gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoSupreme Court Rules Against Women Whose Cars Were Seized by the Policewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1214file-text
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minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·5 months ago I’m not sure how much it should matter I know exactly how much: not one whit. The cops stole legal property from people who themselves hadn’t broken the law. If someone committed perjury while astride my bicycle, I’d still ask for my bike back after cops finished questioning it.
minus-squareWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoEven if they had been the ones to break the law, the police should not be able to take anything, let alone without any due process, in the first place unless it’s specifically to be temporarily held as evidence of a crime.
I know exactly how much: not one whit. The cops stole legal property from people who themselves hadn’t broken the law.
If someone committed perjury while astride my bicycle, I’d still ask for my bike back after cops finished questioning it.
Even if they had been the ones to break the law, the police should not be able to take anything, let alone without any due process, in the first place unless it’s specifically to be temporarily held as evidence of a crime.