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I've spent an entire weekend in holding for resisting arrest. There is no food and nowhere to sleep in holding. On Monday, when I finally met the magistrate, all charges were dropped because nothing happened.

When I tell my white friends this story they logically conclude I must have done something, police don't simply "detain" you without cause. Yes, they do. My other friends are much more understanding. Either it has happened to them or someone they know.

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Uhh... dude that was your fault for getting arrested on a weekend. Duh...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remand_(detention)

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_commitment

are really important subjects for people who want to understand their freedoms. If you are a danger to yourself, others or gravely disabled you may be taken into a hospital and honestly you should be. If you are arrested, you might be held for up to 72 hours in the US. I think there are a lot of really good reasons for those laws honestly, but they can trip up people who are focusing on broad constitutional aphorisms instead of real state and local policy.

Well, goddamn me for being "a black male, between 5 and 6 feet."

Sounds suspicious already.

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