Maybe there were looking for someone that looks like you with long hair.
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 2 months ago
I'm white and the only time I had interaction with police was when I had long hair. They would pull me out at the airport to search my bag, on every border by car or by boat, even when they let the rest of my family go. Even just driving my car they would stop me.
Once I cut off my hair it immediately stopped, and I haven't been stopped since ever. This was about 15 years ago.
DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 2 months ago
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 2 months ago
No, it was going on for a couple of years and in different countries and so.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Lol wtf.
long hair = criminal?
That’s so bizzare
PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Probably associated with being a stoner/pothead. That’s what’s been frequently shown in movies/TV, not my personal opinion. But I can see how people in positions of “authority” train on stereotypes like this.
Tujio@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I make sure to trim my hair and beard before I go through airport security. If I’m at all my normal disheveled self they hassle me.
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 2 months ago
I Germany we even have a word for guys like that: "Langhaariger Bombenleger".
CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Like poorly trained dogs, they attack anything different.