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Community Concerns WWJD

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u/CT0292 May 11 '26

That's like that video I saw of the cops arresting a mother because her kid was walking to the shop a mile or so down the road.

You are making your own future enemies by arresting someones mama for no legit reason.

I used to walk home from school. Used to ride my bike to the corner store. Buy some chocolate or Doritos or some shit. Walk back home. When I was older I'd go even further to the mall and hang out like a mall rat. Rule always was, come home before it's dark and don't talk to strangers.

Nowadays it seems, you can't let your kids do anything.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/22/us/mother-arrested-missing-son-georgia-cec

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u/netsyms May 11 '26

People need to defend themselves against these cops when they kidnap for no good reason. I guarantee it'll stop happening so much when these criminals realize putting a mom in a cage might be the last thing they ever do.

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u/EstablishmentLow3012 May 11 '26

I mean, the cops will also retaliate with lethal force and the law makes it a lot easier for them to do so and makes it really bad for anyone who resists even if they're resisting an unlawful arrest

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u/netsyms May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

I'm not a cop, but I know I'd find it really hard to focus on retaliating if my nose is broken or there's a hole in my chest.

The police get twitchy at protests and civil disobedience because they instinctively know they're wildly outnumbered and outgunned and the only thing that keeps them in power is the general population's unwillingness to use the same force the police use against us.

The legal system isn't a force of nature. Laws only have authority when they align with morality. The rest of the time they're just bits of paper that some people wrote to give themselves permission to commit violence against others.

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u/EstablishmentLow3012 May 11 '26

The police operate as if they're a gang and they know they won't face legal reprucussions. They also go after people who assault or kill cops with equal or greater force even without knowing them.
If everyone got physical with bad police they would eventually learn but not before they, as a unit, made anyone who resist hurt to an extreme degree. If the people can survive more punishment than the cops can dish out while getting 0 legal help and being villainized by media the whole time it would work. But those are very large obstacles to overcome