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> Why would you assume they haven't committed a crime?

> I don't presume guilt (this is America, after all)

These two lines are explicitly at odds. You said you don't presume guilt, but you presumed the people the cops are picking up have committed a crime. You have presumed guilt.

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No, you just misunderstand what the presumption of innocence means. It means that people are assumed to be innocent and that it is the duty of the prosecution to show their guilt.

It doesn't mean that you can't arrest people suspected of a crime. That's how arrests work, FYI.

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