• GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    Anything the police buy SHOULD be paid for by taxpayers, if they're a 'Public Service' they should be paid with public money and like any other government job have any private funding be banned. If we're gonna have a police force I'd rather it not be semi privatized.

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      Absolutely correct. The reality is that the money they're referring to was straight-up stolen from random civilians. Any time they say something wasn't paid for by tax payers, that means it was funded entirely by civil asset forfeiture.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        2 months ago

        If it wasn't it would have to be private donations and neither should be acceptable. The cops should have exactly what elected officials deem they should have.