Last I checked, you have to commit a crime to get locked up. Maybe instead of bitching about the number of people locked up, maybe you should bitch about all the people committing crime. And yes, I think drug users deserve to be locked up.
Secondly, do you have any comprehension on the sheer number of thugs that get arrested on legit charges and then released? Or how many thugs plead to lesser charges for a reduced sentence.
Lastly, please show me more than anecdotal stories of the massive number of people that have missed out on jobs because they were arrested, falsely or not. Simply being arrested is not keeping huge amounts of people from living their lives.
If you don't break the law, or hang around people breaking the law, your chances of arrest are almost nil. Despite your beliefs, police are not just grabbing random people off the street and trumping up charges just to lock them up.
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Secondly, do you have any comprehension on the sheer number of thugs that get arrested on legit charges and then released? Or how many thugs plead to lesser charges for a reduced sentence.
Lastly, please show me more than anecdotal stories of the massive number of people that have missed out on jobs because they were arrested, falsely or not. Simply being arrested is not keeping huge amounts of people from living their lives.
If you don't break the law, or hang around people breaking the law, your chances of arrest are almost nil. Despite your beliefs, police are not just grabbing random people off the street and trumping up charges just to lock them up.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Rod V..
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