Comment on Greta Thunberg: Case thrown because of 'no evidence'
Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 months agoWhat? Police have no issue arresting people regardless of the conviction possibilities. They literally could not care less. Arresting people is just part of their day at the office.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 8 months ago
That’s really not how it works. If there’s little prospect of prosecution they simply aren’t going to bother with the time expense and resources to arrest.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Perhaps under normal circumstances, but arrest alone is enough of a deterrent for a lot of people. Plus some cops will arrest people just because the people pissed them off. They know no criminal charges will come of it, but they also know it’ll inconvenience the person for at least 4 hours and ruin their day.
What time and expense? The cops and the jail staff are there regardless of arresting people or not. It costs them nothing additional to arrest you. The expense is part of their regular operational budget.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 8 months ago
Which is limited
Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What I’m saying is that it doesn’t cost them any more money to go out and arrest a bunch of people, than it does to sit at a donut shop stuffing their faces. They get paid either way, as do the people running the jails. Their budget isn’t affected by what they do during the course of a shift.