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Tinted Windows
News
August 17, 2015
When ‘Broken Windows’ Meets Tinted Windows
In New York, darkened car windows lead to more police encounters than stop and frisk.
By
Alysia Santo
![One customer at Astoria Auto Detailing Center in Queens said the tint on the windows of his Mercedes-Benz, pictured above, were within the legal limit. “I know because I’ve been pulled over so many times [for my windows].”](https://d1n0c1ufntxbvh.cloudfront.net/photo/c349d52b/11008/740x/)