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Many in U.S. (one third) Are Arrested by Age 23, Study Finds
NY Times ^
| 12/19/11
| ERICA GOODE
Posted on 12/20/2011 5:00:59 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather
Thank goodness I’ve never been arrested.
(If you don’t count my development.)
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posted on
12/20/2011 7:11:23 AM PST
by
Erasmus
(Rage, rage, against the dying of the light. Or, get out your 50mm/1.2.)
To: John Leland 1789
It used to be that one worried about traveling in some god-forsaken place in Africa or Serbo-Croatia where you could be put in prison on a caprice and never see the light of day. Now it is the good ol’ USA that has becoem the place where you worry about getting into a tangle with some power drunk statist polizei. Only it is worse because you don’t have the State Department backed by the US military trying to get you out. Instead you have the full power of the state trying to keep you in.
To: ladyvet
"I can believe this. Cops in our town are chasing down 18 to 21 year olds on weekends for underage drinking. Its a huge money maker."
Uh, yup. Nearly everything that passed for pretty average weekend fun for teenagers for most the last century will now get you picked up by the cops. More arrests = job security for cops, and kids are soft targets. DUA and DUI are the main focus of most police depts. DV cases are another boon to the system, although there is arguably some actual justice being served in cases where real violence is involved. As far as I'm concerned, a person shouldn't be subject to arrest for merely raising their voice in their own home.
Forget about getting the police to investigate and prosecute property crimes - which they basically refuse to do without at least one eye witness other than the victim.
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posted on
12/20/2011 10:48:04 AM PST
by
CowboyJay
(Lowest Common Denominator 2012 - because liberty was overrated)
To: Libloather
arrested for an offense other than a minor traffic violation Is anyone placed under arrest for a minor traffic violation?
ML/NJ
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12/20/2011 11:34:49 AM PST
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ml/nj
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