how many women and men has this been done to, and we just don’t know?
can the police even be trusted to not do this practice going forward, even though it’s almost certainly illegal even under current laws and should probably be under future ones too?
Probably a lot more common practice than many would think. Cops are convinced their job is to ‘catch criminals’, to the extent that they treat everyone as a potential lawbreaker. It’s clear in the way they generally interact with the public, treating each person as a threat to their life.
We absolutely cannot trust the police not to do this, even when it is explicitly illegal. However, we can and should make it explicitly illegal because there should be a strong message sent.
very much begs a number of questions like:
Probably a lot more common practice than many would think. Cops are convinced their job is to ‘catch criminals’, to the extent that they treat everyone as a potential lawbreaker. It’s clear in the way they generally interact with the public, treating each person as a threat to their life.
We absolutely cannot trust the police not to do this, even when it is explicitly illegal. However, we can and should make it explicitly illegal because there should be a strong message sent.