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Posted by Nilet on Wed May 9 03:08:51 2007, in response to Re: ROBBED BY A COP— PROPERTY DESTROYED!, posted by SMAZ on Wed May 9 02:40:09 2007.  Heh, one of the officers in my encounter actually asked about my "interest" in civil rights, or at least why/how I knew about these legal details. All because I invoked the Fourth Amendment when my camera was illegally seized! Let's put it this way: If the cops are surprised when someone knows about and invokes the 4th Amendment prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure, we have a lot of work to do as a society. When the cop asked why I knew about my Constitutional rights (or how I learned about them, or my interest in them; I don't recall the exact nature of the question), I said that this was something everyone should know. He asked, suspiciously: "Especially you, right?" Yeah, because we all know that only criminals should know their constitutional right to privacy. After all, if you're not doing anything illegal, why should you object to having a government official stand over your shoulder and monitor your every move? If you're not breaking the law, there's no reason not to let the police search whatever they want to search, right? If you're not a terrorist or criminal, there's no reason to object to the telescreen being installed in your house, right? After all, law-abiding citizens have no reason to worry, and it would do a lot to help capture the enemy among us and thus help us finally defeat Eurasia! I mean the terrorists. Right. Eurasia is our ally, except France and Germany. We've always been at war with the terrorists. Unfortunately, since I was handcuffed by cops who had clearly demonstrated that they were willing to break the law, I wasn't able to come up with the level of snark required to actually tell that to him. Instead, I mumbled something about yes, it was especially important for me because I was often harrassed. D'OH! |
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