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    13 hours ago

    to be fair they also do this for people who get threatened with rape or other forms of violence.

    oh wait no they don’t.

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    13 hours ago

    It’s so nice of the police to form a barrier to keep unsuspecting people from shopping at a Nazi store

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    16 hours ago

    The question would be if they would deploy so many police troops to your local, small business or if this is just a benefit of being an oligarch.

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      I haven’t seen evidence of police troops deployed like this to a small business so it’s logical to conclude it’s a benefit exclusive to oligarchs.

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      But with all the cops in one place, how are they going to get their quotas in?

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    This makes no sense other than politics…

    If you ignore politics, why would there ever need to be that many cops there like that?

    Like why isn’t 3 or 4 enough, or even 1 or 2?

    A presence to deter a problem makes sense, this is like a comedy sketch.

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    The problem is not they’re protecting a Tesla showroom. They should stop any and all possibilities of violence. That’s their job. The problem is that they wouldn’t show up for you or your neighborhood small business if they faced the same possibility of threat.

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      I also doubt that a dealership nested in an urban center is going to be targeted by arsons. They’re just there to stop vandalism, something the dealership could do themselves by hiring night guards. Instead, the tax payers are paying.

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    American tax payers dollars being diverted to support private organizations while its social services are being gutted.

    Musk is a Nazi, and the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.

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      10 hours ago

      My last comment on this:

      Nah, most likely Tesla money. Most often when you see police performing a “private” function like this they’re being paid by the requesting party.

      Just like cops escorting a funeral procession or directing traffic for a church or private school, they’re paid by whoever requested the service. Police departments are like any business. They got payroll to meet, obligations to cover, etc. They can’t just yank cops from their normal duties for shit like this. They use off-duty or “*retired” officers.

      Say what you will about capital hiring rent-a-cops, but they’re probably not doing this on our dime.

      * Buddy of mine was briefly a cop, could still strap on the uniform to escort a funeral or the like.

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        As much as your comment is the truth. It’ll get buried in the circle jerk of ACAB and the ignorance of your tax dollars at work crowd.

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      Shit, we’re paying 18 million of our tax dollars for fat Cheeto man to play golf.