• Aggravationstation@feddit.uk
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    My friend had a minor head injury and his doctor advised him to wear a full face helmet whilst riding his bicycle. The cops pulled him over and he had to show them the note the doctor had written about it. I guess the concern is that if your face is obscured they can’t track you down if you commit a crime? Still seems pretty dumb to me.

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      Cops are just nosy. No justification. They don’t like people who look weird. That’s how they’re trained to think.

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          i know a couple and i think bullied is a better word

          over here they are sometimes bullied into being a certain way

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      that has to be UK, it just has to be. the CCTV surveillance state is crazy there. (saying this as a Canadian whose face is recorded probably 200 times a day in my city)