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So the police steal as much as everyone else combined, but it's still only a few bad apples? Every last beat cop on up (especially if they are part of a union)

by mnm1 8y ago

So the police steal as much as everyone else combined, but it's still only a few bad apples? Every last beat cop on up (especially if they are part of a union) is a bad, rotten apple. Every single one of these cops are propping up ridiculous systems of mass theft and murder orchestrated by their colleagues and their counterparts in prosecutors' offices. These people have no concept of justice or fairness or serving or protecting. I truly think the US would be better off without official police that's how detrimental they are to our society. They are one of the few groups that I can truly say keep our society from being civilized.

gowld 8y ago
> the police steal as much as everyone else combined No, that's a "fake news" myth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff-from-people-than-burglars-did-last-year/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-... > If you add up all the property stolen in 2014, from burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft and other means, you arrive at roughly $12.3 billion, > The total value of asset forfeitures was more than one-third of the total value of property stolen by criminals in 2014.
- chmod775 8y ago
  But only around 20% of property stolen gets recovered (value). So the police actually take more than they recover, operating at a net negative. And that isn't counting the wages of people working there yet... I realize this comparison isn't fair at all - the problem appears to be that it comes to mind at all.