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SideburnsOfDoom on Sept 6, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nevada cops use civil forfeiture to steal a vetera...

A citizen is quite the same as a "defendant" and a defendant is not a "Guilty person" or "drug runner", yet.

What if Mr Lara (who is not a guilty or accused drug runner) has not been a veteran?

SideburnsOfDoom on Sept 7, 2021 [–]

"A citizen is not quite the same"

Sorry, I accidentally a word, and this changed the meaning.

"not quite the same" is of course UK English for "it's totally different"

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