Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoMan busted for carrying Master Sword from Zelda in the streetwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1331arrow-down118cross-posted to: andfinally@feddit.uk
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minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·3 days agoPolice has that discretion and it is ripe for abuse.
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoThat why there is the advice to “only do one crime at a time” I guess!
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoThe term crime lost a lot of its meaning somewhere between 10 commandments and now… I guess dude committed a crime here but most people prolly would not really care. While others commit bigger crimes and we care, nothing gets done.
minus-squareddh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIf you have lots of crimes on the books and police have enforcement discretion, that’s a recipe for targeting whoever they want.
Police has that discretion and it is ripe for abuse.
That why there is the advice to “only do one crime at a time” I guess!
The term crime lost a lot of its meaning somewhere between 10 commandments and now…
I guess dude committed a crime here but most people prolly would not really care.
While others commit bigger crimes and we care, nothing gets done.
If you have lots of crimes on the books and police have enforcement discretion, that’s a recipe for targeting whoever they want.