Twice in my 53 years I have had law enforcement sent after me by people who wanted to inflict hurt on me (without having to actually do anything more than calling the cops.) In both cases, the charges were bogus, but I know those records are out there, and honestly, due to that and to my age I don't ever expect to be employed again. This is a subject I would like to see brought up ... well, anywhere and everywhere, to be honest, because I know very well that I'm far from alone in having experienced this, and what with the recent 'swatting' thing going on and all ...
I was jailed both times and incurred some pretty substantial expenses before being able to clear my name. I just wonder how prevalent this sort of thing really is. I would greatly appreciate any anecdotes or links pertaining to the subject. I've searched for such accounts on the internet, of course, but the whole thing was so traumatizing that I have a tendency to just give up before I find anything of substance.
But yeah, this retention of bad arrest records is crazy; a sure sign of a society rotting on the hoof. Makes me hope for a righteous solar pulse to come along, sometimes.
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Law Enforcement as Revenge-by-Proxy
I was jailed both times and incurred some pretty substantial expenses before being able to clear my name. I just wonder how prevalent this sort of thing really is. I would greatly appreciate any anecdotes or links pertaining to the subject. I've searched for such accounts on the internet, of course, but the whole thing was so traumatizing that I have a tendency to just give up before I find anything of substance.
But yeah, this retention of bad arrest records is crazy; a sure sign of a society rotting on the hoof. Makes me hope for a righteous solar pulse to come along, sometimes.
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