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[-] Altomes@lemm.ee 149 points 3 months ago

Imagine being able to refuse a breath test without getting the shit beat out of you

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 32 points 3 months ago

I still remember this time the mayor of this town was drunk driving, and they decided to go ahead and arrest him for it. They were able to get the charges to stick thanks to the bodycam footage.

I was shocked and appalled at his entitlment. I expected him to expect to be left off the hook, but the way he was acting. No whining, begging, or pleading. He just stood firm and calm as he reprimanded the police and demanded they get the chief immediately...

He really came off as though he genuinely believed the cops were the ones breaking the rules and getting in trouble for arresting him, or even stopping him, not himself...

For the rich and privileged it's a whole different ball game.

[-] andyburke@fedia.io 7 points 3 months ago

He wasn't a cop: mayors take notice.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

They don't Isuzu beat you anymore, but lots of states have a law that part of having a driver's license is consent to a breath test, so if you refuse they revoke your license.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

Either have to be rich or a bootlicker. Presumably some people can be both.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

friendly fire is generally frowned upon

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 105 points 3 months ago
[-] kugel7c@feddit.org 11 points 3 months ago

Also fuckcars

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

and they wanted to make one the president

[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago
[-] zaph@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

If you get paid to put people in jail, you're a cop. Prosecutors are cops.

[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

So... are judges cops? Are juries cops?

[-] zaph@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Jurors are performing their civic duty. Judges are pretty much cops.

[-] Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 3 months ago

An (ex) friend of mine refused a breathalyzer when a county sheriff found him sleeping behind the wheel in a parking lot after a day of drinking. Because he refused the test the county revoked his license.

Meanwhile this cop hits a child and nothing happens.

Note to self: if I'm going to commit a crime make sure I'm a cop first.

[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Make sure you’re a cop and do it with a car. You’ll probably have a greater chance of receiving compensation for the ‘trauma’ you suffered than face any criminal consequences.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Or use a gun. Or throw a flash bang into a crib. Or start a fire with a flash bang. So many ways to get away with murder when you’re a cop.

Actually…literally almost every way. Choking, beating, shooting, running over, blowing up…cops are fuckin murderers. Fuck the fucking police.

[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

You’ll probably/almost certainly get off if you use those methods but, you might have to face paid leave or desk duty first. With a car you can get right back to shooting dogs the very next day.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

It's great because when they call the cops you just say "already at the scene, boys; nothing to see here – all good 'n' dandy, Sandy"

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 68 points 3 months ago

They break up union strikes but their own union is above the law.

Cops are a gang

[-] mhague@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you go to anti union propaganda sites you get the most tame accusations you've ever heard. Embezzlement! Using your dues for leftist causes! Holy shit!

And then there's "police union" where you consistently get "cop gets bored; kills family of 5. City ordered to lick his taint and pay $5,000,000 after trying to fire him."

[-] Zess@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

It's an actual mob. You pay dues to the bosses and they break the law to protect you.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Always has been.🔫

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago

So when do we charge this man with terrorism?

[-] randomdeadguy@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

Union? That's what their union is for?

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago

Yep! The police union is anti union. It's a bit strange, for sure.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Well mainly their Union is for busting real unions.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

The only union Right Wingers believe in is the Police OFficer's union

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 24 points 3 months ago

"Idiocracy is a documentary."

No mother fucker, The Boys is a fucking documentary

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

It would be nice if equal protection under the law applied to cops as well

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

So the responding officers were fired for not collecting evidence, right? Right?

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Fuck you, Suffolk county. You and your people suck worse than Nassau, and that's fucking saying something.

Don't come to the city with your shitty driving and low quality people.

[-] hemmes@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Suffolk county res here, can confirm

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Sorry dude. Love the beaches and Montauk but had pretty bad times trying to be friendly with people out there.

[-] hemmes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

North side of the island is friendlier and the Hamptons are friendly. South side is pretty crazy. Like giant Trump flags and huge paper mache maga hats on giant trucks crazy.

[-] stinky@redlemmy.com 9 points 3 months ago

Me, a progressive: "No more cops"

Lemmy users: "Villain! We need moderate change to the existing system! Not a new one! Who would protect us from the marauding gangs of evildoers in my backyard?"

Me, a progressive: "Don't you think--"

Lemmy users: "FUCK YOU FA&&&&&"

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

tell me about it. lol

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

what parts of lemmy are you even browsing? People are anti-cop pretty much everywhere I've seen

[-] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 3 months ago

Literally scroll up my dude

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

the fuck are you talking about

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Where I live it's illegal to refuse a drug driving test

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Illegal for us plebs. Not for off duty cops

[-] Gluca23@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago
[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

... your own

[-] giacomo@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

when these cops gonna start wearing masks?

[-] 1234567ATEUP@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

So, real question, since it isn't stated: Half naked 2 year old Kid, Off his leash, built from gummy bears, was trying to pick a fight with liquor-fueled cop car? ...and no one thought to blame it on all the empty liquor bottles that tried to run.

[-] statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

IIRC, he rear-ended the shit out of a small car with his giant pickup truck while well over the speed limit. There were two kids in the back seat.

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