Cops and Prosecutors Doing Cop and Prosecutor Things

[simiansmarts]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/12/kyle-kapitanski-vermont-youtube/82336879007/ 
 
This story is a few months old but it has stuck with me for how absurd it is. A man lost his life because a cop was distracted watching ragebait while driving.

[killamajig]

Bodycam video shows the night a Rhode Island Attorney General was arrested for alleged trespassing. Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan was charged with willful trespass and given a district court summons to appear in court, police said. Veronica Hannan was charged with willful trespass, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

[HaughtyFrank]

[benji]

[killamajig]

Student-Teacher Arrested After Concerning Snapchat Post



TIL it only took an hour for the deputies to show up after Snapchat called the FBI.

Pro tip, don't joke about shooting kids on Snapchat. Especially if you're a teacher.  

[Uncle]

I wonder about situations like that, they read her her rights...should she have said, hey I'm really sorry, I don't mean to be a bother, but I am requesting a lawyer?

I keep seeing everywhere that you should never talk to cops, that in all cases it can only hurt you, but this was also a simple, quick, open-and-shut type thing and her cooperation may have smoothed things along, like they said, no charges were filed

but then again, at the time of questioning, you do not know what it's about, it could be asking about connection with a murder for all she knew, in which case you'd definitely want a lawyer present