When I was born in the 80s, police drove 1982 Crown Victoria’s with a turbo.
When I graduated high school in the 2000s, they drove 1982 crown Victoria’s with a turbo.
Then, sometime during the Iraq war, these motherfuckers started getting brand fucking new Ford explorers, Ford f150s… Every couple years.
Of course we fucking hate you, stop stealing our money for toys you don’t need. Why don’t you tell us about the new array of artillery in the trunk?
My local force recently bought a used armoured personnel carrier (APC) for $100,000 which didn’t go over well with the community. They posted a message explaining they were coming up on fiscal year end and had excess budget they wanted to use up so their budget wouldn’t be reduced next year. That didn’t really help.
It’s mostly used to park next to public events. Arts in the Park? Don’t worry! We got an APC here to protect you! Weekly farmers market? Don’t worry! The APC is here! Sometimes the emergency response team (our version of swat) will also put out a table with all their rifles and gear so they can look cool in front of any teenagers in attendance. It’s weird.
Unfortunately, it seems like most people not on Lemmy are with them.
This is highly questionable evidence, but I’ve noticed more anti police messages in graffiti and restroom walls. And I don’t get weird looks when I say “police shouldn’t exist” anymore.
Red state?
Even red states hate police, as long as they’re hurting white guys, that is.
Ehhh purple-ish state.
Why’s he oinking (confusedly)?
Cause they dont let smart folks become pigs.
It’s not common (and I would argue IQ tests have limited value) but I feel like I should remind everyone this actually happened
If officers are too smart they might start to think minorities are also people and that kids should be protected. We obviously can’t be having that in America
Or maybe during their “Killology” training (yes really) one of them might say “Wait, this is insane bullshit. And has this trainer even seen a gun before?!”
I saw at the end the plaintiff became a prison guard. It’s been over 20 years now, i would be interested to see how long he stuck with it seeing how their whole thing was about smart people quitting the force
The elites are cultivating an us vs them culture, but the cops aren’t masterminding it.
Yea but they LOVE to fall for it. At a certain point, a useful idiot still becomes an enemy combatant.
most people are against you (them)
That has not been my experience, but it’s subjective right? I live in a conservative area. So also generally pro our current law enforcement system.
I don’t know why I expected a cat meme here…
