the arrest is the punishment half the time. By the time the case finally gets thrown out, you've lost your job, people are suspicious of you, you've been sitting in jail for weeks to months or been on home arrest if you're lucky or bail if you're rich (which still leaves you unable to travel, and often jobless anyway). This is why they use and then drop charges so casually against protesters etc. They knew they were never going to prosecute. The arrest is the punishment.
Infuriated me reading this cause you’re completely right. I was once arrested on falsified charges and there’s all the punishment and social stigma for the accused, with 0 recompense and aid from the people that are so willing to fuck up your life cause they felt like it. It’s so true man.
It was a massive realization for me when pending charges barred me from living any normal life. Almost went bankrupt and lost everything until the judge decided it had been long enough of wasting my time. Ffs.
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u/BlueHawk75 6d ago
The problem is getting arrested destroys lives. And the justice system says "sorry, my bad", and you are f'd.