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Re:SCOTUS rules you may sue government agents for damages wh... by otterley on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:38AM (#25407241)
Why, are you passing around counterfeit currency or doing anything else to attract police attention?

And I’m not justifying the police’s behavior, mind you. Total miscarriage of justice and abuse of power.

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Re:SCOTUS rules you may sue government agents for damages wh... by willis936 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @08:02PM (#25412175)
This is close to the “nothing to hide” argument, but even then it doesn’t work. People with nothing to hide, doing nothing wrong, are scared of being targeted. That is a completely unacceptable situation. That is definitively illegitimate governance that asks for violent retribution.

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0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimism_bias

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