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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by linuxftw on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:53PM (#23394706)
How do you think citizens feel? I consider anyone and everyone potentially armed and potentially a threat, yet I'm not blowing people away in the streets. Sounds like police need to change their tactics. Seems like society needs to change their expectations on what police are doing on a day to day basis.

Are criminal penalties too harsh? If you're looking at 25-life for a conviction, aren't you going to resist being apprehended with as much force as possible?

Unfortunately for us, democracy ensures idiots elect idiot politicians who employ idiot, evil police.

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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by tripzilch on Friday June 05, 2020 @11:24AM (#23429592)
Of course your penalties are too harsh. Not just the lengths either. Your prisons are simply awful places. Prison rape is so common it has its own trope. (and people joke about it, disgustingly)

And there's so much more wrong than just the rape thing. Just google "amnesty us prison" if you need more examples.

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