Submitted by CiboLibro t3_11clfv9 in nottheonion
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Cetun t1_ja5nqb0 wrote
The 3 hours it took them to fill out paperwork and drive them to jail as well as the cost of housing them in jail, the time it takes the judge to read the police report and rubber stamp it at the PC hearing, and having a ADA take the time to file the paperwork to drop the case is easily 100x the amount of the stolen chips. That is not taking into account the chips themselves were no longer sellable even if recovered so the effective sale value of the chips at that point was $0.
Kiwi_In_Europe t1_ja3mcwl wrote
My man in the pic can hardly believe this bullshit himself
openly_gray t1_ja3q60f wrote
So thats were our tax $$ go? Going after some poor shlub that ate $4 worth of stuff? I feel safer already /s
JosephMeach t1_ja42wb3 wrote
It’s also criminal that chips are $4, but I don’t see them arresting the people who make inflation happen 🤷♂️
Obiwan_ca_blowme t1_ja5qlq1 wrote
If I were a cop there and one of my colleagues tried to take issue with him taking those chips, I would have just paid for them. Seriously, this is petty as hell.
psilocin72 t1_ja7qwdw wrote
It smacks of racism and classism
Nasty_Old_Trout t1_ja624ay wrote
Not available in my country/region, can someone post in comment?
jkrabs t1_ja684zy wrote
Hasn’t this been posted at least 3 times in the last week?
dewpacs t1_ja3mgis wrote
This sort of pettiness is another reason cops are hated by so many