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A HERETIC I AM

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4. That's all well and good, but just being arrested can screw your life over...
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:02 PM
Tuesday

and they KNOW it.

It is true that the side of the road or any encounter with a cop is not a courtroom, but they can and will arrest you for no reason (favorites seem to be obstruction or disturbing the peace or resisting) and keep you in jail for an unreasonable amount of time before just releasing you.

People lose their jobs over shit like that and it happens every single day in this country.

Whatever you do, don't get arrested on a Friday. You'll be in jail till Monday AT LEAST.

I've lost all respect for law enforcement in this country. They are nothing more than an armed gang that is out of control and above the law. ICE and DHS is proving this in spades. They willingly and knowingly lie on sworn statements and in court as well as blatantly trample on the Bill of Rights and too many judges let them get away with it. Even if they are held to account for wrongdoing, the damage to the individual citizen is already done.


1312 (ACAB). FTP

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