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Police in the US are thugs. They were created to protect property of the rich, and have never been legally obligated to 'protect and serve'. They steal more mon
by dirkg 5y ago
Police in the US are thugs. They were created to protect property of the rich, and have never been legally obligated to 'protect and serve'. They steal more money than criminals in 'asset seizure' which is legalized theft, murder more innocent people, are literally above the law and cannot be punished thanks to nonsense like 'qualified immunity', and yet are worshipped as heroes, are always complaining and demanding more funds while being completely ineffective and dangerous to people, and the media perpetuates the 'risk their lives' myth.
- gremloni 5y agoThey really are terrible. I don’t know why it’s so hard to completely fire the current crop of corrupt police in a bunch of cities and start over — it’s a low skilled position with good benefits, pay and is counterintuitively safe. It’s probably the police unions and to be honest it’s one of the few unions that deserves to be busted. Get the cops on individual liability insurance like nurses and get rid of the union.