Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False Arrest Vid Goes Viral

Re:Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False... by bottlelion on Friday October 20, 2023 @12:24PM (#37958188)

It's rhetorical. If you said said "the Denver Broncos raped the 49ers last night" you wouldn't be accusing the Broncos of literal sexual assault.

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Re:Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False... by mcpackieh on Friday October 20, 2023 @02:21PM (#37959656)

There's a clear contextual difference between a ball game and a bogus arrest. In the latter, he was deprived of his freedom and placed at the mercy of the police with few if any witnesses.

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Re:Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False... by kyleee on Friday October 20, 2023 @11:11PM (#37963773)

I think there is a non zero chance that big brute of an officer would have raped him in the era before body cams and ubiquitous surveillance

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