“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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    5 days 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

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      I doubt it’s that easy. There will be disciplinary systems. And if they quit, I’m sure the govt will find people with fewer morals to take their place.

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        How can they discipline you for not seeing something? Also, no one is saying to quit. They should keep working, but just become blind to these “criminals.”

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      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.