• mholiv@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I don’t think so. I mean cops can be jerks but they’re really not dumb enough to just risk their jobs for $40 USD out of someone’s wallet. Let alone build a culture out of this.

    Civil forfeiture of greater than $1000 USD where that stuff gets documented and people have the prove the “innocence” of that money on the other had is another issue.

    Cops stopping people for cash just feels like a childish characterization. There are enough real problems with police to address (ie systematic racism and nepotism) no need to work with characterizations.

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      1 month ago

      I generally agree with you but have you not seen the news? They get away with killing innocent people illegally all the time. Do you think they’re actually afraid of getting in trouble over stealing 40 bucks?

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        1 month ago

        And that stuff is terrible. But I think it’s caused by systematic racism. (aka what we should actually worry about)

        Like the comic empathizes the wrong thing. It reduces valid concerns with police to the level of sovereign citizens.