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If drug dealers question the police on planting stuff or saying it was someone elses. Can they not request a fingerprint test? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That would be the wrong approach. First big problem is that cops or anyone else can wear gloves. Second, you aren't really trying to prove who owned the drugs. You would be interested in proving that the space in which the drugs were found previously did not contain the drugs before the cops "found" them. That's why bodycams are super important. Most evidence tampering cases boil down to "spot was clearly empty before cop mysteriously produces drugs from the same spot"

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

First big problem is that cops or anyone else can wear gloves

Obviously we have to ban gloves