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> Police use this sort of tactic (parallel construction) all the time It's really disgusting that we allow this.

• kortilla 4y ago
  We don’t. It’s not legal and has to be hidden by the cops. It’s like saying that it’s disgusting we allow cops to steal seized property. We don’t, but it happens.
  • dragonwriter 4y ago
    Even when it is discovered, there are zero adverse consequences from the wrongdoers, so it's hard to say that we don't tolerate it.
  • briandear 4y ago
    Parallel construction isn’t illegal.
    • sterlind 4y ago
      the Court has never ruled on parallel construction. I think it's probably illegal. there was Harding v. United States, but that was a case where someone was accidentally flagged as having an outstanding warrant. intentionally passing illegally acquired tips is probably illegal, the trick is it's impossible to prove and there's no penalty other than getting evidence derived from the tip stricken from the record.
    • pbhjpbhj 4y ago
      But lying to the court is, so any related testimony would be illegal, making the scheme as a whole illegal.
  • Teever 4y ago
    We allow it by not stopping it.