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badtoworse

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22. I think if you have an outstanding warrant, you should deal with that.

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #15)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 12:14 PM

Mar 2013

Even if such a policy had not been announced, do you actually believe that the outstanding warrant would not be discovered at some point in the process? I would expect that the cops check that anytime they are called or have cause to stop you. When that happens, do you think it's reasonable to expect that the cops will just let you go? I don't and I strongly doubt anyone in a domestic violence situation would either.

Not dealing with an outstanding warrant is a choice you can make, but it's a very bad one.

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NYPD orders cops to run criminal checks on domestic violence victims [View all] ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 OP

I bet the "huge chilling effect" on reporting tblue37 Mar 2013 #1

That's my guess. ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2013 #6

What the fuck?... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #2

Very very bad policy Marrah_G Mar 2013 #3

This is common practice in many areas. proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #4

Yep.. In a "she said-he said" world , cops will check all involved SoCalDem Mar 2013 #20

Doesn't anyone give a sheshe2 Mar 2013 #5

k&r n/t Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #7

I'm having trouble being sympathetic to someone with an outstanding arrest warrant. badtoworse Mar 2013 #8

Yes, but you can have a warrant against you for a small debt or a parking ticket. nt Flatulo Mar 2013 #9

oh. So being on the wrong side of the law disqualifies you for protection against being abused? BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2013 #11

The problem is knowing it then, rather then at trial... Historic NY Mar 2013 #18

Absolutely - they deserve protection, but not a pass on outstanding warrants badtoworse Mar 2013 #21

What you just said is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #15

I think if you have an outstanding warrant, you should deal with that. badtoworse Mar 2013 #22

28 hundred posts Ash_F Mar 2013 #19

It seems like too many women of domestic violence Cha Mar 2013 #10

Sounds like some old white wrinkled up child abuser decided this crap. Coward. Afraid of the lonestarnot Mar 2013 #12

Pulaski is an idiot. Someone needs to picket Bloomberg's office and make him fire the asshole. loudsue Mar 2013 #13

Booooooo!!!!! tblue Mar 2013 #14

I think it's time to start implementing this rule in police departments: backscatter712 Mar 2013 #16

I guess they needed more time for stop and frisking. bluedigger Mar 2013 #17

This is the outcome of what happens when people expect the police to reduce crime. Glassunion Mar 2013 #23