Cops have qualified immunity in the US; while there’s a larger legal definition of more or less means a cop that can argue they were acting in good faith can break the law and violate constitutional rights isn’t going to be punished in any meaningful way.
This is summed up in the very American phrase: you can beat the charge but not the ride. If a cop in the US wants to arrest you, you’re spending at least a night in jail. Charges might get dropped in the morning, you might have a valid lawsuit against the department, you might easily win in court, but you will be going to jail if a cop has decided you will be in jail.
I’m Mexican. I was at a party and had had literally 1 drink before I had to go someplace else. It was on my way there when the cop stopped me and I made fun of him because he kept mispronouncing words, which ended up with me spending the night in jail for drinking in public, which is illegal in Mexico. No, I was not drinking in public but such is life in the zone.
How is that a thing. Isn’t that a violation of the US first amendment? Idk, not American
Cops have qualified immunity in the US; while there’s a larger legal definition of more or less means a cop that can argue they were acting in good faith can break the law and violate constitutional rights isn’t going to be punished in any meaningful way.
This is summed up in the very American phrase: you can beat the charge but not the ride. If a cop in the US wants to arrest you, you’re spending at least a night in jail. Charges might get dropped in the morning, you might have a valid lawsuit against the department, you might easily win in court, but you will be going to jail if a cop has decided you will be in jail.
I’m Mexican. I was at a party and had had literally 1 drink before I had to go someplace else. It was on my way there when the cop stopped me and I made fun of him because he kept mispronouncing words, which ended up with me spending the night in jail for drinking in public, which is illegal in Mexico. No, I was not drinking in public but such is life in the zone.
Heeey, paisa. That sucks, but I hope it was worth roasting the pig. 😂
Totally, also the separos aren’t that bad. I don’t know if it was because it happened in a Friday but most people there were drunk students.