• ReCursing@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    I am also in the UK. The police are a bunch of bullies. The fact they are not routinely armed means they murder less people than in other countries but don’t think for a second they are anything other than bastards

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      7 months ago

      Some British police forces are routinely armed, and use firearms significantly less than their American counterparts

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        7 months ago

        America is an outlier at the high end. Doesn’t change the fact we must assume all cops are bastards. There may be a few good apples who ruin the barrel, but one bad one can absolutely ruin your life on a whim with no comeback on them, so we assume they’re bastards to protect ourselves

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          7 months ago

          Not everyone has the lack of accountability America has. Being a cop doesn’t make you a bastard.

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            7 months ago

            There is not nearly enough accountability in the UK. Reread the last sentence of my previous post for clarification

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              7 months ago

              The police here rarely draw their personal protection weapons nevermind use them

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                7 months ago

                Really not the point I am making, my dude. My point is that we must assume that all police are bastards for OUR OWN protection, not that they routinely murder people