Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

Post by antonvs » Sat, May 23, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC

zephen wrote: post #165

beepbooptheory wrote: post #139

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As someone who lives this reality (arrest but no conviction), it's in practice not really so bad. It's never come up with a landlord. The last time it came up was after being accepted to grad school and I had to fill out a form about it. You do just carry with you the knowledge that if you ever get pulled over the cop can pull it up about you and have reason to hassle you more.

"I'm going to hassle you because my brethren have hassled you before." Yup, sounds about right.

Post by antonvs » Sat, May 23, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

aliasxneo wrote: post #126

cjkaminski wrote: post #113

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That's quite a claim. You need to cite your sources for this one, if you want to be taken seriously.

I'm not sitting on a precompiled list I can just drop into a comment. But I do have a pretty hard rule about investing more effort than someone else already has. So this would be an unequal trade for me to go spend the rest of my Saturday building a list for someone who wrote two sentences on the internet. To add slightly more flavoring, I think its a pretty reasonable view to assume that the massive fracturing happe…

Post by gib444 » Sat, May 23, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #207

jimnotgym wrote: post #168

Saving this one for the next time an American says, 'In your stupid European country you can get arrested for simply saying something online'

You left out the word legally. You can legally be arrested for simply saying something online. This was not a legal arrest. Small difference

Post by michaelmrose » Sat, May 23, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC

fc417fc802 wrote: post #162

ryandrake wrote: post #129

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Yea, an arrest on your record, even if you're acquitted and/or get a settlement for police wrongdoing, can still mess you up. There are employers and landlords who will ask you / check whether you were ever arrested, regardless of the outcome of the arrest . Mere involvement with Law Enforcement puts a permanent black mark on your record and can interfere with basic things for the rest of your life.

How would being arrested for memeing be a black mark? It would be a hilarious talking point that I would be more than happy to chat with a landlord, employer, or literally anyone else about. Anyone who would hold that against you is pretty much a textbook example of a bad person (banal evil or some such).

Post by Ekaros » Sat, May 23, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC

fc417fc802 wrote: post #162

ryandrake wrote: post #129

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Yea, an arrest on your record, even if you're acquitted and/or get a settlement for police wrongdoing, can still mess you up. There are employers and landlords who will ask you / check whether you were ever arrested, regardless of the outcome of the arrest . Mere involvement with Law Enforcement puts a permanent black mark on your record and can interfere with basic things for the rest of your life.

How would being arrested for memeing be a black mark? It would be a hilarious talking point that I would be more than happy to chat with a landlord, employer, or literally anyone else about. Anyone who would hold that against you is pretty much a textbook example of a bad person (banal evil or some such).