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by anonymouskimmer 1110 days ago
This is why police officers often give a lot of warnings.
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That would be fine if you were actually entitled to the warning.

Well, sometimes it would be. Spending thousands of dollars in preparation to do something you had no idea was illegal isn't going to get your money back even if it doesn't get you arrested.

But a warning isn't mandatory. Which turns "3 felonies a day" into the erasure of the rule of law, because then if you do something they don't like that isn't illegal, they can still throw you in jail just by sniffing around until they find something you're doing that is.