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[Discussion] Why are cops such bastards? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 days ago by A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Like whats the root cause here?

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[โ€“] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, in America, it did start out to catch runaway slaves. So, I guess protecting private property has always been there thing. They just tried to have PR branding in the 70s that they serve and protect communities. False.

[โ€“] whalebiologist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

we should start calling them slavecatchers