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It seems like an inefficient setup (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Police generally dont think the law should apply equally to themselves and civilians. That's most cops; a group within that thinks they should be able to create the law on-the-fly.

Should they go to school to be better at this? Irrelevant. They have a gun and the idealogical highground.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'd argue they also have technological high ground as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yup. By now I’m pretty sure all the federal warrantless wiretap stuff probably applies to local police as well. They’re like parents and we’re like the kids, and they have access to all our phone activity.