IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 10 days ago[Video] Civilian treats a cop like cops treat civiliansi.imgur.comvideomessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up168arrow-down1video[Video] Civilian treats a cop like cops treat civiliansi.imgur.comIndustryStandard@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 10 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squareEp1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·10 days agoCops are civilians. That’s the whole point of having cops do the policing instead of soldiers. A lot of the problems we have with cops now are because that’s been forgotten.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 days agoyeah, they refer to anyone who isn’t a cop a civilian nowadays – a subtle assertion saying that they’re not civilians themselves.
minus-squareDudleyMason@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoNo, cops stopped being civilians the moment the qualified immunity doctrine was formulated. Cops are soldiers deployed to the interior of the empire.
Cops are civilians. That’s the whole point of having cops do the policing instead of soldiers. A lot of the problems we have with cops now are because that’s been forgotten.
yeah, they refer to anyone who isn’t a cop a civilian nowadays – a subtle assertion saying that they’re not civilians themselves.
No, cops stopped being civilians the moment the qualified immunity doctrine was formulated. Cops are soldiers deployed to the interior of the empire.