Adi Talwar
Dister says he has frequently been approached by police officers in situations where he did not feel free to leave. But those encounters likely did not show up in the official tally of 'stops.'
‘Low level’ police interactions in historically overpoliced neighborhoods can escape scrutiny altogether, since they don’t have to be reported.
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