Based on a “bum steer”? Wtf is that expression?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bum steer
Is that in the article somewhere? I don’t see it.
Edit: Ah, I see: It’s in the metadata that Lemmy shows beneath the headline.
Cops don’t investigate anymore. They jump to conclusions, ignore evidence, escalate the situation until they’ve beaten it half to death, then go for coffee and donuts. Should’ve just gone for the coffee and donuts in the first place.
When the courts have pretty much unanimously agreed that anything up to murder is on the table with no penalties, there is no incentive for them to even try to pretend to do their jobs properly, imo.
Occasionally, if it’s really bad, they’ll throw us a bone and pretend to give a shit about the rule of law, but, pretty rare at this point.
This isn’t anything new, it’s how cops are trained…
Act 110% confident no matter what because sometimes people will start talking. Either admitting guilt or disclosing information they think works in their defense, only to be twisted as more cause.
Nothing you ever say to a cop will ever change the first thought that popped into their head. They’re not trained to use critical thinking or logic, they’re trained to do what they’re told and that anything less than complete obedience justifies violence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
Should be required viewing in any civics class in the US.
Police don’t need an excuse to suspect you, they ALREADY suspect you.
What they need is something that doesn’t work right to blame their mistakes on.
Flock fills that need. It used to be the drug dogs they could blame their incompetency’s on, Flock is better.
They tell everyone and some just choice to ignore it
“Anything you say can and WILL be used against you in a court of law”
At no point do they tell you what you say will be entered in as evidence to help in your defense. So do what I do, STFU.
They definitely don’t start off reading people their Miranda rights, though. By that point, many will have answered some of their many probing questions
