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State known for being racist fights tooth and nail against ~falsely imprisoned~ framed black person. Brace yourself for mental gymnastics.

I'm not really sure what there is to discuss here. How thin the veil is? The legalities involved in sending a debt from the state to collections?

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Not the state, the city of Durham.

39% of residents are black[1]. 17% poverty[2]. 80% Democrat[3], mostly the new kind that can't see why moderates ought to exist.

Does that change your assessment?

[1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/durham-nc-popula... [2] https://www.welfareinfo.org/poverty-rate/north-carolina/durh... [3] https://bestplaces.net/voting/city/north_carolina/durham

What changed my assessment was actually another commenter[0] highlighting that the cop may be personally liable. If that's the case, then it could be a good thing with regards to qualified immunity. Cops seeing that there may be severe negative consequences for their actions may make them decide to behave.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31093344

Click through to Balko, 2014. The rot in the criminal justice system is so deep that DNA exoneration just means they drop the rape charge.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/03/20/...

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