Comment on Why is having a lawyer present during police interviews "opt in" rather than "opt out"?
pneumatron@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoSo obviously there’s not really a solution to being murdered. Licking all the boots in the universe isn’t bringing you back from the dead. Or make you unraped/unrobbed/unkidnapped for that matter. Police presence may be a deterrent, but definitely not a solution.
So lol I guess the delusion is that cops make you safe. The harsh reality in the US is that if you’re not white there’s a non-zero chance that that same cop is gonna kill you or put your life and future in danger in a real real way.
Zealousideal_Fox_900@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I should have said, I’m Australian. When I was assaulted in my own home by feral kids (really bad neighborhood), the police were there within 20 minutes, and all three got taken to Child Services (yeah that kind of neighborhood where the parents aren’t really anywhere.) When I was assaulted in public, near a tram stop, two Authorised Officers (Rail Police type thing, but not armed, only handcuffs) got the people responsible for it, and they were transferred to the police. I was told by an obviously unwell person that they would stab me and my eyes out. Authorised Officer removed them from the train. I could go on. I’m from a country where this isn’t such an issue with police being violent towards anyone. (If someone here wants to bring up what happened recently in the Northern Territory, it’s pretty obvious how that was started, and I have no intention of having an argument with you. Coles sucks, but that man got physical first with the employee.)