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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When they put bounties on people and they don't bother checking for legal status much... with those bounty hunters probably trigger happy dumbasses and more and more reports of lilly white people getting caught up in this shit it is no wonder people are just not interested in being another statistic.

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

When they put bounties on people and they don’t bother checking for legal status much…

Just like when Stalin gave police arrest quotas and they just started arresting random people at train stations and public buildings etc.