Comment on Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents

• ReCursing@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am also in the UK. The police are a bunch of bullies. The fact they are not routinely armed means they murder less people than in other countries but don't think for a second they are anything other than bastards

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some British police forces are routinely armed, and use firearms significantly less than their American counterparts

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    • ReCursing@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      America is an outlier at the high end. Doesn't change the fact we must assume all cops are bastards. There may be a few good apples who ruin the barrel, but one bad one can absolutely ruin your life on a whim with no comeback on them, so we assume they're bastards to protect ourselves

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not everyone has the lack of accountability America has. Being a cop doesn’t make you a bastard.

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