Jailed for Sagging Pants?
By Reggie Yates
Investigating theriots in Ferguson, Missouri, Reggie meets Human Rights lawyer Brendan Roediger, and discovers a policing system biased against poor African Americans.
BBC presenter Reggie Yates is left utterly
shocked during a trip to America when he
finds out a 'saggy pants' law is still in
full effect.
Talking to human rights lawyer and political
activist Brendan Roediger in the BBC Three
documentary Race Riots USA, Reggie finds out
about the so-called 'manor of walking'
citation.
It enables police officers to charge people
and as the lawyer says he has experienced
most often, African American males, up to
$200 per citation.
Because African Americans can not usually
afford the charges they end up getting taken
to court and land themselves in jail if they
cannot pay.
The lawyer also believes that the police are
just, "Looking for ways to begin
interactions with people, to give them
citations and ultimately get money out of
them," adding, "The police operate for
profit."
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