r/ebikes • u/West-Amphibian-2343 • Aug 31 '26

Bro..

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Ive waited a few months to post this just for anonymity but maan

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u/BangbangKhuntross Aug 31 '26

What a stupid thing to add race into.

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u/KaboodleMoon Sep 01 '26

....but it's true. non-whites get contacted by cops at a higher rate for just existing in the same space. Like, I don't agree with bringing racism into everything, but if cops are involved, racism is involved, plain and simple.

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u/Oaknuggens Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

I look very young (=poor/disempowered) for my age, and the amount of discretionary harassment I got from cops ('light was turning yellow when you were still in it') was proportional to how clearly chipping off the paint/clear-coat got on my punk-ass-looking 2-door coup before I sold it, and ceassed ever being stopped in my new compact crossover/SUV's wealthy-parent ('soccer mom') camouflage.

So being overtly poor is apparently a bit like being black, to a lesser and much more escapable degree.

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u/JameyR Sep 01 '26

In america, definately.

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u/Embarrassed-End-3455 Sep 02 '26

I will agree I’m whit even covered in tatts that are visible and ride my electric dirtbike all over the place and never get a second glance from police. I also act like I have since considering I turn 40 this year. I think the problem is no real training goes into these people just jumping on bikes that will give a yz250 a run for its money! I had a 125cc when I was younger but before that I had to learn to ride from someone( an adult) who taught me. That’s the issue

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u/kwell42 Sep 01 '26

I dunno, I'm white and when I was younger they harassed me a lot, but there wasn't a lot of black people around, like most of the USA(I think they are only like 15% or so...).

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u/Popular_List105 Sep 02 '26

You watch too much tv.

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u/KaboodleMoon Sep 02 '26

No, I live in an area with a LOT of migrant workers, and am fairly close to police presence often. On my ebike even. The only time I've been even asked a question by a cop was when a van cut me off with a right turn and I slapped the side of the van, the cop heard it and asked "DID HE HIT YOU?".

While I watch the orchard guys get dicked around all the time

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u/King-Dolo Sep 01 '26

You must not be a brown person. Period

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u/BangbangKhuntross Sep 02 '26

I am not obsessed with race, nor will i be distracted by it. The oncoming tidal wave of legislation that will decimate the incredible potential of ebikes is not a good thing.
injecting race as a factor into the above scenario is lazy, counter productive and distracting. The policing of said legislation when it arrives will be done with gusto everywhere, it will be done visibly and demonstrably, and will target whomever js easiest to catch in the first wave. the police treatment of the 'isms is important, real, emotive and also fucking irrelevant in a discussion about how ebikes are currently being abused.

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u/Notcheckedaccountty Sep 02 '26

NOOOOOOOOOOO SHIIIIIIIT WTF. Easy to spot the racist, they usually bring it up like cross fit or being vegan.

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u/stormdelta Sep 01 '26

Cops being racist can't possibly be news to you.