jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoFor a moment, George Floyd's murder changed everything. Those days are gone.www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down16
arrow-up1218arrow-down1external-linkFor a moment, George Floyd's murder changed everything. Those days are gone.www.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 months ago As someone who used to deal with counterfeit currency, presenting a fake bill is not a crime. Did we ever even find out if the bill in question was actually counterfeit?
minus-squareKevonLooney@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 months agoIt doesn’t matter. It’s only a crime if you know the bill is fake; and the average person doesn’t know that. Running a red light is a worse offense.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down8·4 months agoI’d say it matters if the people who cast “summon murderpig” did so on false pretenses.
Did we ever even find out if the bill in question was actually counterfeit?
It doesn’t matter. It’s only a crime if you know the bill is fake; and the average person doesn’t know that. Running a red light is a worse offense.
I’d say it matters if the people who cast “summon murderpig” did so on false pretenses.