• Railcar8095@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Being rude is protected, but holeing yourself in the car after committing a crime is not.

    The police have to identify, notify, serve and if required detain. Preventing this is obstruction.

    Still they handled this in one of the worst possible ways. Obstruction doesn’t mean force is required, and specially not before extensive attempts to deescalate.

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      2 months ago

      He was waiting to receive his ticket. All they had to do was wrote the ticket. What was obstructed, other than their egos? … This is contempt of cop, nothing more.

    • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Speeding isn’t a crime, it’s an infraction. If speeding is a crime then everyone is a criminal. It’s not like he held up a gas station.