"Don't call the police after the bicycle is stolen, because ..."

Liang Yizhi

On the 12th, a news broke out on a Canadian conservative website aroused the attention of American society. It is reported that the San Francisco Bicycle Association called on its members to "avoid hurting black and brown people". After that, choose not to call the police.

What is more magical than this website is that the news is true ...

According to the author's inspection, the "San Francisco Bicycle Association" mentioned in this article does exist. The association claims that its purpose is to promote bicycle travel and reduce travel obstacles for cyclists. Followers.

Judging from the past tweets, this agency has always called on "racial equality" in social media, and has published tweets against racial discrimination in 2020. It is said that although the association is currently the majority of white people, there are still many who need to learn and progress. Local, but they will work hard for anti -racial discrimination.

The saying of "Don't call the police after the bicycle is stolen" is from the page of "Bicycle Safety and Storage" on the official website of the association.

In the chapter of "how to cope with the stolen bicycle", the association first said that black and brown clan often encountered injuries or even killed when they were in contact with the police. Then the association also said that "although the alarm is the main means to find the stolen vehicle" However, the association hopes that their members will minimize contact with the police as much as possible when they "protect others' lives."

Combining the context, the logic of this association is: when someone reports to the police that the bicycle is stolen, the local police will doubt the doubt to the blacks and brown people, and violently enforce these ethnic groups during the investigation. Therefore, in order to protect the safety of these people, the association calls on everyone to try not to call the police after the bicycle is stolen.

This statement itself has several disputes. First of all, although this text seems to call for the protection of ethnic minorities, it linked "stealing bicycles" with black people with brown people, which is equivalent to indirectly that the latter is stealing the latter. The habit of the bicycle.

In addition, the main responsibility of the US ethnic minorities by the police violent enforcement should be borne by major law enforcement agencies in the United States. Not belonging to their moral responsibility.

In addition, from the previous reports of the American media, the stolen cases of bicycles in San Francisco have surged in recent years. Although the local police have not listed data, many Americans think that black people and brown clan people are believed to be based on their stereotypes and life experiences. There is indeed a higher crime rate, so the above warning text has become "political correctly hypocritical performance" and "shelter criminals" in their opinion.

After combining these factors, many US netizens expressed dissatisfaction with the San Francisco Bicycle Association, saying that this statement was "too ridiculous." It is also mentioned that this association clearly claims to reduce the obstacles to cycling, but it adds the difficulty of riding a bicycle during the operation.

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