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"Instead of catching real criminals and terrorists, we are arresting pensioners and disabled people calling for the saving of children's lives," said one Metropolitan Police officer.

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ok so quit. Take the opportunity Palestinians are deprived of and remove yourselves from the situation, or shut the fuck up. Shoot and cry bullshit.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They can literally not do it...

Cops have an insane amount of power because they can just not do their job whenever they feel like it

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I doubt it's that easy. There will be disciplinary systems. And if they quit, I'm sure the govt will find people with fewer morals to take their place.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How can they discipline you for not seeing something? Also, no one is saying to quit. They should keep working, but just become blind to these "criminals."

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Sort of like a police strike for better conditions for the public.

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[–] Ougie@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago

So stop doing it then you fuckwits

[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're ashamed of the job you are doing, find a new job.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This isn't like working in fast food, where you can just find another job right away. You're talking about abandoning a career the officer has spent years building.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 29 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Principles aren't principles if you only follow them when they're easy.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm not claiming to be the moral arbiters of the nation though, am I. They are, that's the job they chose to do, it's not my fault they suddenly don't like it. Same for the military in the US wandering aboud LA, and DC.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Easy to say but my job is shit and what real choice do I have? Sure I can look for something else but there isn't much out there.

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[–] Networkcathode@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah cuffing pensioners is a real skill that must be honed with years of hard work & training

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.joiningthepolice.co.uk/training-progression/training

18-22 weeks of classroom based training, then three months supervision on the job. Then they will be getting promoted as they get more experienced.

It's a lot to just walk away from.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

“Just following orders” you say? You could choose not to do it. You could choose to not participate in injustice. What you are doing is bad and you should feel bad for doing it.

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 28 points 2 weeks ago

They should be more like the Italian dock workers.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then they should refuse to do it, and make the police force go through the trouble of firing them.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Resign, pigs.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

ACAB holy fuck.

If my boss told me at my job, I had to attack genocide protesters or I would be fired, I think I would rip out his jugular with my teeth and then quit

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck Israel, genocidal scum!

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

When confronted by protestors, do a 180, grab a sign, and join them. You were a human once upon a time. If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

[–] MissKiwi@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

quit your jobs then???

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