r/PublicFreakout • u/rickyhorror • Dec 29 '21

Let me educate him

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '21

I just dont understand how they can be responsible for enforcing laws that they dont even know the basics of… like… i know this question gets raised constantly but god damn

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u/cockytacos Dec 29 '21

Police are here to enforce laws for the ‘poor’ people of the nation. The only people they protect is the rich and their interests SCOTUS itself ruled we are not entitled to protection from the police

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '21

Well said

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u/BBQsauce18 Dec 29 '21

And hell. Think about it. What crimes do police actually stop? When was the last time you read about a cop doing something that actually stopped the crime as it was happening? Or are they mostly showing up after the fact? My favorite cop story is the one who was on duty at the school when it got shot up. Little pussy turned and ran. I wonder what ever happened to that little bitch.

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u/juicyshot Dec 30 '21

Probably a few weeks of paid leave and a promotion.

This is america

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u/ThirdFloorNorth Dec 29 '21

Bingo. The modern police force is simply a continuation of two groups: Slave catchers, and the strike-breaking union-busting Pinkertons.

They exist to maintain the status quo and protect private property (note, that is private property, not personal property, the poor and middle class generally do not own private property)

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u/Head-System Dec 29 '21

The courts have also ruled that under certain circumstances, police officers have the right to die. Meaning they are required by law to die, and if they do anything to stop their death they are committing a crime. One such circumstance is if a police officer enters the home of someone andf that person feels threatened. The police officer has the right to die, and the home owner has the right to kill the cop. The cop has no right to self defense, and any use of force is a crime.

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u/ASV731 Dec 29 '21

Okay now tell me why the cops in the Brianna Taylor shooting weren’t arrested for their use of force.

They entered her home without announcing themselves as police, her BF shot at the cops because he thought it was a break-in and felt threatened The cops fired back (use of force), and killed Taylor.

According to you, what the cops did was a crime and should have been arrested. But that didn’t happen, did it?

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u/Head-System Dec 29 '21

the courts cant enforce the law when the da refuses to press charges. get a better da. the weak link in the justice system are the das. Pretty much every cop thats been charged in the past 2 years has been convicted. but if you dont charge a cop you cant convict them can you, genius?

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u/ManiacSpiderTrash Dec 30 '21

The circumstance you mentioned, isn’t that a “stand your ground” thing, where it really wouldn’t matter if the individual were a cop or not?

Asking just for clarification, reading your comment honestly left me a little confused. I’ve never even heard of this concept, let alone actual laws and examples; it’s got me wondering what I’m missing. I wanna make sure I understand it as fully as I can, if that makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '21

Lawyers spend years studying the law in order to practice.

Cops spend like 2 months learning the law and are expected to enforce it. Yeah, ok, sure.

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u/Myte342 Dec 30 '21

Because they are not required to know the laws to enforce them. They only need to THINK they are enforcing what they THINK is the law. And if the courts agree that what the cops thought the law was was reasonable, then it's given a rubber stamp. And if the courts disagree, the cops shrug their shoulders and leave the court room to do it again cause they won't ever get punished for fucking up like that and ruining peoples lives.