Just want to hear stories so I can mentally prepare myself for such… hostile… interactions… (Hopefully this never happens to me)

P.S: And before anyone start spamming “Don’t Consent to searches”, remember that that’s a very democracy-centric viewpoint. In some countries you could be jailed for refusing.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I heard that Japan supposedly has a low crime rate so there was not much for cops to do (not many calls to respond to), so they just randomly stop and check people for IDs (usually check foreigners) so they appear to be doing something (and to not seem lazy).

    • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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      1 day ago

      There are lazy cops for sure (not a Japan exclusive). The other side is you’ll note Japan has a high-90s-percentile conviction rate. To keep that, it seems like they try to also avoid anything that isn’t super secure for a conviction. It’s definitely a complex topic and my foreign ass only sees so much (and some posts by others, mainly foreigners).