130 points

With Mangione’s action having the “capability to inspire a variety of extremists and grievance-driven malicious actors to violence,” the NYPD encouraged companies to increase precautions and security for executives.

Isn’t this straight up saying that Mangione is the assassin? Obviously innocent until proven guilty has always been bullshit, but where’s the bare minimum “alleged” at?

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48 points

Psh, those low quality NYPD shitrags never gave a fuck about integrity. The uniform is just a costume.

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38 points

The whole idea of parading suspects in front of the media is a mockery of the principle.

Fuck the NYPD.

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22 points

That does seem rather reckless of ABC News.

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I tried looking through how to email them to request a correction but it looks like you have to download their app just to contact them.

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91 points

Extremely gross that they’re putting this much effort into protecting only the rich, But completely unsurprising. I don’t understand why SO MANY Americans are just completely accepting of this obvious favoritism.

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Police have only ever protected the rich. That was why they were created. Check out all the union-busting they were involved in on behalf of Henry Ford, among others. The Dollop has a few good episodes on the topic.

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Only the rich? Do police not come when you call 911?

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70 points

If you were killed in the same manner as Thompson, your killer would never be found.

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Regular old people get murdered all the time. Sometimes in targeted assassinations. The killers get caught all the time.

The cops spend nowhere near this amount of resources, obviously, but saying the killer would never be found is nonsense.

Prisons are not filled with murderers who have only been convicted of murdering the wealthy.

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41 points

Genuinely? I’ve reported multiple thefts over the years, never had any of it returned. Had to get a bike that was stolen from me (with my full name engraved) back by literally stealing it back from the person I knew stole it in the first place.

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No, they fucking don’t. When I came home to a burgler actively in my fucking apartment I called 911 and the police didn’t show up for four fucking hours.

The US has absolutely awful police forces with terrible incentives.

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Oftentimes no. The last couple of times I called nobody showed up. Granted, the last time I was actively trying to avoid them coming because it was a mental health issue (a naked homeless dude spouting nonsense) but there was still never any follow up. The previous time my wife was cornered in her office at work but some random guy who exposed himself to her. The police never sent anyone or even called back.

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19 points

If you’re not rich you have to worry about them killing you and/or everybody else at the location.

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13 points

And if if they don’t shoot you, odds are they’ll do fuck all with your case.

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15 points

Are you not American or just completely oblivious to the current US police problem?

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15 points

That heavily depends on your location.

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Once I called them because two guys were beating up a homeless guy. they never showed. They called three hours later and asked if I still needed them to drop by. Their stated policy says that they will show up within 15 minutes if people are in danger. I guess homeless people aren’t people.

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I mean, they do, sometimes, if there is an immediate danger or ongoing crime.

… And they might just barge into the wrong apartment and shoot your neighbor to death.

Or shoot you or your dog to death.

Sometimes they all show up and form a perimeter around an ongoing crime scene and then proceed to let the criminal go around murdering children for an hour, despite massively out numbering and out gunning him, and then spend weeks and months lying about doing exactly that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting

Oh you had a break in and your stuff was stolen?

Oh you got mugged and the guy ran away?

Oh your car was stolen?

I mean… sure, the police will show up and write a report…

Investigate anything? Recover your stolen stuff?

Pff, nah.

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4 points

Yes, but only to shoot your dog.

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“UnitedHealthcare killed everyday people for the sake of profit. As a result Brian Thompson was denied his claim to life. Who will be denied next?”

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60 points

You guys in the USA are starting to sound like France 1789

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Far from it. France deposed their tyant, USA installed a tyrant.

We basically need to depose [Name Redacted] just like France did in 1789

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Lets be real, France didn’t have a great track record of picking winning leaders.

So in our store-brand French revolution, we’re probably gonna go through quite a few Robespierres.

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I keep pointing out that it took 15 years from France getting rid of a king to giving the exact same powers to an emperor.

People seem to think the guillotines came out and everyone’s problems were solved. Just like they seem to think if a few CEOs get assassinated, corporations will put people over profits.

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3 points

Who’s gonna be our crazy guy in a bathtub demanding the execution of scores of enemies?

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38 points

US Wealth disparity is already worse than 1789 France, here.

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60 points

seems like we’re all out of bread and circuses

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Breadflation

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