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[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (4 children)
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[–] walktheplank@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They can even have gang tattoos and still don't get sent to the work camps.

1312! Fuck the police

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 3 points 1 day ago

The thin blue line flag is a gang sign. Also, police are necessary and (a lot of the time) earn their pay. We could go a long way in training them better and holding them to higher standards though. Let's start with not treating ID like crack, not escalating, using unnecessary violence, and actually respecting citizens' constitutional rights etc. Let's start with the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th but not forget all of the rest of them. Authoritarianism is cancer regardless of who is in power.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 32 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I really like how Brooklyn 99 addressed this at the end.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

B99 was a very good comedy that took place in an absolute fantasy world.

But hey, that's sitcoms for you. Nobody in Big Bang Theory has to spend a season wiggling out of date rape allegations. Nobody in 7th Heaven gets molested by a priest. Nobody in Cheers beats their spouse.

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[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, shows make cops look better than they are for sure, but they totally do the opposite by accident a lot too, just in stupider (and still realistic) ways

another murder? That's the 12th this month, Jimmy! We'd better start looking into this!

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[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 days ago (5 children)

What is r and why does it warrant investigation?

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Rope. Marijuana. It’s often censored on social media because algorithms refuse to promote anything controversial or violent. As a result, folks online have created euphemisms for it. Rather than saying “I’m smoking rope” you’ll often find people stating “I’m king grope” to avoid AI cancelation. Hope that helps.

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Hey, it's not always like that. Now they can also report the victims to ICE, which makes the problem go away much faster.

[–] _____@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Pretty much the worst thing about The Wire is that I can't get past cops giving a shit about anything

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's an odd take, since I think the show makes it pretty clear that it is a tiny minority of cops which actually gives a shit, and of those and even tinier minority are actually capable at their jobs and they are getting hassled about it from every senior officer all the while.

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

What? Have you actually seen the show? Most of the cops are assholes, especially up the chain of command who just want to make themselves look good. Several examples of them just wanting to close the case without caring about the truth.

It’s actually one of the reasons why I love the show so much. Even the “good cops” have their own issues to deal with.

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