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After Traffic Stop for Phone in Right Hand, She Called Out the Problem (www.nytimes.com)
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But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

That'll just encourage them to lie and double down even more.

Sometimes people make mistakes. It's what they do afterwards that matters. That's even true for cops.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Except when most people make mistakes it doesn't destroy someone's lives. Cops need to be helpt at a higher standard. They wield too much power.

    It should be structured so that they have to think harder about whether to wield that power in the first place.

    Right now, they just get to arrest someone. Costing them potentially thousands of dollars, their job, their relationships, their car, or even their life. Cops shouldn't just be able to do that much harm and then just shrug their shoulders and say "oops." And that harm happens even if the case is dismissed.

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