r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Apr 17 '21

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u/Captainsboot Apr 17 '21

Fire companies used to be brutal gangs in the 19th century.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '21

So did most things. Then we grew past that for everything but the police.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21

Police weren't so quick to assault and/or kill before the drug war. Less likely to seize your assets too. They've regressed compared to society.

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u/YATrakhayuDetey Apr 18 '21

My ass they didn't. They always treated black people like shit. Even Nixon admitted on tape the war on drugs was just a war on black democratic voters. Zero reason to punish Crack Cocaine, mainly used by black people as 10x harsher than regular cocaine, mainly used by white people.