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Bottled-water purchase leads to night in jail for UVa student

14 pointsby anaptdemisealmost 12 years ago

5 comments

dslalmost 12 years ago
The ABC agents are obviously not correctly trained law enforcement officers. Even in "undercover" operations, police will have a mix of plain clothes and uniformed officers to avoid situations like this.
mjnalmost 12 years ago
earlier discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5962494" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=5962494</a>
SurfScorealmost 12 years ago
They need to have better procedures in situations like this. A woman at night being approached by a bunch of men? The cons of staying are far greater than anything that could justify it. Sadly these situations happen so late that once the arrest is made, there is nothing that can be done until morning. That needs to change somehow.
stephengilliealmost 12 years ago
Protect yourself from police abuse. There was a similar situation from an ABC agent for a different state(NC):<p>(NSFW - language) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug8rT1oxlRc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Ug8rT1oxlRc</a>
chrisabramsalmost 12 years ago
This sounds like a college prank...so confused how agents could ever act like this?