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Hi_Im_Dadbot t1_jcj6po6 wrote

Well, that’s a horrific and evil abuse of power.

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[deleted] t1_jcjbsv8 wrote

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Kittenscute t1_jcjqrrf wrote

You are really fucking special if you think cops randomly running up your name on the database just because they had a personal spat with you is acceptable LEO behavior in the slightest.

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imnotreel t1_jck87mf wrote

Have you read the article ? What is the "horrific and evil abuse of power" here ?

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Hi_Im_Dadbot t1_jck8wc7 wrote

The cop targetting and arresting someone for insulting his family?

Not particularly complex.

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imnotreel t1_jckcc6t wrote

>targetting and arresting someone for insulting his family

That would be bad indeed, but he didn't do that.

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EmptyCalories t1_jckfsby wrote

>Sgt. Adam Plantinga said he saw a man peeing in public about a year ago and told him to knock it off, and the man responded with some “choice words” about the officer’s mother and cursed at him, according to the officer’s tweet.
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>“Saw him today and ran a wanted check. Behold, a felony warrant. So now he’s in the clink …” the tweet added.
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>"Say what you want about me, but you malign my mother and it's on. Kathleen Fay Plantinga is a light in this world."

A little of column A and a little of column B.

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ChemtrailExpert t1_jclke47 wrote

He wouldn’t have ran the warrant check if the guy hadn’t insulted his mother and to be honest, a cop will be able to find something you are doing that is illegal 100% of the time.

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Dedj_McDedjson t1_jcmcw89 wrote

Guy said something that wasn't illegal, cop files that away despite it not being illegal, and then uses the fact that the guy was standing somewhere not committing a crime but being near where other guys had previously committed crimes, and decides to run his warrant check because, uh......

No telling how much time and resources this cop has wasted on running checks on factually and legally innocent people he has personally taking a dislike to.

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