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In the US, Europe and elsewhere, the S.O.P. is "Might makes right" => "We're going to beat the shit out of you if we feel like it, and there's nothing you can d
by midas007 13y ago
In the US, Europe and elsewhere, the S.O.P. is "Might makes right" => "We're going to beat the shit out of you if we feel like it, and there's nothing you can do about it. Oh and we're going to rob (whatever personal property or money is on you) too.* "
* This happens not in a "3rd-world country," but in the U.S. of A.
- vacri 13y agoJello Biafra speaks of his possessions being seized in a police raid in the 80s, and the sheriff's office sold them off before he even went to trial - this was (is?) legal in his county.
- pjc50 13y agoSome areas of the US are more "3rd-world country" than the people care to acknowledge. Mostly due to the legacy of colonialism. Economy based on manual labour for resource extraction or farming? Yup. History of racial conflict from the time of slavery? Yup. Poor rule of law linked to family and business corruption? Yup. Excessively violent policing as a result of those factors? Yup.
- brg 13y agoI dispute this claim. In the last two decades, the most high profile cases of police malfeasance are coming from LA and Seattle. These have nothing to do with colonialism, but with complete lack of oversight and responsibility.
- midas007 13y agoExactly. The pattern is: 1. cops do whatever they want 2. they become more and more emboldened 3. something awful happens to an "innocent" person 4. temporary measures are put in place 5. delay 10 6. goto 1