Wrongful Police Arrests
The cluster focuses on discussions about police arresting people without sufficient cause, for minor or perceived offenses, or unlawfully, debating the ethics, legality, and frequency of such actions.
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They don't just arrest everybody with no rights.
You make it sound like arresting the person is doing them a favor.
Ah yes, classic case of someone being arrested for the crime of doing something the police think only they should be allowed to do.
Just doing that seems like you will likely be arrested.
The police can arrest you for laws that don't exist but they think exist. They don't need to any of this stuff.
You can get arrested without being charged with something though.
They can't arrest all of us. :-)
What about when there isn't an arrest?
Arresting people without them having committed a crime is generally considered a Bad Thing.
Even if they arrest you for nonsense reasons and release you without filing any charges?