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      In the US, we have these dangerous things called no knock warrants for stupid shit like drugs.

      Often, they bust into a house on one of these, and just preemptively kill the dogs whether or not it was necessary and whether or not they find what they were looking for.

      Also often, they BREACH THE WRONG HOUSE and kill some unrelated person’s dog.

      I think the US had a good cop once, but the other cops shot em.

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        I think the US had a good cop once, but the other cops shot em.

        If I was a baddie and working with honest people, I’d remove them from my baddie club because they will fuck up my plans.

        ACAB, because the bastards chased out the good guys.

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          It’s true. I know one good cop, my cousin. He joined because he wanted to help protect people. He lasted two years before quitting due to the corruption and hypocrisy. He’s now an insurance salesman.

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            Damn, cop to insurance salesman! Does your cousin have a humiliation fetish?

            Edit: just a joke, guys.

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              Hah! I figured you were joking. He actually makes a decent income from selling and managing his accounts. It IS telling that he’d rather sell insurance than be a cop. If I had to choose between the two, I’d sell all my possessions and live in the forest.

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        I disagree but then again I’m not someone who has ever done drugs. I don’t regard the police as villains but there are some bad apples. I’m sure there are drug users who are also. And some of the drug dealers have guns, which is never a good situation.

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          “One bad apple spoils the bunch.”

          If you have 10,000 good cops, and 1,000 bad cops, you have 11,000 bad cops.

          Here’s the thing, a lot of people like to compare groups: cops vs druggies, cops vs gangbangers, cops vs antifa, etc.

          But of those groups:
          One was founded upon the finding and retrieval of slaves.
          One is paid for by taxes.
          One receives military augmentation via vehicles and weapons.
          One has a disproportionate kill rate amongst the general population of POC vs whites.
          One has an actual union + lobby.

          The police as they are are not a means to combat crime, they are a means to facilitate money for a very non-fair justice system that itself is rife with corruption.

          Edit: and while there are many cops who are “good people”, there are way more “good people” in other careers that don’t have carte blanche to kill.

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            It’s so weird how many people only use the first half of that phrase and use it to mean the exact opposite of what it means

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          Oh well if you don’t do drugs, you’re totally safe! Everyone knows police have never kicked down the wrong door, or drunkenly broken into the wrong apartment, or driven a tank into the wrong house and killed someone before checking to make sure they have the right address. They always knock politely and say, “excuse me, are you the drug dealer we’re looking for?” before shooting people and/or pets.

          🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄

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          I disagree but then again I’m not someone who has ever done drugs

          Your medal is in the mail.

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            THANK THE GOOD FUCKING LORD FOR THAT!! I can add it to my other gold medals for being the best person ever to exist! (And I really do have a medal for that).

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          A former cop posted on reddit (paraphrasing): 20% of cops are genuine heroes who got into the job to help people. 50% are just normal people there to do a job, get paid, go home. The other 30% are psychos who got into it specifically to abuse authority. That comment has always stuck with me.

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            The big thing is 70% support and enable the 30%. Those 20% are not genuine heroes if they protect rapists, thieves, racists, and violent criminals who abuse their authority. They are, at best, the lesser evil.

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          The “one bad apple spoils the bunch” axiom loses a lot of its meaning when you ignore the second half.

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            What’s so hard about living a life where you don’t have to be a criminal doing terrible things. I haven’t had to deal with the “law” because I believe in and follow them. I’ve had a great life and yes, it can be done. So why do people choose to wallow in muck if there’s a better option for them??? You don’t have to deal with it either if you want a better life.

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            WarmSoda and I have had a personal close relationship for years now. Her moniker “WarmSoda” is a reference to her love of “golden showers” - she likes being pissed on by men. She refers to herself as a natural “wide receiver,” if you know what I mean (wink wink!).

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      Police are one of the top reasons for dog deaths in America. There’s basically no recourse if police shoot your dog, because they can just claim it was aggressive and/or they were worried it would attack them. Dogs don’t have any legal rights as far as the law is concerned, so there’s basically nothing the general public can do if the police kill your dog.

      If you ever need to call the police to your house, the first thing you should do while you wait for them to arrive is to put as many locks between the police and your dog(s) as possible. Put their kennels in a locked room, if possible. Because if the police come into direct contact with them, there’s a very good chance that the dog won’t survive. Even if your dog is 100% friendly.