minus-squarelnsfw3@lemmynsfw.comtoHacker News@derp.foo•Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·11 months 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.” linkfedilink