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> Ignorance of the law is not an excuse Supreme Court says otherwise, if you're a cop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heien_v._North_Carolina https://en.wikipe

• Bartweiss 10y ago
  While that's an interesting (and somewhat concerning) result, it doesn't go as far as this case. Heien was about meeting 4th Amendment probable cause standards to prosecute a different crime. This is about ticketing people over the non-criminal act out of ignorance. It's like if Heien had been fined over the brake lights even though they were legal. As is, the NYC statue of limitations will strip most of these people of the right to contest tickets that were given for non-crimes.