More to the point, with cash bail, poor people are fucked and wealthy people walk out.
Remember, cops can arrest you and charge you with whatever they want, whether there’s evidence or not, whether there’s exculpatory evidence or not. Cop feels like you need to spend some time in jail? Arrest for disorderly and/or resisting.
Removing cash bail minimizes that, but does not eliminate it. You will still take a ride, and it’s elementary to handle someone harshly so that they react and get more serious charges.
This happened to me. Cop said I “pulled away from him” when all I did was turn my head to talk to him. He then used a wrist lock to inflict pain on me without saying why. I suspect he wanted me to “resist” him for real, but I told him to twist it harder so that it would break and he stopped. That charge was dropped of course, I suspect that he pulls this shit all the time.
More to the point, with cash bail, poor people are fucked and wealthy people walk out.
Remember, cops can arrest you and charge you with whatever they want, whether there’s evidence or not, whether there’s exculpatory evidence or not. Cop feels like you need to spend some time in jail? Arrest for disorderly and/or resisting.
Removing cash bail minimizes that, but does not eliminate it. You will still take a ride, and it’s elementary to handle someone harshly so that they react and get more serious charges.
This happened to me. Cop said I “pulled away from him” when all I did was turn my head to talk to him. He then used a wrist lock to inflict pain on me without saying why. I suspect he wanted me to “resist” him for real, but I told him to twist it harder so that it would break and he stopped. That charge was dropped of course, I suspect that he pulls this shit all the time.
“HAHAHA! You really think you’re strong enough to break my wrist you pussy?”
You just have to say “Harder Daddy” that should mess with them.
I asked him why he stopped and said it felt good lmao.