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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, i

by 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"

by awb 5y ago

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"