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FBI Raids Home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan

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249 points jaboutboul | 6 comments | 13 Nov 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 1.258s | source | bottom
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kwisatzh ◴[13 Nov 24 21:53 UTC] No.42130465[source]▶
He’ll get pardoned. It’s a Thiel company.
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bequanna ◴[13 Nov 24 22:32 UTC] No.42130930[source]▶
Maybe he shouldn’t have been arrested in the first place?
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1. encoderer ◴[13 Nov 24 22:49 UTC] No.42131087[source]▶
I’m willing to let the government make their case, but let’s not pretend that a 6am raid from the feds is better than getting arrested.
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2. nshkrdotcom ◴[13 Nov 24 22:53 UTC] No.42131117[source]▶
A 6am raid from the feds is better than getting arrested. It is.
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3. edm0nd ◴[13 Nov 24 23:53 UTC] No.42131562{3}[source]▶
Actually, it's not. As someone who has been both raided by the feds and been arrested. Being raided is way more traumatic and gave me PTSD. Being arrested is easy as fuck. Being raided involves fully armed people busting into your home and tearing it apart and seizing all of your electronics.
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4. nshkrdotcom ◴[14 Nov 24 00:05 UTC] No.42131655{4}[source]▶
Makes sense.

Would you be willing to share more about any of those situations?

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6. encoderer ◴[14 Nov 24 05:02 UTC] No.42133291{3}[source]▶
I’ll add to the other comment: bursting in and searching your house will tramautize your whole family.

Compare that to an arrest warrant where you willfully turn yourself in.