• AnIndefiniteArticle@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    And even after they actually hurt you! Cops don’t care about protecting plebs - there’s no money in that.

    Sexual violence and misconduct are rampant in our society. The police protect the perpetrators of these crimes as much as they protect the wealthy targeted by justified vigilantes. Those who fight back against injustice perpetrated by the wealthy and powerful get harassed by the cops. The role of the police is to stop those getting screwed over by a corrupt system of gender/racial/class hierarchies from exposing their mistreatment or negotiating for more equitable arrangements.

    Our system supports those who commit sex/war crimes and punishes those who dare to be victims or who speak out about these injustices.

    And then the wealthy act surprised when the victims of sex crimes seeking justice start agitating against overmilitarization and calling for the abolition of policing. Those who are ostracized and forbidden from joining elite society are bound to find common ground with each other and unify against the tyranny we all face.