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Re:Louisiana prosecutors are using fake subpoenas to pressur... by duncan_bayne on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @06:29AM (#14245298)
"Only in America" is hyperbole. I'd buy "more frequently" but, realistically, the advice is still sound in any part of the world: don't call the cops if you don't want someone to get arrested.

For those down voting, here are the stats from Australia, courtesy Wikipedia:

"Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that during the 2009/10 year police took action against 375,259 people, up by 4.8 percent from 2008/09 figures."

So, that's 375k "actions". Even if you assume that a lot of those won't end in arrest, that's still a lot of arresting.

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Re:Louisiana prosecutors are using fake subpoenas to pressur... by k-mcgrady on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @07:09AM (#14245432)
Downvotes are likely because those stats are completely useless in supporting your point.
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Re:Louisiana prosecutors are using fake subpoenas to pressur... by Doxin on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @07:44AM (#14245563)
> Only in America" is hyperbole.

Yes. Yes it is.

> The advice is still sound in any part of the world: don't call the cops if you don't want someone to get arrested.

The advice very much isn't sound in any part of the world, and I suggest you go live in a place with a friendly police force for a while.

Your statistics prove nothing. You're taking a random country and asserting that the statistics for that country are true everywhere. Furthermore without arrest statistics it's a rather hollow argument.

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Re:Louisiana prosecutors are using fake subpoenas to pressur... by matz1 on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @09:04AM (#14245991)
Unfortunately it is the same in most of other part of the world, it is dangerous to assume that police is your friend.
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Re:Louisiana prosecutors are using fake subpoenas to pressur... by duncan_bayne on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @05:04PM (#14250570)
Yeah, have a chat to my Iranian friends about their experiences with the Shah's police.

Not saying that America is that bad, but it bugs me when people explicitly state that only America has a problem with policing. It's pretty widespread.

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Re:Louisiana prosecutors are using fake subpoenas to pressur... by duncan_bayne on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @05:02PM (#14250558)
It happens to be where I live, so I guess it seems less random to me.
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