• callouscomic@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      Well, in small rural places where sometimes the sheriff is your cousin and the judge is your uncle, you can get away with a lot.

      And I’m speaking from an actual event that occurred to a family member. (They married into that situation)

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      6 months ago

      When I was in college and delivering pizzas the cops let us speed so long as we “donated” pizzas to the office every Friday. I don’t think they care about road safety unless it’s time to meet quotas.

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        6 months ago

        Cops don’t care about road safety. They’re playground bullies with guns who get to terrorise the people who actually passed high school, as long as they protect Capital from protests and uprisings, and keep black people beneath white people in the social order by catching slaves for the prisons.

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          6 months ago

          Glad I asked, I found the story believable for that same reason but wasn’t sure if you were sarcastic.

          Traffic cops could be a huge help to social order, but nah, rather just be petty tyrants who bring cash into the city via the laziest means of ticketing possible.