You may want to work on your comprehension skills. I did not say the action was illegal. I did say there was a conspiracy and what you have said backs that wider definition perfectly. It is not illegal to conspire. Hey, the all blacks coaches could conspire with the lions coaches to conspire a plan to defeat the Aussies. Wow, who'd have thought it?con·spir·a·cy (kən-spîr′ə-sē)
n. pl. con·spir·a·cies
1. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
2. A group of conspirators.
3. Law An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
4. A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design: a conspiracy of wind and tide that devastated coastal areas.
Taken to court the Police would likely win, unless the intent of the law change they are using could be shown to not be followed.
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