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[-] StaySquared@lemmy.world 46 points 5 months ago

In Detroit where in some areas, you don't stop at a red light.. you drive right through it and keep going.

[-] tpihkal@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

If you're white and driving a decent looking car the cops will just ignore you. At least that's what I was always told.

[-] StaySquared@lemmy.world 72 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My wife is Arab, wears a headscarf. She stopped at a red light, cop car whips around to the side of her vehicle and told her that driving the vehicle she has will catch attention and get car jacked. They outright told her never to stop at that red light and the following three red lights on that road, day or night.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 43 points 5 months ago

Did they offer her a gun if she didn't have one?

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 69 points 5 months ago

You don't get them for free here. You have to purchase the Big Mac meal to get the complimentary gun.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 months ago

I got mine at the lost and found. Storage unit guy said that he has to get rid of them regularly or the box just fills up.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Lucky! I don't have one, so I just type 12345 on my dad's gun safe and borrow his 🤫

[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

12345? That's amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!

[-] benderbeerman@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Change the combination on my luggage!

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Do you get them in a Happy Meal?

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

You only get an airsoft with the Happy Meal.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Damn, y'all having to pay for the whole meal to get one? You're getting ripped off.

Sincerely,

A drunk Texan

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

The american dream ™

[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

That's pretty fuckin wild, but I believe it. Have gotten lost off 75 around Detroit and all of the burnt down homes and block boys weren't too welcoming lol

Got stopped by cops walking back to the room while staying in Philly, walking from a music festival with a female friend in little more than a bikini. We were told not to continue walking our intended route, they made us chill and hire a ride..

[-] BassaForte@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

I've lived in Philly for a while... it's crazy how most of center city is safe, but walk into the wrong neighborhood...

[-] StaySquared@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Bruh.. in California, Southern California (Inland Empire) and Northern California (the Bay), you could be walking through a wealthy neighborhood, one street over and it's the fkin hood and it legit looks like a fkin hood. I can't even wrap my head around it. At least in SE Michigan, you can see the gradual change from wealth to knocking on death's door. Or at least from my experience.

[-] Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago
[-] StaySquared@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Gratiot Avenue and Kelly Road between 7 and 8 Mile roads. Pretty much stay away from zip code 48205 aka 4-8-2-0-DIE!

Also:

https://youtu.be/_gPAJJjPSNY

[-] Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Sounds pretty dramatic. You must live in or near detroit to have such a powerful opinion.

[-] StaySquared@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There's a lot to do in Detroit, honestly. Downtown that is, including family activities. I pretty much go to Dearborn every month for bulk purchases of halal chicken, beef, and lamb and dining in. Downtown Detroit isn't that much further away.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago
[-] DelightfullyDivisive@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yes. I've been told that by cops in prior years.

That said, things have improved enormously in the last 10 years. There is a vibrant downtown area, and fairly large pockets of redevelopment around it, with safe(-ish) and affordable housing.

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

To assholes yeah. I grew up in a pretty rural area and still drive through some holes in the wall regularly with traffic lights where I'm stopped and there's no traffic in miles. I still stop because that light is there for a reason. To save lives by enforcing some consistency in the rules.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Only when turning left. Seriously, a city planner or something had a huge beef with turning left at lights and launched a war against it.

[-] Huff_Chuggems@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Yep, no cop no stop

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

That's not just Detroit though. There's areas all over the world like that. Including some other places in the US.

[-] StaySquared@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Oh.. lol no doubt.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I've been told the same thing in st louis by cops, " if you're west fo the river and you don't see a cop just keep rolling"

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