haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agoSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldthepoliceproblem@lemmy.worldmsp@midwest.socialtechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squarelnsfw3@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year 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.”