From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 17 2002 - 11:55:01 MDT
Eugen wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>
>> ### Not really. The lawyers on this list might comment more but as
>> far as I know laws which are not enforced cannot be arbitrarily
>> used, and it's possible to get a court to throw the case out. This
>> is why cops cannot
>
> That would be a bit hard to prove. Let's say you've been carrying 20
> k$ cash on you when crossing state borders. The cops confiscate that
> as drug money. (Happens now and then). You'll never going to see it
> again.
>
> How are you going to prove that this is not selectively enforced? How
> are you going to prove a negative?
### With the multiply redundant, all-encompassing data structure showing all
instances of cops stopping people and taking money from them. If they do
take from all of them - they'd have to do as much explaining as when they
take only from you. Also, they couldn't plant drugs in your suitcase, as
they do now whenever they want somebody really bad. Their own video feeds
would be a matter of public record.
That would be the first time you could feel safe in the presence of a cop.
The other part of the story would be the decrypted, time-stamped feed from
your own cameras, which would be sent from your data-storage provider on
your request, with similar feeds from your associates, proving the
legitimate provenance of your money.
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>
>> ticket you for driving 56 miles in a 55 mile zone, unless they can
>> prove they ticket everybody the same way.
>
> No. You're going to court (got legal insurance?) against a large
> institution. The cops always cover for each other. Who's going to
> cover for you? Do you know who passed by the radar, how fast, and how
> many they did ticket, and how many they could have ticketed during
> the time? Do you think they keep logs? Knows the judge? Jury?
### I go to court every time I get a ticket. It frequently works, even
nowadays.
With the Transparent Cop (TM) Secy Svce, there would be no "covering for
each other". Any discrepancy in their records would be a reason for throwing
the case out. My own record and the records of all drivers in the disputed
area could be subpoenaed and would prove the truth, all the truth, and only
the truth, as seen through a thousand eyes.
Rafal
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