haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 10 months agoSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldthepoliceproblem@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.nethackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldthepoliceproblem@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.nethackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squarelnsfw3@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·10 months ago To get a business license, a licensing employee told her she had to hire a certain number of off-duty Minneapolis police officers to provide security. Why? “Because they’re racist and we’re Mexican,” Santamaria said. “They didn’t want to let Mexicans have nightclubs.”