Bordering? There’s a university whose police department has a fucking anti mine personnel carrier in my state. It was designed for wartime Baghdad not Columbus during Pax Americana, but there it is. As a white woman I’m scared of cops because there’s nobody less hesitant to kill than a scared cop, but I also know that they do hesitate to kill scared white women. They don’t hesitate to kill black people. They’re taught that if they’re scared and don’t respond with violence that’s how they die and we don’t punish that behavior, we just give them military equipment
Comment on After injecting cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients
Land_Strider@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Can’t wait for the GTA Online players to swat me in my home… wait we don’t have a SWAT that automatically kicks doors in without any question, so shove that threat up yours, hackers!
Jokes aside, the “swatting” being a term and applicable threat method is pretty sad. Especially when the duty officers responsible for your protection can be the ones that can put your life at risk with unverified reasons bordering institutional paranoia.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How black America has always seen police