It literally doesn't matter -- you're focused on the wrong thing. She could be that woman's exact twin and it wouldn't matter. Spending six months in jail and losing your house, your car, and your dog with the flimsiest of evidence is ridiculous.

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_DeadFred_ 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

'you can beat the wrap but not the ride' has been a pop culture reference in the US since the 1940s. Our society wants/supports the ability for this to be inflicted at police/court whim on people.

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OutOfHere 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A lawsuit is exactly what matters. They learn only the hard way, and no other way. If you want them to not be ridiculous, a lawsuit with large punitive damages is the only practical way to get there.

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wvenable 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I disagree. The city or state gets sued and they pay the result from the taxpayer funds and literally nobody learns anything, especially not the hard way. Everyone is so completely divorced, and in some cases immune, from consequences that this will change nothing.

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selcuka 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

After a couple million dollar lawsuits the city or state will learn to be more careful with their methods. It's the taxpayer funds, but it's not an endless supply of money. Cities and states have their own budgets.

	▲	silisili 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> After a couple million dollar lawsuits the city or state will learn to be more careful with their methods You'd think, but watching how many millions my local police department and city paid out every single year leads me to believe they just don't care.
	▲	LadyCailin 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		There’s a heck of a lot of individual cities and states. Their ability to remain solvent is greater than your ability to stay out of jail.
	▲	ihsw 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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anon84873628 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The cities and states make laws to better govern police behavior. You can look back on a century of history of this.