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Re:A police dog who cried drugs at every traffic stop by giantg2 on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:36PM (#27190705)
It's pretty well known that for lower level offenses (traffic, summary, etc) the system is a racket. You pay more to defend your innocence than it would cost to just pay the fine. Most states restrict public defenders to those who have low income. Are there states that will reimburse for legal fees if found not guilty? The ones I know of do not.

I don't know what you would call it, but I don't think "justice" should be part of its name.

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Re:A police dog who cried drugs at every traffic stop by sneak on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:29AM (#27191536)
PKD once pointed out that the only way to really live unmolested in a police state is to never find yourself on the radar to be examined in any way in the first place.

They never really close the file.

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