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> Things that are overlooked for normal people (jaywalking) would end up with cops wasting their time in court or even jail.

That would actually be a great thing. Not because of the wasted time, but because it'll highlight silly laws that didn't need to exist.

There should not exist laws that get overlooked for normal people (most of the time except when powers that be want to harass them).

The solution is to recognize such laws didn't make any sense to begin with, and remove them. Problem solved, now nobody gets time wasted on nonsense.



Laws like that exist because selective enforcement of them provides the police an excuse to stop someone.




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