For me its gotta be the pang of fear and anxiety whenever I see my local pigs. Protect and serve, my ass, more like harass and terrify

  • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    The increased number and variety of "ghost cars". Growing up, it used to be super easy to spot the unmarked cop cars, they were all crown vics in a single shade of brown. Now they have a variety of SUVs, trucks, and cars in all sorts of colours. When I was younger I never understood why they had unmarked cars in the first place, I always thought they should be highly visible in case someone needed to find one (lib take I know)

    Somehow I'm always brushed off as paranoid and overreacting when I start ask why unmarked cop cars exist in the first place, let alone that they're getting better at hiding. Remind me again, when do they start being secret police?

    Edit: also my local police union flew a blue line flag for a long ass time. They might still be doing it, but I no longer drive by it going to and from work

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      plainclothes cops are secret police, unmarked cars are secret police

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      They use civil asset forfeiture to steal cars from people. Then they either sell them for profit, steal them and take them home, or use them for secret police shit or bait cars.

    • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      the regular cop cars by me are black ford explorers with grey decals, so even the regular cruisers can take a second glance to spot