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A comment on How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole. Parent comment

Re:How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole by joshblack1982 on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @12:16PM (#49994889)
Did he have a history of violence, or was there some good reason to send armed men to his place? If not, this is just a waste of resources, and also adding many armed men into the situation made it more likely for things to turn deadly.
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Re:How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole by splicebot on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @12:54PM (#49995466)
US law enforcement are always armed by default. It would be shocking if they actually showed up unarmed. Possibly negligent and a firing offense.
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Re:How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole by hellojesus on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @01:18PM (#49995832)
Is there no policy of calling someone without a history of violence (or showing up to inform with no intention of on-the-spot arrest) to let them know they are in violation of the law and request they turn themselves in within the next X days if there is no reason to assume evidence could be destroyed by the person during that time?
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Re:How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole by scoofy on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @01:26PM (#49995955)
Why would there ever be a “no reason to assume evidence could be destroyed”?

The evidence of knowingly evading taxes is likely in encrypted text messages and emails that can be trivially destroyed.

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Re:How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole by suburban_strike on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @02:54PM (#49997227)
No. It gives people time to plan an escape.
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Re:How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole by NetMageSCW on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @07:05PM (#49999972)
Since the police should assume they are innocent, that shouldn’t be a consideration.
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Re:How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole by kube-system on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:51PM (#50009290)
The standard of a police arrest in the US is probable cause that the person has committed a crime.
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Re:How California Closed the Montana License Plate Loophole by Jbird2k on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:15PM (#50012410)
It’s not proven but highly expected that it was someone pulling strings as some sort of revenge for other situations.
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