Imagine all that effort put into catching someone smashing a stupid camera, it could’ve been used on a pedophile or something.

You’ve been warned, they’re high on the lookout for Flock vandals now.

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    this is atrocious, the police aren’t concerned with criminals, theyre concerned with control, dead ass hope the worst for the boys in blue over their now. they do not serve the people or the state in my eyes anymore, they’re Gestapo.

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      Is he wearing another jacket over his school uniform jacket? That would be a dress code violation in most schools.

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        IIRC he’s wearing the uniform jacket inside out because he thought they were boring. (As to why the lining is that crazy looking, I have to assume the answer is “it was the 90s”.)

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          lol I didn’t watch the show much. Wearing the uniform incorrectly would also be a dress code violation.

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    If you point a fake gun at a police officer they put a real bullet in you. As far as I’m concerned, when the police point a fake camera at you, you take them at their word and assume malicious intent. This was not a crime. Awful but lawful.

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      Oh no, this absolutely was a crime and absolutely illegal.

      Unlawful, but a moral, responsible and respectable action. One which any reasonable and sane person would likely do the same.

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    How can they charge him with destroying computer equipment if the camera was fake?

    Bullshit charge

    Does he have a bail fund?

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      Meyer faces charges of grand theft, criminal mischief causing at least $1,000 in damage and damaging computer or electronic equipment.

      Furthermore, nothing was stolen, so charging him with both grand theft and criminal mischief seems like a duplication of charges. Also, a fake camera is surely not worth over $1,000.

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          And also trying to pressure him into a plea deal by offering to drop some of these bogus charges if he pleads guilty to one or two real charges. (They really don’t want this one going up in front of a jury trial.)

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    Imagine all that effort put into catching someone smashing a stupid camera, it could’ve been used on a pedophile or something.

    Now I’m just imagining them putting out a fake child as a pedo sting.