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by CodeWriter23 1276 days ago
Convenient how the police just skipped right over how receiving stolen property is a crime.
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nostromo 1276 days ago
It's not so easy -- you have to prove that they know (or should have known) it was stolen, which isn't easy.

People like to blame the cops for everything, but the prosecutors are where the current breakdown in law and order is happening.

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theturtletalks 1276 days ago
It was a different person selling the bike both times. I think the police got their info, but if they didn't have a history of stealing, they let them go. If they are caught again, I hope the police charge them.
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lostlogin 1276 days ago
How does FB marketplace avoid liability for this sort of thing? As far as I can tell, a meaningful amount of stolen stuff is traded there.
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rolph 1276 days ago
where i am they let small things slide, for a while, then they switch from intell mode to enforcement, and do a crime suppression sweep, that goes right up to the persons that "govern" that economy.
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