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If you're not in the US - how and why is policing fucked up in your country?

I'm in the US and it's bizarre to me how this sort of stuff is considered perfectly normal...

Of course, county sheriffs are political animals — each of the three attendees is facing challengers in the June 7 primary.

Also - shouldn't that flag be much bigger to show how much they love America?

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I like etymology and word usage and I was curious about "fever swamp" and google news gave me this seemingly odd result: SoCal sheriffs dive into fever swamp - Daily Breeze. The forum says the meeting became a "right-wing political rally".

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[–] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago
[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

An Indigenous Australian is 14 times more likely to be incarcerated than a non-Indigenous Australian

Settler colonial things

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-04/hopes-voice-could-bring-certainty-community-justice-wa/102922506

[–] boiledfrog@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

france-cool so they're some of the most violent freaks of the continent I guess, they're basically wannabe USA cops