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It's shocking how much "evidence-ish" stuff is permitted, and how evidence is processed by labs integrated with law enforcement and prosecuting bodies. In an er
by Zigurd 9y ago
It's shocking how much "evidence-ish" stuff is permitted, and how evidence is processed by labs integrated with law enforcement and prosecuting bodies. In an era of big data, it's easy to see how "profiling" will turn out to be about as good as a divining rod.
- GreaterFool 9y agoI think this is even more scary: https://blog.simplejustice.us/2017/05/08/short-take-magic-cop-powers-or-lab-tests-are-for-losers/ https://blog.simplejustice.us/2017/05/08/short-take-magic-co... tl;dr: cop goes for a 160h course, gets a Drug Recognition Expert certificate, then his opinion "based on his training" is enough to establish probable cause and make an arrest and then you sit in jail for however long it takes for tests to get back (if that even helps because "tests come back wrong all the time")