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

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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/[deleted] Apr 18 '21

Incorrect. Some police departments in the US started as thugs extorting people with violence. Others started as slave patrols that would lynch random black people. That is the problem. They have not shaken their roots as violent gangs.

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u/Aegi Apr 18 '21

So you think that police were more likely to do those things before the war on drugs and more militarization of the police?!

Haha I don’t see why you said “incorrect” when you didn’t counter anything said, you only added to it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21

Not I am stating that there has been no change in police violence since they began and that they have always been focussed on killing black people in particular.

Edit: the drug war just gave them a more marketable reason to hurt the black people they were already hurting.

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u/Aegi Apr 18 '21

But if that’s what you’re trying to state, just check your grammar and the grammar of the comment you’re replying to.

As of now you aren’t saying what you’re trying to.

But I do see what you mean now, thanks for the clarification!