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In this context it is ridiculous that a dog test is considered a probable cause for a police search: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10942196

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Is it really? Probable cause doesn't need to be a high bar, in my opinion. Contrary to what people here seem to think, I don't think a police search is that invasive and I'd rather we perhaps search some people on shaky grounds than we let people with drugs/bombs/whatever walk free.

So you're cool with a cop that is biased against black people using their dog as a pretense to search them? Oh, and, yes, a police search is invasive and demeaning. I suggest you try it before you discount it.

No I do not support people doing bad things. That does not mean that I am against everything that could possibly be used for evil. This is an absolutely inane accusation.

Are you fine with black communities being ruined by crack cocaine because police can't search people? Of course not, that'd be a ridiculous thing to think.

What you're saying is that it's okay to treat all black people as if they're criminals because a small subset of them engage in criminal activity. It is well established that black and white people use illegal drugs at about the same rate. Where's the call for stop-and-frisk of all white people? Or doesn't that fit your think-of-the-black-community veil over your racism?

Then just do away with 4th amendment, rather than pretending that cops respect it.

I strongly disagree.

Being physically searched by men with guns is not something innocent people should be subjected to with no, or just the thinnest of illusion of justification.

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