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How in the WORLD does this type of article even make sense? Do you realize how many traffic and other stops there are? JUST based off the headline I can guess

How in the WORLD does this type of article even make sense? Do you realize how many traffic and other stops there are? JUST based off the headline I can guess that this headline is total BS. When social media makes a lot of sense. If you are doing any kind of investigation - social media would be a goldmine. Someone filing a complaint but social media tells a story - you should be getting that. Prosecutor, defense attorneys will be for sure. So what WOULD make sense is not to do a social media thing for every stop (of which there are tons and tons), but focus on investigations and interviews. They should already be collecting contact info like email / phone and address etc, so you would add it there. Anyways, someone else can read and summarize for us, because this headline looks like absolute trash and even if you are a conspiracy nut, the idea that every stop is getting social media written down is fantastical. Journalism is basically crap at this point. Can we stop rewarding this outraging clickbait stories?

asdff 5y ago
It makes sense to do it at the stop when you have people with crimes all over their social media. I'll give you an example: Cop pulls over someone with a fast car and burnt rubber all over their rear bumper. They didn't see a crime but its obvious that this doesn't happen going the speed limit and driving like you are sane. They ask for the drivers instagram account, then they see their page where this driver and car were doing donuts in an intersection last night, and rightfully the driver gets arrested.
- Sebb767 5y ago
  So they say it was a different driver or a different car. Or they give a fake Instagram handle. Or they say the post is faked. If you see evidence of a crime online, you should go and find the perpetrator based on that, not hope that you randomly stop him and find evidence because they are stupid enough to give the right handle. Also, do you think it's okay for the police to totally ransack your car, because you might carry drugs or a corpse and get "rightfully arrested" because of that? I'm pretty sure you agree this would be over the line, so I don't see why scouring your social media in the hopes of getting a conviction is okay. Especially since this is just a minor extension away from looking through your DMs, and then your WhatsApp chat history ...
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joe_the_user 5y ago
Most of the traffic stops I've experienced have involved a long series of questions followed by a long computer look up. "Can you give me your social media accounts" wouldn't slow things down. The cops would just write it down and send it to a database. Of course, a person could lie and the cop wouldn't check it then-and-there but there's the implicit threat that the cops might check it later if they were interested in you.
- slownews45 5y ago
  Is there any actual evidence AT ALL that they are asking for social media at traffic stops? There is a big diff between "license and registration" and what this headline is claiming. [edited] - Correction: There has been a big push to collect data on all stops (primarily race etc) so it is actually likely it looks like that all stops are getting FI Card completions in many jurisdictions.
  - joe_the_user 5y ago
    The OP, a detailed article from creditable news source saying that the LAPD has directed officers to do this, would normally be considered evidence. What is your concept of evidence.
    - slownews45 5y ago
      Here is a copy of a standard field interview card: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/I.%20FI%20Card.pdf https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/I.... [edited] wrong spot to have this
      - joe_the_user 5y ago
        Your complaint seems addressed to the OP, perhaps you should post it at that level rather than a reply to my particular comment. My (original) comment here being simply that adding a question concerning social media would be practical for police officer making a traffic stop.

asdff 5y ago

It makes sense to do it at the stop when you have people with crimes all over their social media. I'll give you an example: Cop pulls over someone with a fast car and burnt rubber all over their rear bumper. They didn't see a crime but its obvious that this doesn't happen going the speed limit and driving like you are sane. They ask for the drivers instagram account, then they see their page where this driver and car were doing donuts in an intersection last night, and rightfully the driver gets arrested.

Sebb767 5y ago
So they say it was a different driver or a different car. Or they give a fake Instagram handle. Or they say the post is faked. If you see evidence of a crime online, you should go and find the perpetrator based on that, not hope that you randomly stop him and find evidence because they are stupid enough to give the right handle. Also, do you think it's okay for the police to totally ransack your car, because you might carry drugs or a corpse and get "rightfully arrested" because of that? I'm pretty sure you agree this would be over the line, so I don't see why scouring your social media in the hopes of getting a conviction is okay. Especially since this is just a minor extension away from looking through your DMs, and then your WhatsApp chat history ...
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joe_the_user 5y ago

Most of the traffic stops I've experienced have involved a long series of questions followed by a long computer look up. "Can you give me your social media accounts" wouldn't slow things down. The cops would just write it down and send it to a database. Of course, a person could lie and the cop wouldn't check it then-and-there but there's the implicit threat that the cops might check it later if they were interested in you.

slownews45 5y ago
Is there any actual evidence AT ALL that they are asking for social media at traffic stops? There is a big diff between "license and registration" and what this headline is claiming. [edited] - Correction: There has been a big push to collect data on all stops (primarily race etc) so it is actually likely it looks like that all stops are getting FI Card completions in many jurisdictions.
- joe_the_user 5y ago
  The OP, a detailed article from creditable news source saying that the LAPD has directed officers to do this, would normally be considered evidence. What is your concept of evidence.
  - slownews45 5y ago
    Here is a copy of a standard field interview card: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/I.%20FI%20Card.pdf https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/I.... [edited] wrong spot to have this
    - joe_the_user 5y ago
      Your complaint seems addressed to the OP, perhaps you should post it at that level rather than a reply to my particular comment. My (original) comment here being simply that adding a question concerning social media would be practical for police officer making a traffic stop.