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A police made up evidence story wouldn't get as many clicks. A lot of people get arrested for the crime of "driving while black".

• sidewndr46 4y ago
  I thought it was because the officer "smelled weed". You can't just pull someone over for being a minority you know right?
  • bsder 4y ago
    You might want to ask some minorities about that ...
  • voakbasda 4y ago
    Any cop will tell you that they can come up with a "valid" pretext to make a traffic stop, after following a vehicle for a short time. The officer knows that their subjective claims will be treated as factual by the courts. So, yeah, a bigoted cop can pull over minorities and trivially manufacture some rational reason that will justify their actions. There's always a "reason".
• danso 4y ago
  The subject of this story wasn't arrested for "driving while black". His arrest warrants, based on AI-face recognition as a source, was signed on July 18. His car was pulled over in November after an officer learned of the warrants when running his plates. "People get arrested on false pretenses since the invention of police" feels like an overly reductionist response to stories scrutinizing technology
  • oceanplexian 4y ago
    Officers don't run plates any more, it's all done with ALPR. All the various constitution-violating "tools" over the past few years have been successfully combined to create a fully automated, computerized police state.