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0 pointsbelovedeagle9y ago0 comments

> just got handed a sentence

And here we see why the current American problem is uniquely American — because that would never have happened.

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hga9y ago· 2 in thread

Really??

https://www.google.com/search?q=strip+search+texas+road

And not just in Texas, see some of the articles.

ADDED: I missed that, to date, to my knowledge and from what I've just been reviewing, none of the police in these cases have been so much as criminally charged.

Yes, that indeed shows it didn't happen in the US.

tylerhobbs9y ago

If you read the quoted portion of his comment, you'll see he's talking about the officers being sentenced, not the offense happening in the first place.

maxerickson9y ago

They are saying that the police in the US often do not get charged with crimes when they abuse their power.

Of course it isn't absolutely true, but I think it is clear enough that there is lots of work to do in making sure that abuses of power are punished.

Beltiras9y ago

That is true. I was pointing to the abuse of power thou.

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