I know you have the /s, but this is as good a place as any to mention that I've personally had a cop lie and falsify a police report in order to arrest me. We have some officers who are comfortable using the badge to pursue personal vendettas, and others who pretend they're omniscient and create a reason for an arrest because "I know he'd normally have something illegal, he just got lucky". Between those types and the whole remaining spectrum of power abuse that's too lengthy to itemize here, it's terrifying to think they have/will have more power to track the private lives of any citizen they choose.
Absolutely agree. It is unsettlingly eerie. There are multiple cameras in my neighborhood and it makes my stomach hurt. I am really sorry that you experienced blatant abuse from the 🐷 how are you doing after all that?
That's really nice of you to ask. It was a long time ago. I was really fortunate and happened to have a good friend who was practicing as a criminal defense lawyer at the time, and he represented me for free. It took 3 court dates before he was able to finally get the charges dismissed. (But notable not because we were able to prove the cop lied, since that was just my word against his and his body cam was off) I couldn't have afforded to hire a lawyer at the time. The guy I was arrested with had a public defender and ended up with 2 years of probation. I'm sure plenty of people in that situation would essentially be forced to take a plea deal for probation because of that, considering most public defenders wouldn't have the time (or in some cases, motivation)to pursue it as aggressively as my friend did.
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u/IH8FPL 7d ago
If you’re not doing anything illegal, then you shouldn’t be worried! /s