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What if the car is used to store valuable and illegal goods? And a big amount of them? Now you’re the target of both the criminals and the police.

nostromo 5y ago
Nonsense. My car was stolen. I made a police report. It later turned up with some heroin in it. I called the police again. They thanked me, took the heroin as evidence, and went along their way.
- lupire 5y ago
  what if they suspected you of lying about the theft, or found the heroin before you did?
awb 5y ago
Probably just the criminals. It should be easy enough to prove to the police that you don’t have the means or motive to acquire those illegal goods. However, if you’re mixed up in illegal activity then yeah it might look bad.
- inetknght 5y ago
  > It should be easy enough to prove to the police that you don’t have the means or motive to acquire those illegal goods. I see you haven't had much experience with American police.
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  - awb 5y ago
    True, I’ve only had 6 or 7 interactions with police and they’ve all been quick and easy, but I am an educated middle age white male family man from the Bay Area so I get that other people have very different experiences from mine and yeah I could see how “just explain it to the police” wouldn’t work for everyone.
    - withinboredom 5y ago
      One of my friends posted the other day about how they dropped off their car to get an oil change. They went and sat down outside, scrolling through their phone. Ten minutes later the cops showed up and told him he couldn’t sleep there and he needed to go somewhere else. Yeah, I’d say us middle-aged white dudes have it pretty easy.
- Fatnino 5y ago
  In a few years you're sitting at a red light and a cop happens to be behind you. Cop idly runs your plates because what stopping him? Car comes back as stolen since you reported it stolen and no one ever corrected that when you stole it back. Enjoy your night in jail.
  - awb 5y ago
    But it's your car and the name on your driver's license matches the name on the title and the DMV registration?
    - Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
      That won't stop them from sending half a dozen cops to beat the shit out of you before even asking you questions. https://youtu.be/X54YNnZMq-M https://youtu.be/X54YNnZMq-M
    - earleybird 5y ago
      No problem with the car and its owner, however "It appears you've filed a false police report; that's an offense son; step out of the vehicle with your hands in clear sight"
ada1981 5y ago
- pinephoneguy 5y ago

nostromo 5y ago

Nonsense. My car was stolen. I made a police report. It later turned up with some heroin in it. I called the police again. They thanked me, took the heroin as evidence, and went along their way.

lupire 5y ago
what if they suspected you of lying about the theft, or found the heroin before you did?

awb 5y ago

Probably just the criminals. It should be easy enough to prove to the police that you don’t have the means or motive to acquire those illegal goods. However, if you’re mixed up in illegal activity then yeah it might look bad.

inetknght 5y ago
> It should be easy enough to prove to the police that you don’t have the means or motive to acquire those illegal goods. I see you haven't had much experience with American police.
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- awb 5y ago
  True, I’ve only had 6 or 7 interactions with police and they’ve all been quick and easy, but I am an educated middle age white male family man from the Bay Area so I get that other people have very different experiences from mine and yeah I could see how “just explain it to the police” wouldn’t work for everyone.
  - withinboredom 5y ago
    One of my friends posted the other day about how they dropped off their car to get an oil change. They went and sat down outside, scrolling through their phone. Ten minutes later the cops showed up and told him he couldn’t sleep there and he needed to go somewhere else. Yeah, I’d say us middle-aged white dudes have it pretty easy.
Fatnino 5y ago
In a few years you're sitting at a red light and a cop happens to be behind you. Cop idly runs your plates because what stopping him? Car comes back as stolen since you reported it stolen and no one ever corrected that when you stole it back. Enjoy your night in jail.
- awb 5y ago
  But it's your car and the name on your driver's license matches the name on the title and the DMV registration?
  - Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
    That won't stop them from sending half a dozen cops to beat the shit out of you before even asking you questions. https://youtu.be/X54YNnZMq-M https://youtu.be/X54YNnZMq-M
  - earleybird 5y ago
    No problem with the car and its owner, however "It appears you've filed a false police report; that's an offense son; step out of the vehicle with your hands in clear sight"

ada1981 5y ago

pinephoneguy 5y ago