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[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 181 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

A sergeant from O’Hara’s department later clarified that while Minneapolis Police Department officers may physically intervene in the case of unlawful force, they would stop short of arresting ICE agents.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh shit, not all cops are ba--

A sergeant from O’Hara’s department later clarified that while Minneapolis Police Department officers may physically intervene in the case of unlawful force, they would stop short of arresting ICE agents.

...oh. It's just for show isn't it? Nevermind.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 92 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If they literally stop them from abducting and deporting people it's not all for show. Why can't people on this site ever say hey, that's a good step? You're so all or nothing, it's tiring.

Hey Minne PD, Lemmy says "Not good enough!", so fuck it.

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

This is only a symbolic gesture until we see actual literal results. Those results are already questionable because we know they won't be arresting these criminals.

I'm not sure what you see this officer having done other than talk about encouraging his officers to do part of their job or risk losing it.

This isn't actually doing anything. This is barely an announcement of public intent to in the future do something. Every time the police don't do something will be evidence that this was full of shit. If an officer does something as a result of this order it can't even be praised because of what it's taken to force them to do it.

They aren't actually going to do it though. This is all marketing and public relations nonsense. This is purely performative. If I'm wrong I will be so happy to be wrong.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Because they're still literally not doing their jobs.

As an example, let's say I flip burgers for a living. You come in to my restaurant and order a cheeseburger. I then proceed to slap a hunk of raw ground beef and a slice of cheese down right on the counter in front of you. That'll be $8.50, pay up.

You aren't going to say "that's progress!" you're going to say "that's not a fucking cheeseburger".

Same here. Yeah, it is progress forward from the literal nothing that they were doing before. It still is not satisfactory progress that satisfies the basic job requirements of their chosen career.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

you can’t apply group behaviour to single events… it takes time to change human behaviour in a group - especially when it’s politicised behaviour … if every restaurant were serving raw patties and raw was incorrectly politicised as “healthier” and then 50% started being cooked you’d say that’s progress… it’d remain horrible, but it is indeed progress and clearly those doing better should be congratulated for somehow managing to get their shit together even a little bit

[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Hahaha fuck it must be tiring.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Trump and his MAGA machine definitely want to see local law enforcement (particularly "blue city" cops like Minneapolis) fire the first shots at National Guard, it lets them enter a new form of oppression. Arresting National Guard would be received as an act of war, and everyone involved here understands that.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ICE are not the national guard.

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But it literally is progress if every restaurant you go to and order a cheeseburger says "Fuck you, I'll take my $8.50 and you have to leave". There's a weird presumption here that you could go somewhere else and get the whole burger just how you like it and you absolutely can't.

A better analogy is that you go to a chain restaurant and the regional manager comes in to spit on your food and undercook your patty but the franchise workers say "we might let you under cook it because you're sort of the boss, but that's as much lenience as you get".

Not perfect, but still city or state action against the Fed is progress considering the group of people who are officers at any level are probably closer to homegenous than the regular population.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can cook my own burger and that's the direction "justice" is going if shit stays on this trajectory.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

You sure can. There are two things I can't say about that though:

  1. That I don't support it
  2. That you won't get an extreme punishment.
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Because everything is absolute. Purity tests are exactly that. It's not pure. Therefore we rail against it.

Democrats? Ho ho! SO not pure. The Constitution? I laugh! Created by slave owners! Don't even get me started on our MAGA parents. The time of purification is at hand!

But we're not allowed to say that unless we face the horrifying charge of being boot lickers. And the fact that it's literally russia's playbook for destabilizing the country and installing a demented rapist puppet is insane conjecture. Nothing to see here. Squirrel!

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah, but these are cops we’re talking about—they’re conditioned to escalate at the first sign of noncompliance.

Can you really picture a cop physically intervening, being pushed aside, and saying “ok, never mind”?

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 months ago

Can you really picture a cop physically intervening, being pushed aside, and saying “sorry, my bad”?

I mean, if the other guys scare them...

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit the hopium you that keeps people going... 🤦🏽

Cops are not going to get physical and escalate with ICE, stop it!

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Probably not. But I can imagine an ice agent getting physical with a cop.

[–] Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 2 months ago

Progress, sure. Cowardice, yep.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago

So...when the police FIND someone breaking the law they decide which party they want to help.

  1. Tax paying citizen that live here.

OR

  1. Masked gunman without papers.
[–] flandish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

so … nothing but a reminder that all cops are indeed bastards and pussies.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If ICE members know there will be no arrest and therefore no punishment, how will officers "stop" them?