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Joker_vD on Aug 2, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cops still take more stuff from people than burgla...

Interestingly enough, property used to be able to commit a crime (back when slavery was a thing) but it still could not be sued or be the plaintiff in a lawsuit.

marcusb on Aug 2, 2023 | [–]

Yes, I believe the government used the "heads I win, tails you lose" theory of jurisprudence in those cases.

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