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tialaramextoday at 2:18 PM1 replyview on HN

Ordinarily the police investigating a major crime don't care whether you broke the law in small ways.

"Hmm, should we solve the murder, or, maybe get somebody fined $100 for having an unauthorised video" ?


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dwedgetoday at 2:47 PM

I got hit by an Uber once as a pedestrian, he drove away, I phoned the police and they spent the whole time trying to decide if I can cross the road there or not, decided that it was a legal technicality and let me off with a warning for jaywalking. So in summary:

> "Hmm, should we solve the murder, or, maybe get somebody fined $100 for having an unauthorised video" ?

Don't be surprised to find out the answer is both.