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It's not even that big of a leap. We've seen a off-duty ICE agent drunk driving his child, getting stopped by the cops, implied threats to one of the officers f
by lemoncookiechip 8mo ago
It's not even that big of a leap. We've seen a off-duty ICE agent drunk driving his child, getting stopped by the cops, implied threats to one of the officers for being black with payback, spent the whole time saying "come on man" using his position as a federal officer as a way to get out of trouble, and ends to the point that I wanted to make, complained about his and I quote "bitch ex-wife" for divorcing him.
What is stopping this lowlife from going after his ex-wife, or one of those cops by using databases that they have access to? We know from journalists going through the process that there's no curation or training involved to join ICE specifically.
But this goes beyond them. We know that cops can be corrupt to, we know politicians can be corrupt to, what is stopping any of these people from using private data to not only go after their spouses, but also business rivals, and people who slight them?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_1X7MVrnPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_1X7MVrnPY
- trimethylpurine 8mo ago>What is stopping this lowlife Same as with all other crime, we hope it's the law that stops him. We hope that more policemen want to be good men than bad. The illusion of safety is based on the honor system. Society doesn't work without that.
- direwolf20 8mo agoDoes it actually work like we hope it does?
- AndrewKemendo 8mo agoNo and it never has It only works for people the state expects significant amounts of money from (taxes don’t count) Don’t expect a government to help you unless you’re one of its larger donors
- trimethylpurine 8mo agoDepends where, I think. Where your neighbors are mostly honorable, it mostly works. There are plenty of nice neighborhoods, and no shortage of bad ones either, sadly.
- mrmlz 8mo agoIt has worked great in Sweden until a decade or so ago! Depends on the population and general sense of community.
- llbbdd 8mo agoit does, yeah. people love to examine exceptions and determine that the system they appeared within should be dismantled, it's all over the place.
- gf000 8mo agoArguably, there are countries where it's pretty damn effective.
- brendoelfrendo 8mo agoThat assumes that the people who enforce the law want good people to be police officers, and that has never been the case. It is certainly not the case with our current ICE officers.
- trimethylpurine 8mo agoIt doesn't assume anything. It's literally what's happening right now. All of your neighbors don't want to steal all of your stuff. Think about the fact that this is only true in certain places, regardless of what laws exist. Laws have very little effect on criminal behavior. Your peers being cool people are all that really protects your safety and your property.
- SpaceNoodled 8mo agoSounds like the solution to crime is therefore to mitigate the factors that precipitate it. If people steal in order to meet their basic needs, then providing basic housing and medical care to all should see a reduction in crime.
- trimethylpurine 8mo agoI can agree. Now who will do the building and who will pay them to do it?
- titzer 8mo agoThe only thing that changes behavior is consequences.