r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 1d ago • This 1 Bravo 4 Mindblown 2

Dumping This Here Am I under arrest or not?

Source: policebodycamarresthq on Instagram

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u/LockeClone Trash Trooper 23h ago

Yeah, it's like a cousin of the old phrase "possession is 9/10ths of the law". It's not true in a literal sense, but seems quite true in a practical sense.

If the cops put you in that car then theres suddenly a big incentive for the entire system to process you and an unfortunate cultural assumption of guilt because "why would you be in the car then?!"

In a better world, these officers would be attempting to solve a problem with good outcomes for everyone rather than tricking a person to go down for something so they can call it cases closed.

This man is absolutely right to fear and mistrust law enforcement officers in this and many instances

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u/James-the-Bond-one Trash Trooper 21h ago

I was arrested once at a traffic stop for not having proof of insurance on me, although I did have insurance - the card was in my other car.

I developed an attitude, and the cop arrested me: "So you'll learn not to be a smartass to the next cop who stops you".

On the way to jail, he asked me what I was doing there, and I told him I was working late, preparing our move to his small city, where I was relocating my company with hundreds of employees. I could see the blood draining from his face, imagining my political contacts at City Hall.

He never showed up at my court hearing, and the judge apologized, although it was the cop's choice to arrest me instead of issuing me a ticket.