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While I agree that civil forfeiture needs addressed, police theft is way worse in some places. I am currently staying in mexico city and last night I was eatin

While I agree that civil forfeiture needs addressed, police theft is way worse in some places. I am currently staying in mexico city and last night I was eating dinner at a restaurant with the group I am traveling with and stepped away from my table to smoke a cigarette to avoid bothering the people around me. I had a beer my hand and was like 4ft outside of the dining area where my group was sitted eating and drinking. A cop approached me and demanded to take me to the police station for open container, unless of course I paid a him 2,000 peso. Never even bothered to ask for my id.

jazzyjackson 5y ago
what’s your id got to do with breaking open container laws? having a steep fine for breaking the rules is not on the same level of theft as confiscating cash on the mere suspicion of breaking the rules
- curryst 5y ago
  It's not a fine, it's a bribe. I don't think I've ever heard of a jurisdiction where you pay the officer who is ticketing you.
  - thehappypm 5y ago
    It's funny because a bribe seems more efficient. The incentives are more aligned: the cop wants to be paid, and the cop wants you to not break law (open container). Rather than giving you a ticket, triggering a long process, the cop simply gets paid for stopping the crime at the source, being paid by the criminal directly!