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Does "You May Beat the Rap, But You Can't Beat The Ride" mean anything to you?
by stefan_ 5y ago
Does "You May Beat the Rap, But You Can't Beat The Ride" mean anything to you?
- tptacek 5y agoNot in this context, no.
- refenestrator 5y agoStop resisting! That's it, we're taking you in for public obtuseness and resisting arrest. Yeah, yeah, you can make a phone call at the station, stop resisting.
- darksaints 5y agoYes. It means the cop knows that you won't get charged or convicted, which means he lacks probable cause for arrest, thereby committing a felony. https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-l... Unfortunately, prosecutors are chicken shit when it comes to criminal cops.
- MertsA 5y agoUnless an officer openly admits to deliberately wrongfully arresting someone good luck prevailing on that in court. Even if a prosecutor was willing to, the bar for qualified immunity is extremely low.
- darksaints 5y agoQualified immunity has nothing to do with criminal law.
- MertsA 5y agoAh, yes, I don't know why I was conflating criminal prosecution with civil litigation around police misconduct. Prosecutors could charge and convict them in many cases but you're right, they won't.