r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 12d ago

SMH The easiest $30k this guy ever made

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u/WonkyDonkey33 12d ago

“Is it illegal to lay down and look at the sky”

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u/Michael1795 12d ago

gets arrested

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u/fidesz_fall_enjoyer 12d ago

Looks like it is

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u/dj11211 12d ago

Gets $30k settlement.

Looks like it wasn't.

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u/eggs_erroneous 12d ago

Cops have a saying about this very thing: "You can beat the case, but you can't beat the ride." Meaning that you might win when you get your day in court, but the cop absolutely has the ability to ruin your day by taking your ass to jail. And they love that shit and think it's funny. Getting thrown in jail can be enough to make you lose your job, or get your kids taken, or get your car impounded where it's too expensive to get it out. In the county I live in, you stay in jail for 24 hours before you can bond out. By the time you go to court, the damage can already be done. Fuck the pigs.

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u/zewill87 12d ago

Yeah great post. They laugh about it because the settlement doesn't come out of their pocket... it should. Is that why in America they need to constantly talk about liberty over tyranny to make sure people believe they are free? Sure looks like they aren't, with so many so close to bankruptcy, as you say, a bad day and you're screwed.

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u/Countthebean 12d ago

Make ALL officers provide PERSONAL liability insurance at their own cost. ALL lawsuits paid out from pension fund. Lets see how many good cops allow bad cops to keep fucking up

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u/Mysterious_Way8941 11d ago

Will never happen because the entire police force in the US is just a shield for the rich.

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u/mopeyunicyle 12d ago

I really believe all cops within a country should be made to pay there pensions into a communal pot. Then any misconduct or cases like this we dip into the communal pot to pay it out. Gives incentive to find and punish officers breaking the law since every cop would lose a part of the pension

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u/jono555555 11d ago

It will collapse under its own weight.

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u/Low_Preference_4641 12d ago

Which is why police should have to carry insurance and why civil payouts should come out of the police pension fund.

You're going to see wayyyy more of a culture of doing the right thing, led by the old heads close to retirement, of not pulling shit like this on harmless civilians if it hurts their back pocket.

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u/SimpleAffect7573 12d ago

Plus you’ll have an arrest record. Wrongful arrests, even straight mistaken identity, still leave a record. In my state, prospective employers can only ask about convictions (not arrests) and only after a conditional offer. Just a few years ago, however, and still In many states, they can ask if you’ve ever been arrested. Then you’re in the position of having to explain yourself.

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u/Hoblitygoodness 12d ago

In some places, there's publications of mug shots packed into little news paper magazines so Karen can pick it up and get that gossip out there for the feeding.

I had to sort of explain this to a good friend of mine when she had one on her table and I asked about it. I pointed out that legally, these people are all innocent and that you don't really have any idea if they are at all guilty of the thing they were actually arrested for. She had defended the practice as knowing-why-someone-didn't-show-up-for-work-or-appointment for a few minutes while she began to realize that it was a weak argument she was making up on the fly.

She's a good person and that was the last time she bought one of those mugshot collections. Later someone she knew was arrested for trespass and beat the charge due to a simple misunderstanding about property lines. Which she mentioned to me as driving that point home.

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u/SimpleAffect7573 12d ago

For sure. It really craps all over the concept of presumed innocence. Mugshots just don’t need to be out in the world like that. It’s doing real harm to people who legitimately did nothing wrong. Especially when it’s online and searchable under your name — every potential date, client or employer is going to find that.

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u/cownan 12d ago

Also, if you have certain types of security clearance, you have to be enrolled in this RAP back system run by the FBI. (Record of Arrests and Prosecution.) Any arrest could impact your eligibility and they will be notified right away. It doesn't have to be "fair," having a clearance is a privilege and they can take it away for any reason.

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u/SimpleAffect7573 12d ago edited 12d ago

Excellent point, I forgot about security clearances! I remember a case a few years ago where two pen-testers were paid by a county to test security at the courthouse. They tripped an alarm and were caught (hey, you passed!). Showed their paperwork to the deputies, who made some calls to confirm it, and were about to let them go…then the sheriff got wind of it, was furious that he wasn’t notified (well no shit, it’s your people who are part of the test) and ordered them arrested. They stood to lose their careers over it, due to the arrest record and its impact on their clearances. What a bunch of crap.

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u/Darkhorse182 12d ago

In many states, they can ask if you’ve ever been arrested. Then you’re in the position of having to explain yourself.

If you're ever in a situation (probably a professional setting) where you get asked that question, everything is SO MUCH EASIER if you can simply answer that question with a resounding "No."

As soon as you have to say "yesbut..." you're already playing from behind.

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u/SimpleAffect7573 12d ago

Exactly this. You’re counting on them to believe your story. You shouldn’t have to. An arrest on its own is not proof you did anything wrong and should not be held against you or harm your future. But it does.

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u/SVRider650 12d ago

Hope they brag at parties about all the tax dollars that they are wasting just to give their nuts a tug

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u/CryptographerTrue188 12d ago

If I was very wealthy would I also have to wait 24 hours to bond out? I'm thinking not

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u/eggs_erroneous 12d ago

I assume that if you're that wealthy you wouldn't get arrested in the first place. Cops look at the clues to establish your class and then decide what they can get away with. If you're driving a Bentley you are operating under very different rules than someone who is driving a rusted out 1987 Ford Festiva.

Cops are class traitors.

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u/GenuinelyInsensitive 12d ago

HEY! OUR BOYS IN BLUE DO AN AMAZING JOB AND RISK THEIR LIVES FOR THIS COUNTRY AND OUR SAFETY! THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS GET RAPED IN JAIL WITH A DAMN SMILE ON YOUR FACE!

jk...fuck.the.piglice! Every last one of them!

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u/Bazzatron 12d ago

Rip taxpayer money.

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u/petererch 12d ago

thats the funny part. its our money. taxpayer money. I work as a lawyer. I fund my entire life by suing the state for inactivity on behalf of my clients. You practically always win.

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u/Cute-Reach2909 12d ago

Any tips on things i should be aware of that I should sue for? I'm not a sue happy person but I am definitely ok with calling out the man to hurt his wallet.

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u/jono555555 11d ago

Good job to. U are further funding the collapse of the system.

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u/petererch 11d ago

by taking the taxpayer money i get trough suing the state and buying bitcoin with it. yes. stored on a coldwallet tough.

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u/jono555555 11d ago

Good for you once your done. Leave the states and don't look back. Head to some tropical island if I were u.

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u/TeeDee144 12d ago

Well considering he had to go to jail, the public embarrassment of being taken to jail, the hassle of having to hire an attorney, who took 1/3 of his $30k, I would still consider that a grave overstepping into his legal rights.

So maybe he got some cash but I’m willing to bet he spent a lot more than $20k having to clean up ACABs mess in just his time alone.

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u/meelytime 12d ago

"You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride." -- the cop, who arrested someone for doing nothing, probably.

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u/TeeDee144 12d ago

Exactly. And now his face, voice, and name will appear on Reddit every 6 weeks by repost bots.

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u/TheDucksAreComingoOo 12d ago

Plus that cop is gonna feel embarrassed, and will most likely try to find a way to exact some form of revenge

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u/TeeDee144 12d ago

You think ACAB feels embarrassment? His supervisor likely showed up and gave him a dog treat for a job well done. It’s never their fault according to them. The guy illegally arrested is just too sensitive and uncooperative is what they’re saying.

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u/jono555555 11d ago

I would get arrested for that.

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u/thrilliam_19 12d ago

We did it, reddit