-=> Quoting Ryan Bagueros to Tom Rightmer <=-
 
 TR> Where did  you get such an idea? That's how we find stolen cars, 
 TR> wanted people,  improperly registered or non-registered vehicles, 
 TR> stolen license plates, etc.  This is part of their jobs, and they are 
 TR> supposed to be involved in law  enforcement activities when they are 
 RB> Hm, I question the legality (under 'selective enforcement') of running
 RB> the  plates of parked cars in a black neighborhood to find criminals.
If you question the legality of it, there must be some specific legal point
upon which you base your objection?  What can be possible be illegal about
running plates? The only hint of a objectionable point might be that it is
being done in a black neighborhood. Most departments dispatch their officers
to an assigned patrol area. If an officer is assigned to a black 
eighbourhood
that is where he is going to be doing it. I trust that you are not suggested
that this form of investigative work is illegal because it might be more
productive in a black neighbourhood than in a white one.
 TR> You would be talking about false imprisonment, and the award would 
 TR> have huge,  compared to what you were told, if that is what you were 
 TR> told. You were told  correctly that there would have been a trial, 
 RB> Again, since you quoted about 3% of my post, let me re-iterate: if the
 RB> cops  lie, there's no case. The cops would lie, so there is no case.
 RB> Otherwise it  just looks like one of those gosh-durned honest mistakes
 RB> made by a cop acting 
????? If there is no case, the charge is likely to be dismissed. I didn't
read his original message or even the 3% of yours, but from the bit you
posted here, it makes no sense. Perhaps a more articulate person would
have described a legitimate case in terms of police falsifying evidence to
create a good defense, but to say there is "no case" implies that they had
done nothing wrong.
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