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do you want anybody who is interested to be able to dress up like a hobo and sift through your trash with impunity any time they feel like? As far as I know, t
by Amadou 13y ago
do you want anybody who is interested to be able to dress up like a hobo and sift through your trash with impunity any time they feel like?
As far as I know, that is perfectly legal throughout the USA. Certainly there is no warrant required for the police to do exactly that.
I've actually got a big problem with the police doing that without any judicial supervision, but if it is OK for them to do it carte blanche, then in a just society it must be OK for anyone else to do it too.
- steveklabnik 13y agoYou arent even required to dress like a hobo for it to be legal! http://freegan.info/what-is-a-freegan/freegan-practices/urban-foraging/diving-and-the-law/ http://freegan.info/what-is-a-freegan/freegan-practices/urba...
- sliverstorm 13y agoHuh. I always thought it was illegal, much the same way opening someone's mail is illegal. I could be wrong though.
- steveklabnik 13y agoThe difference is that when you throw something away, you're indicating you don't want it any longer. Mail is something that is very explicitly for you only. Does that make sense?