Small business owners — particularly immigrant owned — say they’ve been pressured by police to hire off-duty officers to provide security.
Thugs in uniform…
This is appalling. Swap out the word police in the article and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a story about an organized crime protection racket.
It is a story about an organized crime protection racket.
There are around 18 known gangs in the LA Sheriff’s Department. Not moles for street gangs, gangs made up entirely of active duty police officers. This has been going on since the 70s. Cops are exactly gangs, sometimes in more ways than one.
Ask just about any cop and they will tell you with a straight face that the police are “the biggest gang in town” (at least in the US).
Posted three days ago with more discussion: https://lemmy.world/post/7135671
Fear and loyalty are the foundations of our rule.
