• FiskFisk33@startrek.website
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    She feared the impact a theft charge, though small, would have on her financial career.

    Why is this info public, what happened to innocent til proven guilty?

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      24 hours ago

      Because police actions are a matter of public record. It’s why small town newspapers will print all the mugshots for the week.

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      innocent til proven guilty

      That only works, inside the court.
      Outside, if you come in the view of an officer, you are guilty.

      I have had to do something similar recently, because some chap with “senior citizen” status randomly blamed me for something.

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        10 hours ago

        Every single day of my life I am grateful that my parents didn’t go through with their plan of moving to the USA when I was little.