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minus-squareAreaKode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down1·5 days ago“There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” -Commander William Adama
minus-squareAlexLost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·5 days agoWell see, in America, the police do not serve and protect the people, so the disconnect started long ago. This has always been the plan.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoIn America, police exist to catch fugitive slaves and break labor strikes. That’s literally what they were initially created to do.
minus-squareAlexLost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI know what the police are. Thanks. I literally said as much, just framing it in the context of what I replied to.
“There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” -Commander William Adama
Well see, in America, the police do not serve and protect the people, so the disconnect started long ago. This has always been the plan.
In America, police exist to catch fugitive slaves and break labor strikes. That’s literally what they were initially created to do.
I know what the police are. Thanks. I literally said as much, just framing it in the context of what I replied to.