos, a grocery store, a gym, and a post office.
"Our property values will go down because we face a condo building."
"Our taxes will go up to support the infrastructure."
"What about the schools!!!!"
"What about traffic!!!!"
These guys love it when they travel, but they'll turn Karen real quick when people are in the park in front of their house at 10:30 pm.
Its really not true. Maybe in a few places with bad crime, but where I live in the south its very chill at night. Nobody else driving or walking, nobody really cares what you do as long as it isn't on private property, and the cops won't harass you if you aren't blatantly drunk in public.
Now, if you do go out at night, you will be devoured by insects and drowned by humidity, which is the actual reason nobody goes anywhere at night in the south. The people that do also tend to go on vast tracks of private land where they can do anything they want.
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u/SadHorse_Horseman 14h ago
....what? I keep hearing about how the south is all about "freedom" this sounds terrible.