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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Omega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 102 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Okay, so smiling is bad. What the fuck is the solution to not look suspicious to cops at this point? Making eye contact is suspicious, but not making eye contact is also suspicious. So what, are we supposed to Sneak 100 past them when we see them from afar now? Is that it?

At which point does a society realizes that maybe we have an issue when people are actively trying to avoid cops even though they are not doing anything that is against the laws? How many people need to be detained over nothing? How many people need to be brutalized with no consequences to their blue aggressors? How many people need to be killed by the "finest"?

I treat cops like a rogue militia. I avoid them when I can, and otherwise, I feel the need to watch my every step because they are completely unpredictable. And for fuck's sake, I'm white! Needless to say, cops are much less on the lookout for me. When I hear the stories of people from different ethnicities, it's fucking terrifying.

But hey, gotta protect the rich somehow, I guess.

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As it turns out, avoiding the cops -- or even looking like you're avoiding the cops -- will also land you in hot water

[–] Omega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay, so do not exist at all in the presence of cops. Somehow. Got it.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Oops there's cops everywhere, guess the winning play is to not exist in the first place

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