r/IsItIllegal

My opinion on something that should be illegal but isn't

My opinion

If a burglar got hurt from falling through a person's skylight and then starts sueing the home owner for the person falling through the skylight of the house and landing on top of a bunch of knifes even though the home owner did nothing wrong

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u/TWINKIESMUGER1666 — 21 hours ago

Can i move back home with out baby if he’s in the birth certificate

I live to nyc in 2024. I have nobody here and I got pregnant my boyfriend of 8 months when we were having breakup sex cause he cheated on me. We had a baby shower in my home state he met my family and they vain tickets he bought me an $800 necklace and some meta glasses and designer shoes.

He live in an illegal basement apartment. My dad owns a duplex in nyc with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. My father offered to rent him downstairs or he could live on the side i live on but my father would raise the rent. So my child is two month old now and he would leave for days at a time when he was first born. And i got tired of it told him don’t worry about moving in.
He came back a week later cause he wanted to see our son at 9pm… our son was asleep and we had sex and I forgave him again.

He doesn’t want to pick up our son or drop him off at daycare. I am up all night pumping and changing him so I’ll be very tired once I start work and physically can’t be in two places at once cause my job starts at 6:30 and is about 1.5 hours driving back in the afternoon. He said it was mommy duties to pick up or drop him off and refuses to do it. So I broke up with him and said i need to make plans to go back home.

I also told him im starting daycare sooner and he said it’s not his problem and I have to pay myself. He will only pay for some once I got back to work. He said I’m choosing to be a baby mama on child support but he’s making being his partner miserable.

I used to cook when he got off work. I make him tea in the morning. Did his laundry and brought it up the stairs our entire relationship all the way until my due date. He still didn’t want to move in and I’m scared of being alone with the baby when I’m extra tired. I don’t want to put him on child support but I also HATE having to asking him for diapers each time I need that or ointment… I sent over a copayment agreement and he refused to fill it out about monetary amounts or communication styles or time spent with baby. Do I just click the submit button on the child support page? I’m so tired I almost dropped my baby twice… but he doesn’t want to take the baby to his place to Watch him for a few hours so i can rest. AM I EVEN ALLOWED TO MOVE BACK HOME??

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u/Potential_Safe7934 — 14 hours ago

Is it illegal for Christmas Carolers going door to door but singing filthy sexual rap songs?

They’re still traditional Carolers dressed in Victorian / Christmas outfits but when you open the door, one of them starts beat boxing and the rest perform a rap song with filthy and sexual lyrics.

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Questions about suffocation?

I was suffocated during an uber ride by someone I was giving a ride too a married man and on a business trip. He got arrested and I hate him. I’m mad they lowered the charges to disorderly conduct and battery.I wanted to sue but no one can handle the case. I wanted to legally blast him honestly. I am feeling pain and want to get revenge. How can I legally??I want everyone to know what happened.

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u/kennethsmom1994 — 1 day ago

New job. Coworker can’t have garlic so “garlic free office”. (Original post link in the description)

Shift work so we eat lunch together. Nonsensical to leave for lunch as it’s 45 minutes. Was told not to eat garlic products before a shift and that they weren’t allowed in break room.

I don’t want to be a dick but literally everything has garlic in it. My normal meals all have some amount of garlic. I meal prep and now everything I had planned is a no go. I did not realize this would be an issue until orientation. Literally went to grocery store and finding garlic free foods is VERY limiting.

I won’t show up with like Italian food but GD this really is a pain in the ass.

New job. Coworker can’t have garlic so “garlic free office”. : r/WorkAdvice

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u/firs_7 — 2 days ago
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A Family of four with a 1 month old child was detained at gunpoint by police officers, for a suspected “stolen plate”. The license plate was read incorrectly by flock cameras and the officers decided to pull out their guns and detain this family without verifying anything.

u/Ashamed_Gas7271 — 2 days ago

Is it illegal to use a vpn to access a website that's banned in your state?

Let's say I'm in Tennessee and I use a VPN to access pornhub. Would that action be illegal?

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u/Yeetman5757 — 2 days ago

Legal Oversights of working alone?

