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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Georgia or South Carolina?

[–] nulluser 9 points 3 months ago

[why not both meme]

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But cops can still pull you over, seize your car and sell it, right?

Just checking.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I used to go through small Georgia towns where the cop cars had signs on them bragging that they were purchased with firearms funds seized from passing motorists.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I’m low-key annoyed that the article links to part 3 of the series but not part 1.. Who does that??

So here’s part 1 if anyone wants to read it

https://reason.com/2024/08/05/operation-rolling-thunder-the-shocking-truth-behind-spartanburgs-traffic-stops/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When are we going make this illegal goddamm it. Fucking constituent says they can't just search your car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It is already unlawful. As you point out the practice of civil asset forfeiture is anathema to the Constitution, the supreme law of the land. It is on the people of SC and America to give those words strength, otherwise they're simply spilled ink.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gop Billionaires propaganda shilling against police ?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Reason is consistently libertarian, so they're pro-billionaire but anti-cop.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago

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