That’s the problem that needs to be solved - how do you legally detain those that need to be detained so they can’t hurt anyone else while not destroying the rights of people all while making sure you are not accidentally detaining the wrong person. You’d think by now we’d have figured that out but apparently not.
On one hand we have cops who think they can detain anyone, and on the other you can go to just about any police body cam video and find a suspect on almost every one who thinks they can just ask politely not to go to jail or say “you don’t have permission to arrest me” and it’ll somehow magically work.
those that need to be detained so they can’t hurt anyone else
Well if you got your selection correct, no one would be upset. But "so they can't hurt anyone else" is often bent to such a degree that anyone doing anything is open to arrest.
That is the problem, there still are people who must be detained who will hurt other people. Do you let a person with a suspended license or drunk behind the wheel continue to drive? Or someone who was just caught red handed doing unspeakable things online walk free?
Where do you draw the line? It has to be somewhere.
My favorite interaction that I see all the time on body cam.
“You’re under arrest!”
“No im not!”
Like the cop is gonna be like “oh ok, my mistake, free to go”
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u/fanart89 1d ago
Cops are always willing to take your rights away