True but the legal mechanism is in place and the DHS and IRS are stockpiling weapons and ammo. FWIW, a miniscule percentage of "quietly disappearing" is too grave to ignore. Waiting until you have been subdued to "argue" a false arrest may be waiting too long. Depends on the charges though, I guess.Jumping Frog wrote:I think that falls under the 'quietly "disappear"' portion of my statement.Dragonfighter wrote:Maybe the time to argue is in the undisclosed location where you are being held without charges and indefinitely.Jumping Frog wrote:<SNIP> I'd like to point out that anyone promoting the idea of shooting police officers trying to make an arrest is a clear non-starter in my book. The time to discuss whether an arrest was legal or not is in the courtroom, not out there facing a gun muzzle.
I suppose one could theoretically argue about a hypothetical corrupt police squad where the person truly thinks they will be killed or quietly "disappear" before ever making it to jail, but we are still the United States, not the cartel-owned and corrupt Mexico. In the United States, 99.9999999999999% of arrests should be battled in the courtroom.
I am not naive and realize we could see those days. But today, at least, even the ones being held under the "Patriot" Act are still a miniscule percentage of total arrests.
FWIW, I don't fear the patriot act as much as the NDAA.