On Jun 15, 8:32*am, "Mrcheerful" wrote:
Doug wrote:
Which means of course they have plenty of powers of arrest from which
they can pick and choose. Police often use arrest as a form of extra-
judicial punishment and presumably, without a court hearing, the
arrestee must be innocent?

Arrests are sometimes made to ensure the prompt and efficient investigation
of a crime.*The person arrested may be guilty of an offence, they may be
released despite being guilty of an offence. *Release is not proof of
innocence.

They don't have to arrest someone to merely question them.

How can a person who has not been found guilty not be innocent? Why
should the police alone be allowed to establish guilt without any
court hearing and which police underling is allowed to decide anyway?

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where rights are replaced by concessions.