• Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Issue is that there is no real recourse for you to take against the incompetent power tripping cops, and the arrest itself shows up on your police record and you have to go pay money to get it expunged.

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      7 months ago

      (Non american here) could you even get out of paying? I imagine refusing to pay for months would get you thrown in jail, re-fined or have your license taken away. And once you finally are proven innocent getting any money back from a beurocracy is slightly harder than getting blood from a stone.

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        7 months ago

        You misunderstand, you’re paying to get the unjust arrest struck from your police record so it doesn’t fuck you when trying to get hired places.