Hi,

So I work alone at night for a small gas station anywhere from 4-8 hours by myself. Per company policy and explicit instruction I'm not allowed to close the store when I need to use the rest room and I'm expected and allowed to be away from the registers to grab stuff from the back. The important context here is that our store has self checkouts with the proper ID Lock outs that I then have to go check and ID for. I was wondering if I was putting myself at any legal risk or if the company was with this set up. My Mind first goes too if I or the company were to be liable under negligence if a minor was to steal alcohol while I was away doing something else then get drunk and cause some damage. I will try to respond with any clarifications or extra details in question. I will say they are doing their diligence in stating that I'm freely able to eat or use the restroom as needed.

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u/Zathires — 2 days ago
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Will I go to jail for $85?

In the state of Montana, how likely is it that I’ll get jail time over $85 worth of socks? I have to make a court appearance within this month and next month. Will they just fine me? Should I go through with a public defender or get a real lawyer? What do I tell the judge/what can I say to reduce the severity? I really do not want any jail time even if it’s a week.
Location: Montana

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u/ConsistentLychee3420 — 3 days ago
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Is it illegal to cover my car in license plates?

I've seen a lot of old license plates in antique stores, could I put them on my car? Or maybe some kind of wrap, like this shirt, on my car. As long as my plate is visible and up to date, would this be legal?

u/alittleredportleft — 5 days ago
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Released without charges, property taken, no inventory list, later told no record of my warrant.”

Seeking advice or hearing from anyone who’s experienced something similar. In 2021, I obtained a Hawaii business license to recycle catalytic converters. In June 2022, five plainclothes officers entered my home without announcing themselves and handed me a search warrant for four guns. They removed about $80,000 worth of my business inventory and personal property. I was jailed for two days and released without being charged with any crime. On 1/6/26, I went to the Second Circuit Court to get a copy of the search warrant. The clerk asked for my case number. I told her I never had one. I gave her the search warrant number instead. She said there was no record of it. I still have the original warrant, and the clerk whose name is stamped on it was the same clerk I spoke with. I still don’t understand how both things can be true. If anyone’s experienced something similar or knows possible legal options, I’d appreciate hearing about it.”

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u/One-Mycologist1358 — 3 days ago
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The Seal, Harwich

I was jumped by a group of three men who shouted homophobic slurs at me near their pickup truck outside of The Seal pub in Harwich. Message me if you witnessed the incident or if you have any information.

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u/ChadThunderconch — 5 days ago
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Would it be illegal to take something that was technically a Christmas present?

So, 2 years ago my dad bought me, my sister and him a ps5 for Christmas, with the expectation that we would ALL play it. But, my sister doesn’t play it, neither does my dad. I was the ONLY ONE who ever played it, I also bought ALL of the games on it, probably a couple hundred dollars worth.

Now, I moved out pretty recently and I no longer have a good relationship with my dad. I am going over there to pick up the rest of my belongings, and I honestly want to just take the ps5. My sister (who still lives there) told me that it sits in our living room collecting dust and that neither of them use it. So I figured, since it was a Christmas present, he doesn’t use it AND I bought all of the content on it, I could just take it.

Could I get in trouble for taking it? I’m pretty sure he would report it stolen just to be petty, so I want to make sure that I can’t actually be charged with theft if I take it. Thoughts? (I live in Texas if that matters)

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u/YellowAcademic7608 — 5 days ago
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Are Flock Cameras Unconstitutional?

The debate surrounding automated license plate readers has become increasingly polarized. Depending on where you get your information, Flock cameras are either an invaluable crime-fighting tool or an unconstitutional mass-surveillance network.

The law is considerably more complicated than either description suggests.

This publication examines the issue from both sides, including Carpenter v. United States, United States v. Jones, United States v. Knotts, Commonwealth v. McCarthy, United States v. Rubin, and the Fifth Circuit's recent decision in United States v. Porter.

It also examines data retention, misuse, auditing, private Flock cameras, gun ranges, claims of a “gun-owner registry,” the frequently quoted Benjamin Franklin “liberty versus safety” argument, and where the constitutional line may ultimately be drawn as ALPR networks expand.

This is not intended to convince readers to support or oppose Flock. It is intended to provide enough factual and legal context for readers to reach their own conclusions.

