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Re:A Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations by rconti on Friday October 20, 2017 @07:52PM (#15519885)
Damn, that's terrible. I don't even get the police's implication here-- If you're trying to buy illegal drugs, you DESERVE to be carjacked, and furthermore they shouldn't try to press charges on the carjacker until it's proven that they weren't trying to sell you illegal drugs? The mind boggles.
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Re:A Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations by syshum on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:44PM (#15520405)
>> I don't even get the police's implication here-- If you're trying to buy illegal drugs, you DESERVE to be carjacked,

I dont know about "deserved" but if they can make it a drug case then they can keep the car, the ipad, and probably steal err "seize" more property from the victim under civil asset forfeiture

Further they can use that statistic to point to an increase in "drug activity" in the county opening up the dept for grants from the DEA and other federal programs under the failed War on Drugs

A simple car jacking they get no money for. Violent crime they get no money for

Drugs is where the money is

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Re:A Test of Police Body Cameras Defies Expectations by rconti on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:51PM (#15520424)
sigh I wish you weren't right, but that's a good point.
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