This would be a good way to censor or ban anyone. Then when asked for a justification, retroactively, dig through all that and find buried somewhere some small applicable clause.
This is what some not-very-good police do in some places. Arrest someone they don’t like and then dig up some ancient law still on the books that they broke on a technicality. Usually if such a thing goes to court the court strikes it down, if the justice system is remotely functional. But where’s Lemmy’s courts?
Yeah but there’s also no punishment for the cop for wasting the states and victims time. They spent time and money to fight the bullshit, the cop successfully hurt the person and there’s nothing stopping the cop from doing it again.
This would be a good way to censor or ban anyone. Then when asked for a justification, retroactively, dig through all that and find buried somewhere some small applicable clause.
this is what the cops were accused of doing in the US in 1980 (and probably before that). stop a car with a black driver, then find any bullshit excuse to fine them. it’s racism. it’s called selective enforcement of law, i.e. the law is only sometimes enforced, and only when it suits the cops.
This would be a good way to censor or ban anyone. Then when asked for a justification, retroactively, dig through all that and find buried somewhere some small applicable clause.
This is what some not-very-good police do in some places. Arrest someone they don’t like and then dig up some ancient law still on the books that they broke on a technicality. Usually if such a thing goes to court the court strikes it down, if the justice system is remotely functional. But where’s Lemmy’s courts?
We have a fun kangaroo court in !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Yeah but there’s also no punishment for the cop for wasting the states and victims time. They spent time and money to fight the bullshit, the cop successfully hurt the person and there’s nothing stopping the cop from doing it again.
this is what the cops were accused of doing in the US in 1980 (and probably before that). stop a car with a black driver, then find any bullshit excuse to fine them. it’s racism. it’s called selective enforcement of law, i.e. the law is only sometimes enforced, and only when it suits the cops.