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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 163 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That cop is a really good listener for a cop.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 111 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The robber is also white...

[–] chillinit@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 10 months ago

Cops let white people talk. The black man would've been shot on sight.

Comic is accurate.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's pretty obvious that the entire comic talks specifically about the US, so I didn't think it was necessary to specify that in my comment.

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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 65 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bonus panel. The cop just shoots him.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

Not the bonus panel we deserve, but the bonus panel we get.

The true secret bonus panel is when the cop gets the bonus for the shooting.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Cops serve the ruling class. It's why they're trying so hard to find the CEO killer.

[–] chad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Refresh your feed. They found him.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Yup, I saw an hour or so ago. Very odd to conveniently still have the weapon with him as well as a manifesto.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 points 10 months ago

The cops can plant as much evidence on Luigi as they want, that doesn't make him The Adjuster.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

People with jobs serve their paycheck. People with authority let it go to their heads. Cops are the combination of the two.

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[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 40 points 10 months ago (15 children)

If police and prisons made societies safer the USA would be the safest society on the planet.

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

Cop: "So anyway I started blastin"

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why would I investigate my employer? A healthy chunk of that $15B in CEO salary works its way back into the hands of officers via lobbying for increased pay/benefits, kickbacks to police unions and sheriff's society's, and direct hiring for police "consultants" and overpaid rent-a-cops.

If burglars want to enjoy these benefits, they need to get back to the old school way of doing business. Get. Mobbed. Up. You didn't see Irish cops bothering the American wing of the IRA or Italian cops hassling the mafia. Burglars need to do the same thing as the rest of the working class and get organized. One stick is easily broken. A bundle is far sturdier.

[–] chillinit@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 10 months ago

They are mobbed up. Always have been. If you'd been to prison and followed the unwritten rules then you'd already know.

[–] MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

I know this is fiction

because irl a cop would not reflect on his actions.

He would just shoot & kill this man on the spot.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

For the record, it's specifically CEOs of S&P 500 companies that make an average of ~18 million/yr.

https://aflcio.org/paywatch/highest-paid-ceos

The Standard and Poor's 500 is ~500 of the largest companies in the country that are publicly traded. It does not include the vast majority of CEO positions in the US, just the biggest.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Robbers are committing violent crime mostly against the working class.

Cops should go after both robbers and robber barons.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

How does one create this comic and completely ignore that cops stealing via civil asset forfeiture take more than cops

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Some folks will rob you with a six gun, and some will rob you with a fountain pen.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

The machine works as intended.

Robbers are (allowed to be) part of it so they can take the focus, all the fingerpointing, be the big bad wolf mascot.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If only there were some way we could influence laws and how they are enforced...

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I've been saving up for some space tourism, but you're right, it's time to buy a senator. (This is sarcasm.)

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

There would still be people who stole if we lived in a socialist paradise. And they would still want to be called boss.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

The source looks like https://linktr.ee/massesutd though the dude doesn't appear to have a website, just links to a bunch of gated websites that I can't access without an account.

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