• KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.worksBanned from community
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    22 hours ago

    I literally say “save your receipts” at the end of my post and you come back with “well what if you couldn’t prove it?”

    Thats what court is for.

    Are you saying we should implicitly trust what a cop says just because they happened to be around to write a ticket? What makes an officers testimony more reliable than a photograph or video? In my state, cops arent even allowed to pull people over for minor traffic infractions anymore because they cant seem to stop targeting black and brown people. Do you think that’s somehow better than a speed camera or red light cam that doesnt care if the person driving is white or not?

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      4 hours ago

      Court is time consuming and expensive. You lose a day’s wages, you get probably get fined anyway, and you may also need to pay a lawyer and court costs. So you assume everyone can afford that? White or Black?

      It must be nice to have that extra money.