• Mango@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Maybe you would have an okay time since your police is not militarized like ours. Ours scare the shit out of us.

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      22 days ago

      Police here are also often using excessive force, especially on indigenous people, or people having a mental health crisis. Which can be intense injuries or death, and they seem immune to consequences. Thankfully our general citizens have not yet shown that level of aggression towards each other.

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          22 days ago

          Some cities have armoured vehicles but that has faced defunding, because it is a stupid waste of resources

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            22 days ago

            They paid new York cops literally $50m to stop fare dodgers because the subway was $200k down in missed fares.