Comment by exabrial
11 hours ago
Per the legal system, arrested is probably safe course of action until they could verify the authenticity of the letter. It's really the ensuing events after that were abysmally stupid.
11 hours ago
Per the legal system, arrested is probably safe course of action until they could verify the authenticity of the letter. It's really the ensuing events after that were abysmally stupid.
They did verify the authenticity. The police won't launch a full investigation for every single possibility and doing so would be a colossal waste of resources. They are, in fact, allowed to make some calls and be satisfied at that point that the letter is authentic without investigating every single fraudulent possibility.
So you read this:
> the cops showed up, held the guys
> they showed them their letter that they were authorized
> the cops called the references on the letter
> Then the Sheriff showed up and insisted they be arrested...
and your response is:
> Per the legal system, arrested is probably safe course of action until they could verify the authenticity of the letter.
?
It's the irresistible taste of boot.
If they know who they are, what's the point? You can track them down later and throw on ~fraud charges if the letter ends up fake.