How Nextdoor courts police and public officials

Re:How Nextdoor courts police and public officials by mc32 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @10:33AM (#23258806)

I think it depends on what neighborhood the guy in the sedan is driving in. If he’s out of place, he’ll probably get tagged. People are suspicious of strangers.

Once I lost my key to my bike lock and went ahead and got to cutting it. As I was about to take off a cruiser pulls up and takes my info in case someone reported it stolen. Neighbor called the police.

A while back if you were in a place you might not normally find yourself you were either “looking to score or you were a narc.”

Drive around the block three times in some neighborhoods raise alarms that you might be looking to do a drive by...

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Re:How Nextdoor courts police and public officials by gbrown on Thursday May 21, 2020 @10:53AM (#23259068)

> Once I lost my key to my bike lock and went ahead and got to cutting it. As I was about to take off a cruiser pulls up and takes my info in case someone reported it stolen. Neighbor called the police.

That seems very different than the examples you're replying to.

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Re:How Nextdoor courts police and public officials by mc32 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @10:59AM (#23259132)

Is it different from walking up a block peering into cars and testing doors?

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Re:How Nextdoor courts police and public officials by joshuaissac on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:15AM (#23259386)

The black guy in the story you replied to "slowed down and asked for directions"; he was not "walking up a block peering into cars and testing doors".

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Re:How Nextdoor courts police and public officials by mc32 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:33AM (#23259630)

That I agree with. Asking for directions is different. What I’m saying is what I see in my ND is the behavior I outlined.

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