• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    People who get hit, hit and run victims, anyone else who needs the number plate if the car is witnessed being related to any other crimes (murders, shootings, dangerous driving, illegal dumping, anything).

    License plates aren’t just about fines and fees, sometimes they come up in much more serious contexts.

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      6 days ago

      Partial plate matches and fuzzy matches exist for this reason, I don’t think this would protect you if you were genuinely doing serious crime. I looked into the guy a little more, he’s standing up against corruption of the NYPD which is a pretty important defense of the social contract (and apparently he’s gotten cited and threatened for it, because the NYPD doesn’t feel like it should have to follow the law.)