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		thatcat 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They b... Teachers and doctors may abuse their authority, but there is a sharp legal limit to what they can get away with.

ethbr1 22 days ago [–]

There are sharp legal limits to what cops can get away with: they've just historically been unenforced by government prosecutors and/or juries.

AngryData 22 days ago | [–]

Those limits don't seem very sharp if they are rarely enforces.

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