Comment on People often say "Don't talk to the police", but what if a friend, neighbor, or a loved one gets kidnapped and you want to help the victim?

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• BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  In Greece, last year, a woman asked the police to accompany her to her house because she was suspecting her ex was following her and was gonna hurt her and they told her “the patrol car is not a taxi”.

  Soon after she was stabbed to death by her ex…

  Police can’t really be trusted. It is also likely that they might turn on the victim.

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• wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The Dark History Of Saskatoon’s ‘Starlight Tours’ In Which Police Leave Indigenous People To Freeze To Death

  Since at least 1976, police have picked up Indigenous men, women, and boys, then left them miles outside the city on sub-zero winter nights, leading to what’s known as the Saskatoon freezing deaths.

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Saskatoon isn’t the US.

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    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes that’s the point. I’m replying to one one who thinks this is only an issue in the US.

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        They asked if cops in the us are that bad and you responded with an article about a Canadian city.

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• Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Are the cops in the US really that bad? Not all, but yes. And since it’s impossible to know if the one cop you talk to is that bad, or covers for someone who is, best to assume they all are.

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• lusterko@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I work as an interpreter, and sometimes I have to work with the US/UK police. They aren’t as evil as people make it seem. Yes, there are some assholes and idiots, but most of the time they’re trying to be nice and helpful.

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  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The problem is that the organizations themselves are corrupt and these “nice and helpful” cops will side with said corrupt organization and the piece of shit criminal cops they protect 99 times out of 100.

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• MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It depends. Location, race, social status, and luck determine what kind of experience someone gets

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  • anachrohack@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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    • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nah - usually stolen cars are just taken for a joyride or something, and then are left on a random street. Eventually someone will report an abandoned vehicle or a cop will pull up to give them a parking ticket, they’ll run the plates, and you’ll get a notification that they found your car.

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• BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Are the cops in the US really that bad?

  News items are news because they are rare. The US amplifies it’s negatives in search of eyeballs and in search of fixing problems. The average officer is average, not the extreme you see on the news.

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  • HiddenLychee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah but whenever multiple cops show up to a scene, there’s almost always one bad cop there. Then the “average” cops don’t do a thing to stop the bad one, and you end up with a bunch of bad cops.

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• Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well. Are you white and cis-passing?

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  • Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    cis-passing?

    What does this mean?

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    • Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Basically “Not looking like you are transgender”.

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• Aitolda@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  offered snacks

  You had me at “offered snacks”

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