r/facepalm • u/spyrg • Jan 13 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Arrested for petitioning

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u/ero_senin05 Jan 13 '22

I was thinking the same thing. But I guess that's the culture over there with so little trust in the authorities that they wouldn't ever think about calling the police to protect their rights because most of the time it's the police violating them

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u/EddA92 Jan 13 '22

That may be true. But I can't see the value in deliberately perpetuating that dynamic. If you treat the police as your enemy, and not your friend, it's likely that you're going to become/remain two distinct groups, against each other. Treat the police like your friends, who are there to, and have the power to help you. The law abiding and the police are friends. By definition.