Quote (LoverManGenius @ Oct 26 2021 08:31pm)
Yeah, well? The officers had to waste their time dealing with two idiot degenerates instead of possibly saving someone's life on a domestic call. Those idiots suck up public resources every time they do this, so it makes sense that they should have to give money back to the system they stole from.
No, the police wasted their time harassing individuals for legal activity.
Quote (JessiWan @ Oct 26 2021 08:31pm)
Anyway, the police most likely won't have to explain anything to anyone in the vast majority of interactions they have with the public. Only very few cases make it to a court, where they do indeed have to prove to the judge that they had probable cause to investigate someone for suspicious behavior. What you just suggested, the po-po having to justify it each and every time they have an interaction with the public, does not work in real life. Can you imagine the cops having to explain to someone every time they pull someone over? Who would they even have to explain it to?
I never said they should have to explain every stop every time. I said they should be able to explain it every time. As in, they don't pull people over for no reason.
What I just suggested is literally how the system already works. If the police can't articulate a suspicious set of facts the charges will be dropped and either the police or the city can be sued for false arrest, detainment, etc.
This post was edited by NetflixAdaptationWidow on Oct 26 2021 07:34pm