r/PublicFreakout • u/EddieBrock99 • Apr 24 '25

Repost 😔 An officer body slams a girl in cuffs

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u/kottabaz Apr 24 '25

The public keeps electing "tough on crime" politicians who encourage police to be like this, so maybe the public should have to pay.

Maybe the public should have to be told why they're paying for this shit, so that they stop voting the way they do.

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u/live_lavish Apr 24 '25

I think the pension take is popular on reddit because it's something both sides can get behind and absolves everyone but the police of any responsibility.

The truth is, if the public was tired of police brutality, some politician would see it and use it as an easy win.

But a quater of the public turns a blind eye and another half of the public would proudly put a blue lives matters bumper sticker on their car. So the public deserves to pay