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The Jungle 1

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10. Law enforcement in this nation is a big mess.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #5)

Sat May 28, 2022, 08:37 AM

May 2022

First off they do not even relate to us. Police believe they are superior Americans.
We have more people in jail than any country in the world.
We are a free nation until the police get mad at you.

I had a dispute with a neighbor who was surveying their property. Pa does not have right of entry laws for surveyors. So the most upsetting part of the whole minor dispute was to realize that the local police know me by name. I thought I was keeping a lower profile. One local police department shot and killed a man who was in handcuffs. Another shot a man in a holding cell. No charges in either case. I am not happy that the police know me.

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2005 SCOTUS decision: Police have discretion, no obligation, over whether or not to stop a killer. [View all] DetlefK May 2022 OP

Well that will cause some self-arming citizens to take notice bucolic_frolic May 2022 #1

This policy is directly incompatible with "qualified immunity" Orrex May 2022 #2

this mopinko May 2022 #5

... Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #6

Law enforcement in this nation is a big mess. The Jungle 1 May 2022 #10

i ended up on the crazy lady list. mopinko May 2022 #20

Sounds horrific Marthe48 May 2022 #17

it was, but mopinko May 2022 #21

Good for you Marthe48 May 2022 #22

I'm surprised no one has challenged qualified immunity with this argument Novara May 2022 #12

This SCOTUS is no longer befitting of Article 3. ck4829 May 2022 #3

The Gonzales case was a 7-2 opinion. madaboutharry May 2022 #4

The police are there to protect property of the wealthy, sinkingfeeling May 2022 #9

Your headline is 100% correct. The Jungle 1 May 2022 #13

Remind me again why we are paying these useless bullies and murderers niyad May 2022 #7

If the police are not required to protect, we are not required to have police forces sanatanadharma May 2022 #8

This is an excellent observation. harumph May 2022 #16

And that's one reason we as a nation are armed to the teeth NickB79 May 2022 #11

What an absolutely ridiculous SCOTUS ruling. llmart May 2022 #14

"dark truth: Such a lawsuit is almost certainly doomed from the get-go." BumRushDaShow May 2022 #15

Their role is rooted in protecting capital, chasing people escaping slavery, and oppressing WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #18

So police are just people in uniform Marthe48 May 2022 #19