Ghost warrants: US cops routinely arrest people for warrants that were canceled long ago, and lock them up for months before discovering the error

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/01/laberinthine-and-informal.html

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So…

Is this a feature, or a bug?

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If there’s a chance any “assets” can be seized, you can bet the answer is “feature”.

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And also if there’s a chance it will put money in the pockets of the for-profit prison-industrial complex.

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This happened to a good friend of mine a few years back; the system is a series of traps designed to ensnare anyone who isn’t rich and powerful.

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Kidnap.

Cops routinely kidnap people who have mo warrant or probable cause. The neglect due dilligence.

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And they never apologize. No matter what; no matter how badly they screwed up; no matter the havoc they wreak in peoples lives; they never, ever apologize.

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As if I needed another reason to remain an expatriate. All it takes is some scammer to use my name, and I could end up stuck in some shithole county jail?

No thanks. I think I’ll stick to living in the slightly less dysfunctional EU.

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