Iman Hadieh was standing outside a bar smoking with some new friends on the evening of October 6 when the police cars came. It was about eight young black men, and her, a woman of Palestinian origin who describes herself as white. “I can’t tell you how many vehicles descended upon us because it all happened so fast,” she said. The cars were
If You Thought Stop-And-Frisk Was Bad, You Should Know About Jump-Outs
A jump-out is typically described as multiple officers patrolling in an unmarked car, who at some point see something suspicious, and jump out of the car at once on unsuspecting pedestrians, with the intent of catching them off guard. Overwhelmingly, the jump-outs that have been reported involve at least one black male.
