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Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by user3939382 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:12AM (#34627577)
It's not justice at all, the parents now have an arrest record. Hopefully they never have to fill out an application that asks about that (e.g. pistol license).
Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by noisy_boy on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:28AM (#34627838)
Can't they atleast push for expunging of the records? No charges were pressed; if the state wants to dispute that, they are opening the gate for a lawsuit.
Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by user3939382 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:13PM (#34629701)
Pistol license applications explicitly state that you have to include expunged records. Also, what expunged actually means (or if it's available at all) depends on the state. If you wanted to work for the government, get certain clearances, etc it would also come up on background checks. So it's totally unfair that innocent people like this have it attached to their name.
Re:Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dun... by indymike on Thursday February 02, 2023 @01:35PM (#34631085)
A) The arrest should have never, ever happened. There needs to be a line where police know they are not allowed to cross. This I'm immune from everything because I'm an agent of the government needs to go now.

B) The arrest record needs to go away forever

C) Arrest records should never be used by government to deny rights or services, only conviction records.