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That would provide no protection against being disappeared, and potentially make things more dangerous for people in that situation. Assume police do disappear
by boomboomsubban 6y ago
That would provide no protection against being disappeared, and potentially make things more dangerous for people in that situation.
Assume police do disappear people. Opting for your record to be public would show police that you're willing to cause problems for them, making the prospect of getting rid of you more appealing. Further, if some associate of yours goes to find out what has happened to you, they can just lie and say you opted for a private record and send the person away.
- david-gpu 6y ago> Assume police do disappear people. Then it is also easy to imagine that the same police would not take mugshots of the people they want to disappear.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoMeaning if you could prove police arrested someone and they could not produce a mugshot, something is wrong. Providing them a way to deny the mugshot without being suspicious gives them more options.
- corin_ 6y agoCouldn't the police just take a mugshot, confirm the arrest, and say "this person was later released without charge, none of our business where they are now"?
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThis happens, but between most people having friends/family and high profile cases having groups outside the station, this causes problems for the police. The proposed change gives them more time without needing to deal with those problems.
- R0b0t1 6y agoYou can only protect people in general, not one specific person. If the police want to kill you they'll get away with it.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoStill it's better to make it harder for them.
- alistairSH 6y ago* Assume police do disappear people. * Chicago PD says hello. No assumption needed. American police do disappear people, at least temporarily.