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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
But I have no problem with cops "arresting" someone with reasonable grounds to suspect they committed a crime.
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What reasonable grounds were there?
"Hey, this guy is selling a common electronic. Better get three cars on him, detain him and confiscate the item..."
You got a cellphone OMG!WTF!? I heard there was a phone stolen before, better detain you and confiscate your phone and not let you know if or when you'll get it back.
Okay fine, you obviously don't think they should have confiscated anything but even detaining you for using an iPhone on the street? They've clearly turned a good tactic into a ####ty stop and frisk policy and are strong arming innocent people into turning over legitimate items. What happens if the guy with the bike doesn't have his receipt? Probably gets it taken just like the radar detector and the cops know some people won't escalate the situation.
There's an entirely different situation between being questioned and detained, even if not everyone understands that. If a cop wants to ask you where you got that phone/bike/electronic, it's perfectly reasonable. A reasonable person should politely respond. And honestly you should be able to (not advisable obviously) to tell him go #### himself and walk away. Seriously. Without any type of proof they shouldn't be able to even detain.
The police should require to have a serial code, or an obvious marking of some sort or actually some reason to think that the item is the good in question. Without that, the police should not be able to do anything but investigate. Of course any thief with half a brain would be able to protect himself much easier but it's one of the drawbacks of living in an innocent until proven guilty society. Right now the police are obviously acting like thugs, ironically stealing in the process, and even scaling back the type of policy to the level you expect them is still bull#### handling from a police force.
It's no surprise the amount of shootings and aggressive tactics have been on the rise with the Calgary Police Force. It's unfortunate that they are behaving as our southern neighbour police forces. But it's clear they see everyone as a criminal, everyone as a threat. To them, it's them vs us. They need a good house cleaning, unfortunately that will never happen.