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orlyowl@piefed.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago

Suspect with bong built into his car dashboard is arrested for the 98th time after high speed chase

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Suspect with bong built into his car dashboard is arrested for the 98th time after high speed chase

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orlyowl@piefed.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago
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A suspect who had installed a bong into the dashboard of his car was arrested for the 98th time by officers following a high speed chase. Dashcam footage shared by Thurston County Sherriff Derek Sanders on Monday (23 March) shows officers chasing a vehicle through Down Olympia, Washington after they received reports that a pair of organized retail theft suspects had just fled a store. After a high speed pursuit, which was then called off by officers due to the reckless driving of the fleeing motorist, officers eventually located the two suspects and their truck. Inside the truck officers found a “custom bong device built into the dash of the truck so he could comfortably smoke drugs while driving”. Meth, heroin, and fentanyl were also discovered, as well as the stolen items. The driver of the truck had 97 prior arrests. He is facing charges of DUI, eluding, and possession of narcotics. The passenger was turned over to Centralia PD for organized retail theft.
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    15 hours ago

    Why was he let go with so many priors?

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      Ethical catch and release

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        12 hours ago

        What? Is he too small?

    • Luminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexus
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      Why should he be locked up just because of a bunch of stupid laws?

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        Maybe I’m just insane, but I think that laws making it illegal to be on meth while driving are reasonable. That’s just me though.

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        Because the law is still valid? If you consider the law stupid, do something against it.

        I personally don’t consider it stupid to forbid driving under influence, regardless of the means.

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          Because the law is still valid?

          Are you asking me or telling me? Because either way no it isn’t. Laws are bullshit and you should break them just on principle.

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            Sorry, all of them? You don’t think that sometimes, it’s good for some things to not be allowed?

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              does it not “being allowed” mean it won’t happen?

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      Arrested != convicted

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        If someone managed to get arrested so many times without getting a conviction the one or other time, it would be a cause for a harrasment claim against the police.

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          I mean, in some areas they just throw you in the holding cell until you sober up, which would be an arrest. Dude probably knows someone in the system.

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      Every layer of the legal system is broken, and lots of people benefit from not fixing it.

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