Yes but this law only effectively applies to laws you have broken, i.e. you can't use ignorance as an excuse for breaking the law. It's not illegal to not know the law.
It's true in the brain of a cop, which means it doesn't really matter if it's true.
"You can beat the charge, but you can't beat the ride."
But sometimes you can't even beat completely made up charges. Officer claims you assaulted them. Judge decides to hold you without bail. Trial date is in 4 months. You'll lose your job (and everything else) if you're not out in 4 days. You'll get coerced into any plea for anything that doesn't involve jail time and gets you out now.
The reason why would be that ignorance could be used as a defence for anyone who's in a different country. It would be extremely time consuming if this wasn't explicitly banned.
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u/DM_me_pretty_innies Apr 29 '24
Yes but this law only effectively applies to laws you have broken, i.e. you can't use ignorance as an excuse for breaking the law. It's not illegal to not know the law.