[biddlesby]

Is there a list online somewhere of all the crazy shit that can legally happen to you in the US? How long you can be detained for, what data can be extracted from you, and so on? Like if you had a really bad day and the authorities exercised all of the powers over you they legally have.

[tmpz22]

They can put a knee on your neck for seven minutes and 43 seconds until you are dead and be home watching TV The next day.

[dTal]

The symbolic time is 8 minutes and 46 seconds. The actual time was 9 and a half minutes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_minutes_46_seconds

[StartupTree]

I thought that cop was charged with murder? I must have got confused, thanks for updating me.

[gruez]

Only after public outcry. What do you think would have happened if there weren't anyone watching?

[greggturkington]

I think they got him confused with the officers that unloaded 20 rounds in a no-knock warrant, killing an EMT not involved in the investigation, and resulting in no evidence

[standardUser]

In that rare instance charges were filed, but there is yet to be a conviction. There is a vast system in place to protect police officers in these situations, up to and including federal law.

[tgsovlerkhgsel]

They can accuse any and all property you bring with you of a crime and keep it, with very limited recourse for you.

[StartupTree]

Just wait until you hear about every other country on earth...

[Shared404]

Pretty sure this is called whataboutism.

Just because some other places are worse

A) Doesn't mean some are better in this regard.

B) Doesn't mean we shouldn't try to make it better here.

[StartupTree]

Individuals have more rights in the USA than almost every country on earth. EU is maybe stronger.

[wonder_er]

*White, middle-class men who speak English as a first language have more rights in the USA than almost every country on earth.

As you deviate from that list, the list of "rights" rapidly peters out.

[Shared404]

See point B.

Just because others are worse, doesn't mean we shouldn't try to make it better.