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"Instead of catching real criminals and terrorists, we are arresting pensioners and disabled people calling for the saving of children's lives," said one Metropolitan Police officer.

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[-] Ougie@lemmy.world 47 points 6 days ago

So stop doing it then you fuckwits

[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

ACAB holy fuck.

If my boss told me at my job, I had to attack genocide protesters or I would be fired, I think I would rip out his jugular with my teeth and then quit

[-] porksnort@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 days ago

To be fair, cops have no other marketable skills, so rage quitting has more serious consequences than for normal people with transferable skills.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Fuck Israel, genocidal scum!

[-] MissKiwi@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago

quit your jobs then???

When confronted by protestors, do a 180, grab a sign, and join them. You were a human once upon a time. If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago

They can literally not do it...

Cops have an insane amount of power because they can just not do their job whenever they feel like it

[-] stsquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Your talking about their discretionary powers and that's not going to be relevant on a protest enforcement action where their senior officer in command will have laid out exactly what the criteria to arrest is.

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[-] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 week ago

If you're ashamed of the job you are doing, find a new job.

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[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

“Just following orders” you say? You could choose not to do it. You could choose to not participate in injustice. What you are doing is bad and you should feel bad for doing it.

Not a good policy for police to choose what laws to enforce.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

I take it you have some kind of experience of reporting a burglary and having them follow it up at all then?

That's more inability than unwillingness.

The whole point of protesting is visibility. The whole point of burglary is invisibility.

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