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It's good for children in the US to learn early that they can't trust the police.

codr7 1y ago
Same goes for almost any other country I've been to. But the US does seem to be one of the worst places from what I see online.
rdtsc 1y ago
In which country can the children trust the police?
- slaw 1y ago
  China?
- more_corn 1y ago
  Japan, England
  - giantg2 1y ago
    Can they? I've heard of police in Japan pinning murder cases on people they don't like. I believe there has been some reporting on this related to why thy have such high clearance rates. Don't the police in the UK still have a lot of sexual misconduct scandals?
  - FirmwareBurner 1y ago
    In England the police arrests you for a tweet under hate speech laws and they threw the post office workers under the bus to protect the politicians and buggy SW of Fujitsu. Not the place where I'd trust the law enforcement at all. And Japan, while being clean, safe and Kawai, its legal system has like a 90%+ conviction rate, so make of this what you will.
- heraldgeezer 1y ago
  In general, the most civilized part of the world, western & north europe. So, Norway, Dennmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland
  - sickofparadox 1y ago
    You can, and people have, get arrested and sentenced to prison in most of those countries for posts on social media.
    - sfn42 1y ago
      Do you have some specific examples? You present it as if it's a bad thing but I can imagine scenarios where it makes perfect sense. As an obvious example the person could be sharing CP on social media. So what exactly are you referring to?
      - sickofparadox 1y ago
        https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/06/german-police-mass-raids-homes-of-people-posting-hate/ https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/06/german-police-mass-raids-h... https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-woman-given-harsher-sentence-155055252.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-woman-given-harsher-senten... https://www.foxnews.com/media/germany-started-criminal-investigation-social-media-user-calling-female-politician-fat https://www.foxnews.com/media/germany-started-criminal-inves... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/10/autistic-teenager-police-arrest-homophobia-lesbian-nana/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/10/autistic-teenage... https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-over-online-insult/a-70793557 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-... Germany and the UK seem to be the worst offenders in regards to this, but that may just be selection bias on what gets into English language media. I can pull more articles if you're actually interested.
        sfn42 1y ago
        The Telegraph article does seem a bit ridiculous but the others seem fairly fine to me. One of them wasn't even an arrest, it was just a politician pressing charges which is his right. I think it's fair to demand that people follow laws on the internet as in person. Germany has laws against supporting nazism and for good reason. I don't give a crap about those people's right to free speech. The laws against insulting politicians seem a bit less reasonable but honestly just don't call people names online. Can't say I'm bothered by these articles.
- fakedang 1y ago
  I know I'm going to get a lot of flak for looking like I'm shilling, but the UAE, ironically. They do not mess around with kids, and make sure they're not exposed to whatever issue the parents might be facing. In many cases, the police allow for lenient visitations for the mother and children. These instances are often not portrayed online because 1.) family guys tend to be less involved in open crime whatsoever, 2.) the UAE has a large singles population so whatever instances happen are very rare, and 3.) the surveillance state ensures that the police already know who's at fault and who isn't. But God forbid if you're ever caught for any crime whatsoever. Or if you're detained for domestic violence. Especially if not in Dubai (which is miles more lenient than other emirates).

Same goes for almost any other country I've been to. But the US does seem to be one of the worst places from what I see online.

rdtsc 1y ago

In which country can the children trust the police?

slaw 1y ago
China?
more_corn 1y ago
Japan, England
- giantg2 1y ago
  Can they? I've heard of police in Japan pinning murder cases on people they don't like. I believe there has been some reporting on this related to why thy have such high clearance rates. Don't the police in the UK still have a lot of sexual misconduct scandals?
- FirmwareBurner 1y ago
  In England the police arrests you for a tweet under hate speech laws and they threw the post office workers under the bus to protect the politicians and buggy SW of Fujitsu. Not the place where I'd trust the law enforcement at all. And Japan, while being clean, safe and Kawai, its legal system has like a 90%+ conviction rate, so make of this what you will.
heraldgeezer 1y ago
In general, the most civilized part of the world, western & north europe. So, Norway, Dennmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland
- sickofparadox 1y ago
  You can, and people have, get arrested and sentenced to prison in most of those countries for posts on social media.
  - sfn42 1y ago
    Do you have some specific examples? You present it as if it's a bad thing but I can imagine scenarios where it makes perfect sense. As an obvious example the person could be sharing CP on social media. So what exactly are you referring to?
    - sickofparadox 1y ago
      https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/06/german-police-mass-raids-homes-of-people-posting-hate/ https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/06/german-police-mass-raids-h... https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-woman-given-harsher-sentence-155055252.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-woman-given-harsher-senten... https://www.foxnews.com/media/germany-started-criminal-investigation-social-media-user-calling-female-politician-fat https://www.foxnews.com/media/germany-started-criminal-inves... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/10/autistic-teenager-police-arrest-homophobia-lesbian-nana/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/10/autistic-teenage... https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-over-online-insult/a-70793557 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greens-habeck-presses-charges-... Germany and the UK seem to be the worst offenders in regards to this, but that may just be selection bias on what gets into English language media. I can pull more articles if you're actually interested.
      - sfn42 1y ago
        The Telegraph article does seem a bit ridiculous but the others seem fairly fine to me. One of them wasn't even an arrest, it was just a politician pressing charges which is his right. I think it's fair to demand that people follow laws on the internet as in person. Germany has laws against supporting nazism and for good reason. I don't give a crap about those people's right to free speech. The laws against insulting politicians seem a bit less reasonable but honestly just don't call people names online. Can't say I'm bothered by these articles.
fakedang 1y ago
I know I'm going to get a lot of flak for looking like I'm shilling, but the UAE, ironically. They do not mess around with kids, and make sure they're not exposed to whatever issue the parents might be facing. In many cases, the police allow for lenient visitations for the mother and children. These instances are often not portrayed online because 1.) family guys tend to be less involved in open crime whatsoever, 2.) the UAE has a large singles population so whatever instances happen are very rare, and 3.) the surveillance state ensures that the police already know who's at fault and who isn't. But God forbid if you're ever caught for any crime whatsoever. Or if you're detained for domestic violence. Especially if not in Dubai (which is miles more lenient than other emirates).