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> The police officers, Kevin Riley and Thomas Connor, say they had probable cause to arrest Novak because they genuinely believed his conduct was disrupting the
by tpoacher 4y ago
> The police officers, Kevin Riley and Thomas Connor, say they had probable cause to arrest Novak because they genuinely believed his conduct was disrupting their operations
That's is? That's all it takes? You don't have to provide any evidence for said belief corroborating your "feelings" of genuineness? All you have to do is "believe" something was going on, and you've got immunity from prosecution?
"Why did you confiscate this man's money?"
"Your honour, I genuinely believed it was fake money."
"Was it fake?"
"No, but I genuinely believed it."
"Ah ok then, you may keep the moneyh. Dismissed".
- einpoklum 4y agoAlso, it is not legitimate to have this recursive reason for arrest: Interfering with the activities of the arresting entity. This almost allows to arrest people for interfering with their own arrest. About confiscation of money - reality is stranger than fiction in the US in this respect, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United... and particularly, administrative forefiture.
- mrguyorama 4y agoIn America, land of the free, you can be arrested for "Resisting Arrest" and nothing else
- fear_and_coffee 4y agoIf you resist enough it's upgraded to execution.
- klyrs 4y agoWhere running away is too frequently "enough".