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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by manicdee on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:40PM (#19212812)
This is why evil will always win, because good is dumb.

Or more precisely, evil people will happily violate entire tranches of law while the good people are stuck prosecuting one case at a time, painfully establishing precedent by precedent, and in the meantime the world has moved on.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by dclowd9901 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @06:13PM (#19213070)
Blame it on police and military fetishization. At the end of the day, if you resist authority trying to take your shit illegally, it will come to blows. If you choose to defend yourself against them, you are now very much on the wrong side of the law.

It has to be less illegal to defend yourself from authority if you feel you're in danger.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by Nasrudith on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:11AM (#19216592)
On a practical level that doesn't seem very viable in a "mountain lion vs housecat" way. Accountability is certainly needed though.
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