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It sounds like this law will be used to target drug gangs and organized crime. Regardless, I don’t see how it can be applied without discriminating against mino
by danielfoster 2y ago
It sounds like this law will be used to target drug gangs and organized crime. Regardless, I don’t see how it can be applied without discriminating against minorities. I highly doubt the woman at the airport, who the article states was stopped for having expensive jewelry, was white and Swedish.
If the police stopped you on the street and asked how you were able to afford a MacBook or XYZ, would you be able to “prove” it?
This law is extremely asinine.
- knallfrosch 2y ago> If the police stopped you on the street and asked how you were able to afford a MacBook or XYZ, would you be able to “prove” it? Yes, because I have a legal occupation.
- danielfoster 2y agoDo you carry your payment slips with you? What if the item in question is deemed too expensive for your role? Yes, you could probably pull up your work email or show the bank deposits, but my point is that this is an arbitrary standard that cannot be consistently enforced.
- stackskipton 2y agoMost people have their bank application on their phone so you could pull it up and prove it that way. I do agree it will likely be heavily abused like Civil Forfeiture in United States and wouldn't recommend it to Swedish but it's a democracy.
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 2y agoI'm not unlocking my phone for a cop.
- attendant3446 2y agoIn Sweden you have a personnummer and tax data is available to practically everyone. And that's the main measure they use for everything. So I'm pretty sure that the police use this data to get an idea of what you can and can't afford.