Australian Politics

Haha, we posted the same thing at the same time. Good times all round.

They're not nearly as bad here as they seem to be in America, but they do cause a lot of harm, especially to minorities. Things like punching peaceful protestors, sedating and inappropriately touching an indigenous child, saying that a domestic violence victim is "too ugly to be raped", a widespread culture of casually racist joking, and strip searching children as young as 13.

And speaking for my own personal interactions with them, when you do find yourself a victim, they often don't actually seem to care about enforcing the law, even if you can provide them with clear-cut evidence of what was done and who did it. At least if the reason you were a victim has to do with being part of some form of vulnerable group.

But you're far less likely to hear about them actually killing someone who didn't even appear violent.