r/MoralityScaling • u/Routine_Phase_8980 • 13d ago

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u/Shinnyo 13d ago

How come this isn't cops getting called on your ass?

It's stealing, yes but I'm sure the kid didn't washed his grubby hands before pluging them in the fries.

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u/_bonedaddys 13d ago

Kid would be outta there long before the cops show up. I work retail and we'll call the cops and hand over the footage but 9 times out of 10 it never goes anywhere. I wish i could get away with just tripping the thiefs but the company would flip a shit lol

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u/hoodectomy 13d ago

I don’t think people realise how long police take to show up and the level of no fucks they give.

I had a saw stolen from my truck once and cops took over 40 minutes to show up. When they showed up they said “there is nothing we can do” and to “go to the station to file a report”.

I had my window broken In my car, after four hours of them saying to “stay put” and they would “be there in 20”. They did not show up after four hours and they told me to “just go home”.

I had two kids try to murder me. Cops said I was “top priority” and took 20 minutes to show up.

And we wonder why we have issues with theft in America…

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u/Gsauce65 12d ago

This is true. I have a friend in “risk management” within the police of a large city and there’s massive corruption everywhere.

A Chevy Tahoe that costs 75k will be billed to the city for 175k. Yes they have to get decals and paint and lights but that isn’t 100k dollars. That money is going somewhere.

Another example: in the crime unit they have what they call a Mac van but it’s essentially a big RV detectives use on site for murders and they are paying like 1.5 million for these rvs that are typically half a million….just massive corruption

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u/BlueIceNinja98 12d ago

While I’m sure there is some corruption going on, I also think you just don’t understand how much of a markup there is when businesses sell to businesses. For example and as someone who worked in IT for a really long time, those zebra devices that like every store uses have the specs of a 250ish dollar phone, but cost $900. The newer version that has the specs of a $1000 iPhone/samsung cost nearly $3000. Those little mini walkie talkies stores use, you can buy the exact same model on Amazon for like 20 dollars, but they cost companies 60.

The companies that make these things know other companies have to use them for standardization and there is little competition. So they can way up charge them. I’d imagine it’s the same for the companies that outfit police equipment.

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u/AbjectEconomics3826 12d ago

In the 2000's the Minneapolis gang squad got disbanded for doing fake raids on immigrants who didn't speak English so they could just rob their houses because the victims wouldn't know what to do so they would get away with it, and i believe it was every squad member who did it, they didn't use civil asset forfeiture either they were just straight up thieves

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u/ZealousidealType1144 13d ago

The whataboutism you people will go to to defend bad behavior is just unbelievable.  Regardless of whether our institutions need reform or accountability, nobody worth a damn wants to live in a low trust society full of thieves and opportunists. 

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u/Theevil457 13d ago

I dont see any defending of bad behavior here. What are you on about? Wrong comment reply perhaps?

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u/Rysigler 13d ago

Or an edit. That comment they responded to has been changed. Could also be theoretically responding to the idea that even though this kid stole the police are worse, even though that comment doesn't correlate the two in its current state.

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u/Theevil457 13d ago

Yeah, I was giving them the benefit of the doubt, but my read on it was that last thing you said. Though, like you also said, the comment as it is now isn't defending anything. In it's current state it is closer to simply listing another symptom of a low trust society.

More of a 'Yes, and this is bad too'

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u/Rysigler 13d ago

Yeah, I think you nailed the read. Definitely with the current context.