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Wow. Two things: 1) That, of all police departments in the world, this is done by Beverly Hills Cops is a sign, that we're living in a simulation 2) How broke
by idownvoted 6y ago
Wow. Two things:
1) That, of all police departments in the world, this is done by Beverly Hills Cops is a sign, that we're living in a simulation
2) How broken must a society be, if all of the outrage is directed towards police officers playing filter-triggering music and not towards the environment in wich this becomes a thing in the first place.
Assuming that Beverly Hills is not the economically worst-off part of the US, I wonder if this is again another example of class-war in disguise (i.e. upper class kids pretending to be civil rights leaders by forcing working class officers to be their youtube material).
- apozem 6y agoWhat are you talking about? They're providing accountability for the actions of armed agents of the state, people with a literal license to kill. They're not forcing officers to do unboxing videos.
- leereeves 6y agoHow does one person have enough interesting interactions with the police to build a channel about that? They must be actively trying to create entertaining encounters. That's quite different from someone who posts a single bad encounter to be held accountable. He seems to be provoking the police for profit.
- tclancy 6y ago>How does one person have enough interesting interactions with the police to build a channel about that? By having a different background and life experience from yours. Stretch a little.
- leereeves 6y agoHe's a white guy from Santa Monica. The only clear difference in our life experience is that he's built a business out of posting videos about the police. His YouTube channel is full of interesting examples of manufactured content. For example, he has videos of feeding expired meters after "meter maids" have already seen the meter, then arguing with them; filing multiple complaints at police stations; and refusing to take DUI tests at checkpoints. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzSRcnANzs5BourVavBoe9A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzSRcnANzs5BourVavBoe9A He also sells daily lists of DUI checkpoints. https://mrcheckpoint.com/alerts/checkpoints/ https://mrcheckpoint.com/alerts/checkpoints/ I'm absolutely in favor of holding bad cops accountable, but he doesn't seem to be targeting bad cops, just whatever cop is unlucky enough to be assigned to the area where he's working that day.
- 23iofj 6y ago> I wonder if this is again another example of class-war in disguise (i.e. upper class kids pretending to be civil rights leaders by forcing working class officers to be their youtube material). 1. Poor people exist in Beverly Hills. 2. It would be unsurprising if the bulk of policing in Beverly Hills is directed toward poor people. This is how most upper income areas work (and not just in the US). 3. The characterization of police reform advocacy as a class war against the working class is... an amazing example of the power of propaganda. Especially in the context of an article in which a police officer is intentionally working to avoid accountability and the person being policed is decidedly not upper class.
- Judgmentality 6y ago> 2. It would be unsurprising if the bulk of policing in Beverly Hills is directed toward poor people. This is how most upper income areas work (and not just in the US). I grew up in a very affluent area, not that different from Beverly Hills. The locals describe the police officer's job as "to keep the riff raff out." They basically just harassed anyone that didn't look rich and white enough to be there.
- DennisP 6y agoI'm starting to feel like I live in a really well thought-out science fictional satire.
- selimthegrim 6y agoGod help us if Harold Faltermeyer doesn't sue for copyright.