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Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoDoes anyone know if searching arrest records is possible? I feel for these people if they are as I have read many USA employers check this sort of thing. Would be a shame to not get your career started as you got basically illegally arrested for peaceful protest. That just feels all kinds of wrong.
acetanilide@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It depends. If you want a security clearance you’re probably fucked. But then I guess if you’re protesting a war you probably don’t care to have the type of job that requires a security clearance.
Also since a lot of arrest records are easily found online, for free, with no login (some states more than others), employers are bound to find it even if it’s unethical (or illegal) to search that way.
Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Wow. That is insane that an arrest record is searchable as there are so many false arrests. Feels all kinds of wrong. The USA really surprises me.
acetanilide@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Agreed
I’ve seen arrest (booking) records going back 20 years or more online - on the police department’s own website. Mostly in Florida because their laws are way more lax than other states.