# Seattle repeals 1993 law requiring the use of bicycle helmets because police use it to harrass minorities

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**Created:** [February 22, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-repeals-1993-law-requiring-the-use-of-bicycle-helmets-because-police-use-it-to-harrass-minorities/959965 "2022-02-22T19:01:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-repeals-1993-law-requiring-the-use-of-bicycle-helmets-because-police-use-it-to-harrass-minorities/959965/3 "2022-02-22T19:19:34Z")

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I’m pretty sure concussions and physics care nothing for race.

If it’s discriminatorily enforced, that’s bad, but the solution shouldn’t be to let everyone be unsafe in the name of equality.

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