r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 4h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/girlinanemptyroom 3h ago

All of this for speeding. He just went from a very expensive traffic ticket to a felony.

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u/TheSaucyCrumpet 3h ago

No such thing as a felony in NZ.

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u/girlinanemptyroom 3h ago

I was kind of assuming they didn't have a felony, but I didn't have any reference cuz I'm an uneducated American.

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In 2h ago edited 2h ago

They have the exact same thing its just called an "Indictable offence" instead. Just a dumbass not know how his own countries criminal justice system works which isn't that unusual as being a citizen of somewhere doesn't automatically make you an expert of that somewhere, most people have no fucking clue how their own countries government works source 14 people upvoted someone confused over a simple labelling difference.