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Re:With cops away, it’s like Capitol Hill is slipping back t... by gluoneone on Sunday July 12, 2020 @10:59PM (#23816744)
The great news for business owners in Seattle’s CHOP zone is that they get to pay for two protection services: one is from the city which is nonexistent. The other is from the private service.

So I guess, very similar to central america

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Re:With cops away, it’s like Capitol Hill is slipping back t... by Thorentis on Sunday July 12, 2020 @11:03PM (#23816759)
Yeah, if you pay taxes and are within the CHOP zones, do you get a refund because you didn't get the law enforcement services you paid for? Completely ridiculous that this CHOP thing has been allowed to continue for so long. No other group could simply seize control of part of a city and behave like a gang.
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Re:With cops away, it’s like Capitol Hill is slipping back t... by catalogia on Sunday July 12, 2020 @11:28PM (#23816873)
> do you get a refund because you didn't get the law enforcement services you paid for?

Maybe if you get in on the class action lawsuit against the city. There's no duty to protect (which is absurd, but apparently how this country works), but the premise of the lawsuit is that the city did worse than merely failing to protect.

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Re:With cops away, it’s like Capitol Hill is slipping back t... by sneak on Monday July 13, 2020 @12:13AM (#23817102)
Under the law, your taxes do not guarantee you any law enforcement or protection by the government.

This is a common misconception that people hold.

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Re:With cops away, it’s like Capitol Hill is slipping back t... by yarrel on Sunday July 12, 2020 @11:24PM (#23816854)
Wait 'til you hear about the police!
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