(03-14-2014, 10:25 AM)ExKage Wrote: The thread seems to have gotten a little off course, but I'll still comment on the situation Erik.
From what I gather of your post about arrest/interrogation, perhaps the character misunderstood what was going on or perhaps they're corrupt?
Of course while I do try to respect people's characters and their own 'authority' if it is constantly causing you grievances, my best opinion is that you completely stop acknowledging their 'authority'. If it cannot be worked out through RP or OOCly, blacklist may be the best solution for you and yours.
Well, I don't know much about the situation, but I'm sort of reserving my opinion until I have more information. Â I don't know an awful lot about the Balmung scene. Â One of two things is happening. Â If Erik is a well-known criminal, keeps dropping into a major town he's wanted in, and expecting local authorities to ignore him, that's probably on him.
Odds are that's not the case from what we've heard, since he's apparently harassing completely new FC members (which begs the question of how this cop knows they're in the FC by IC means) and may be violating his jurisdiction (I'm not sure there's a recognition of authority, or even extradition treaty, between the major empires).
Your best friend in confronting the "law" is to use the very real statement, "Not here, copper, you touch me and I'll have you arrested here."
But I can't make that assumption with the information I have. Â All I know is that the individual nation-states are politically separated, so there is, as far as I know, no overarching authority that spans their authority. Â So while someone from another city MAY come with a warrant for your arrest somewhere else, there is absolutely no reason another city-state should agree to honor it. Â There's even less guarantee that a local authority would even know where you are.
Even the cops can't godmod.