Not sure why you expect that behavior to be a constant here on Hacker News. Lots of people on this site spend most of their lives working overtime-exempt salaried positions.

Personally, I started working when I was 14, and I've never been paid an hour of overtime at any of my service or technology jobs over the course of decades.

Milking overtime is the least concerning thing here, given that these guys are part of a group that is given guns, a license to use whatever violence they deem necessary against us, and preferential treatment under the law.

You're addressing the least serious criticism.

If you milking overtime is delaying the release of a person from jail, on garbage charges no less, I think it's time for a felony on the record and some custodial time.

Milking overtime specifically by prolonging someone's detention is a bit different ...