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I did some searching, and apparently lying about this is punishable with up to 5 years imprisonment: https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l

• ceejayoz 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_immunity Depressingly powerful. For example: https://reason.com/2019/09/20/court-rules-fresno-police-accused-of-stealing-over-225000-protected-by-qualified-immunity-and-cant-be-sued-fourth-amendment/ https://reason.com/2019/09/20/court-rules-fresno-police-accu... > The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Fresno police officers accused of stealing more than $225,000 while executing a search warrant are protected by qualified immunity and thus cannot be sued over the incident.
  • maxharris 7y ago
    Hmm, that's important to consider! So I'll continue fence-sitting on this one. Maybe it's real, maybe it's not.