Like a Prisoner in My Own Home: Black NJ Family Says They Were Arrested for Loitering in Their Own Front Yard

It looks like a sidewalk community. Isn't that the point to foster and encourage people to be socially active with their neighbors? I remember those days when people enjoyed their porches and were polite and social with their community. In today's world, people don't even know their neighbors in larger communities. I do miss the country where neighbors truly are neighbors. The whole story hasn't been revealed in this article. Someone felt threatened by them and that answer is obvious.

Were I to guess, they were staring down a white or non-black passerby.

Part of why 'diversity' does not work is that people of different cultures have different facial expressions and body language. So it can be difficult to read intent.

Sounds like an easy peasy lucrative lawsuit.

Maybe the more appropriate charge would have been disturbing the peace, since some neighbors must have been annoyed by noise or something, to call the police. Since most houses have the living room areas in the front, excessive street noise can be annoying. Back yards are where the noisy play activities take place in most neighborhoods.

When the real crime rate goes down, the government still has bills to pay so they create fake crimes to make up for the loss of revenue. All about the Benjamins.

The "root" is a seething wrag soaked in and dripping racism and hatred.

Nobody hates overzealous policing crap more than me, but that story doesn't pass the smell test. If they got maced, there is way more to the story. No Jersey cop is going to mace 2 teenagers for loitering on their own property.

They were re-arrested again for loitering when they returned home when they were greeted in the front yard by their family!? I’d like to know what law the cop thinks exists that makes the front yard off limits for the family. Huge lawsuit pending I hope.

Palos verdes California police use the code on the radio “N.I.T”

When there is a black person In Town. Fact.