▲ 118 ▼ Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data (www.reuters.com) submitted 3 years ago by bboplifa@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 99nights@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Here in Australia, they are more like revenue collectors. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) They do that here in America too. And it's not just traffic tickets. Go watch the John Oliver episode about "civil forfeiture." The TLDR is that while you are not entitled to police protection, the police are entitled to your money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 99nights@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah but you guys cops are scary, like fear for my life scary, trigger finger maniacs with ego/power problems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) They do that here in America too. And it's not just traffic tickets. Go watch the John Oliver episode about "civil forfeiture." The TLDR is that while you are not entitled to police protection, the police are entitled to your money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 99nights@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah but you guys cops are scary, like fear for my life scary, trigger finger maniacs with ego/power problems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 99nights@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Yeah but you guys cops are scary, like fear for my life scary, trigger finger maniacs with ego/power problems. permalink fedilink source parent