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I think people underestimate the black mark of even being investigated, much less charged by the police. Even if they find you didn't do something wrong, even
by tdfx 5y ago
I think people underestimate the black mark of even being investigated, much less charged by the police. Even if they find you didn't do something wrong, even if they drop charges, even if you are found innocent after a trial, the mere record that you were ever suspected of something can follow you the rest of your life.
The standard is supposed to be that criminals are those "convicted" of crimes, but in reality the nature of risk mitigation for most people and organizations means that they will avoid anyone with any type of history with the criminal justice system. No one will care that there was an overzealous prosecutor, corrupt cops, etc. The burden falls on you to prove you're innocent and even with convincing evidence it may not be enough.
- npteljes 5y agoI agree. Even being considered of doing something bad can easily be life-changing - going by the example of celebrities, for one. One of the secrets of the nothing to hide argument is, I think, that people haven't experience a thorough search on them, by some authority. The situation where one "lives or dies" according to what they find, and especially, on how they interpret it. If not exposed to this, it's much easier to think that it won't happen to them, that they're not the type to be exposed to things like this.