[margalabargala]

> Personally, when in a stirring shit mood, it can be fun to ask them what section of the law/code they think says that. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a straight answer from TSA, and very rarely a straight answer from a police officer.

In the US, the reality we live in is that knowledge of the law is explicitly not a requirement for these jobs. A police officer is not required to know what law you are breaking, and can legally arrest you if they genuinely believe you are breaking a law they only imagine exists.

Whether this ought be the case is a separate discussion. But this is the landscape in which a series of court decisions have left us.

[lazide]

Yup, which is why when in a shit stirring mood, you’d better be prepared to get some on you.