• grue@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I don’t blame the police, they know their jobs are on the line also.

    You should absolutely blame the police, because they had every opportunity to choose a career other than being an oppressor.

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      7 months ago

      Not even just that, in the situation above the cops seem to have had multiple chances to show some compassion and empathy. I highly doubt it’s actually against the law for you to buy someone else a ticket. Do your kids have to work to earn the money to buy their own ticket to ride with you?

      What if you just slipped them some dollars. Or just - say “hey you, here’s that 20 I owe you from last week”.

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      7 months ago

      You actually believe the solution is that there are no police officers? And that would help poor people?

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      7 months ago

      Well I don’t see police as oppressors, except in cases where they unfairly hurt someone. And that’s not the rule, that’s really the exception despite what the media would have you believe. If you’ve ever worked or had family who worked in policing, you’d see why i say that.