Re:Outcry as Australian police search public broadcaster
by xenospn on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:38PM
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I think the real problem here is that police, as an organization, has the power to inflict real and considerable harm on those that try to "get in the way". They're not doing sanitation or driving your bus - they can ruin your life or just kill you.
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Re:Outcry as Australian police search public broadcaster
by _bxg1 on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:47PM
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Agreed. There's an elevated responsibility to be more than just "normal people" when you have a gun and a badge. I don't think it's fair to paint in broad strokes, but I do think it's fair to hold police to a higher standard, especially when it comes to tribalism. When it becomes "us vs them" and "us" has guns and state-sanctioned authority, that's a problem.