Texas cops handcuff man after he gave change to homeless person

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'You may want to think twice next time you consider giving a homeless person some change, if one Texas man’s experience is any indication.

Houston resident Greg Snider claims he was arrested and held for more than an hour after local police mistakenly targeted him as a criminal, all for giving a homeless man a few quarters.

Snider said he had pulled into a local parking lot in order to make a phone call when a homeless man came up to him and asked for some spare cash. Snider claims he gave the man 75 cents and left to continue on his way.
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Prosecution of the drug war has come under scrutiny lately as more Americans question the overall effects of police behavior. In two particularly disturbing cases, New Mexico men were pulled over and suspected of carrying drugs in their anal cavities. The men were then taken to hospitals outside of police jurisdiction where doctors performed invasive medical procedures that failed to turn up any drugs.

One man, David Eckert, was subjected to multiple enemas and rectal finger examinations. This week, he was awarded $1.6 million as the city and county involved settled their portions of the lawsuit.'

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Every time you hear about police summarily shooting people who just appear to be a *possible* "problem" for them, or hear about cases like those described in this article, what do the victims have in common? They're all men.

I think if a cop is of a bent to go commando, he or she is a lot more likely to pick a man as his or her target simply because he/she knows the victim will be presumed guilty. Police know the chances of claiming a female was behaving badly or resisting arrest, etc., are much less likely to be believed by juries, DAs, courts, and the public than are claims a man was doing the same. Why? Prejudicial bias based on nymphotropism.

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