CORRECTION: This LINK should work

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u/4thAmendmentReview — 6 days ago

The US, Indian, and shadow government, are all criminals

I am being tortured and damaged. Previously it was the president and agents of USA who were responsible. On one occasion I was detained by the Indian authorities for three months, and tortured. I don't know who is responsible now. But based on past experience I suspect the shadow government, the US government, the Indian government, and all of their agents.

Therefore I declare them criminals and my enemies. And ask that they be treated like the criminals they are. As are all the other people working with them in a criminal conspiracy against me.

I don't care if people in this forum say that it is perfectly legal for them to do this to me. If they can make up whatever laws to allow them to torture and damage people, then the laws are meaningless.

There is no democracy, rule of law, or human rights according to their actions. I will defend myself with whatever means are necessary. Is a proportionate response legal? Should I care about the law, if my enemies don't?

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u/Creator65536 — 5 days ago
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Supporting friend with law related OCD.

Is consuming media a crime?

Hello, this may be a long and extremely strange one but please bear with me. My friend has struggled with OCD for a long time. She’s recently disclosed to me that for 3 entire years she’s been unable to move past the thought she will go to prison for something she did at 18. I am of course worried for her and ask her to explain.

When she was 18 years old she read a fanfiction on a popular fanfiction website. The fan fiction was related to the The Last Of Us. If you aren’t familiar it’s a kind of apocalyptic world where a man and a 16 year old girl (both fictional and not related) basically are trying to survive these zombie type creatures. In this fanfiction it’s written as though Ellie (16) is romantically and sexually involved with Joel (adult man). My friend read this at 18 (literally just turned 18) and is convinced that it was illegal to read this media because of the age gap and it being a story of a sexual nature and the age of consent. It has no other themes it’s just a short story about there relationship. She’s convinced because it was set in America and a state where the age of consent it 18 that is makes her some form of ped0phile that has committed a crime with being 18 at the time.

I have tried to explain there is plenty of media out there ‘Lolita’, “I spit on your grave”, “a clockwork orange” they portray some really messed up and illegal stuff and that doesn’t mean anything about the person consuming that media let alone mean a crime has been committed. She is convinced tv and film go through some form of system to be distributed and that makes it okay but fanfictions are posted by anyone so don’t pass this “system”.

Shes not looking forward to anything in life because she doesn’t see a future that doesn’t involve a jail cell, she thinks she will lose everything and be tarnished an abuser.

I have 2 children and she’s been avoiding telling me in case I thought she was a risk to them! Shes been sad anytime I’ve ever done anything nice for her thinking I would think she’s a monster if I found out. She does have other things such as health OCD but it’s this fanfic one that is HUGELY eating away at her life at present. I too have OCD and have had obsessions, compulsions and rumination and I’ve come out the other side with years of therapy and medication but even with similar experience she’s not hearing me and being able to move past it she said the only way she can move past it is if she hears a lawyer or a police officer say she’s not committed a crime but she point blank refuses to talk to anyone herself.

So just to clarify her main issues if anyone can help me reassure her
-characters are 16 years and an adult
-she was 18 at the time of reading
-it is a fanfic of fictional characters in a fiction time
-there’s no photos, no graphics, just text
-it’s published on a fanfiction site by a random person
-she’s concerned 16 is below the age of consent where it’s set
-friend lives in the UK if that’s remotely relevant

If anyone at all can comment and help me show her from a legal standpoint that she has not committed a crime remotely I would be so so so appreciative. It’s ruining her life and I don’t know how else to support her. We are seeking a medication appointment on Monday and I’m going to suggest therapy again when I next see her in person but I would love to have comments from people that can help reassure her.

If you’ve read all of this thank you so much, sorry it’s a strange one I just don’t know what else to do.

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u/Eastern-Dig8593 — 6 days ago

Is it illegal to mail my friend in a box across the country?

For the sake of argument, he has an adequate supply of air, food, and water in the box. We’re paying for overnight shipping so he won’t be in the box for an extended period.

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u/ChainsawSoundingFart — 6 days ago

What if someone died as the result of me farting on them?

Let’s say I’m standing at the bus stop and let out a particularly evil spirit. Unbeknownst to me, an elderly man standing behind begins coughing profusely and is unable to catch his breath. He collapses on the ground and is pronounced deceased.

If I did not do this intentionally, would I be charged with manslaughter?

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u/ChainsawSoundingFart — 8 days ago