• WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    Exactly. Cops love marijuana criminalization because it provides them a lazy shortcut around the 4th Amendment. A cop can always justify a search by claiming they smelled pot. And there’s no way to later prove they were lying. You can’t prove someone didn’t smell something. If no pot is found, they can just say, “well I guess I was mistaken,” and the search is still valid.