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ceejayozyesterday at 8:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yup. That's a clear Fourth Amendment violation.

Same with the "pulled over to give you an ice cream" feel-good ops they do. https://abc7ny.com/post/video-police-hand-out-ice-cream-inst...

An illegal detention is still an illegal detention if it's being done nicely.


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ssl-3yesterday at 9:02 PM

In one of the vaguely-parallel timelines, a defendant is being asked by a judge why they didn't pull over and responds with: "I thought they were going to try to give me an ice cream cone, and I'm lactose intolerant so I didn't stop."

x______________yesterday at 9:00 PM

Finally! A nice story about cops pulling over a 23-foot banana motor vehicle for years without any consequence other than spreading joy to the people involved and years of fame!

No? You could also pull the public tax dollars spent card, or other crimes not being pursued while you're at it but it won't help sour the mood!

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