Lansing Police Claim 'Unfortunate Misunderstanding' in Arrest of 12-Year-Old Child While He Taking Out the Trash Because He Matched the Description
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Tashawn Bernard, 12, was detained by Lansing police officers while he was taking out the garbage in a video clip that has drawn criticism on social media.
    • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      If you’re a member of a criminal organisation you’re a criminal. It doesn’t matter whether you personally commit any crimes or not.

      • Cheshire@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Now that’s just not fair. Criminals actually risk getting in trouble for breaking the law.

        Also, gangs usually work in their own neighborhoods, while cops rarely work in the places they live.

        Police are much closer to an occupying army than a criminal organization. (And that’s before the literal militarization of their equipment.)

          • Cheshire@feddit.de
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            1 year ago

            I mean, I mostly just wanted to humorously dunk on cops, but if you want an actual argument:

            Cops have an entire TV genre dedicated to propaganda in their favor, which can lead otherwise decent people to believe that they aren’t that bad and join up.

            So, it’s possible for a person to be both a decent person and a cop… but not for long. It can’t last since they soon either stop being decent, stop being cops, or have “accidents”. But can good cops exist? Yes, if only for a short.

            (And I’m intentionally using “decent/good person” rather than “not a criminal” because what’s criminal and what’s immoral are two separate things. Cops can use asset forfeiture as essentially a form of highway robbery, but doing so is technically not illegal, and thus not criminal.)