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Originally Posted by Meph  Freedom to commit a crime and try to not go to jail? |
Outside some fairly well defined circumstances, running from the cops is not, by itself, a crime. Driving over the speed limit for any reason is, of course, illegal. I'm talking about someone who has not committed a crime responding to the sight of a cop by taking off on foot down a public street. And it's not that I want to have freedom to run from the police, I already have that right as an American citizen: I don't have to bother with them unless they have grounds to stop me or arrest me. And no, my taking off running away from them is not, by itself, grounds for them to do so. They already tried that argument
As for the DP, getting into a discussion of what's faster
and can actually be implemented in accordance with the Due Process clause seems... well, this is pretty clearly not the place for that
