• Kofu@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    She is right. The cops here in the UK are bullies and they treat the public like crap. Bullied in school became a cop to get power, uses power to bully others. The way they treat people is awful. I work in accommodation for the homless and the diffrece in the way the police talk to me and them, is night and day.

    Thing is, no one want to be friends with a cop or be in a relationship with them… could you imagen breaking up with a cop? Fuxk that! i’d sooner cut a finger off.

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      1 year ago

      I think this applies everywhere. The power attracts a particular personality type that is less than trustworthy.

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        1 year ago

        Oh yeah this is definitely the case, but if you know anything about UK playgrounds, you definitely know the type.

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      1 year ago

      Is freedom of speech not protected there? Or are the cops that much of a cunt that they ignore it?

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        1 year ago

        Let’s just say… you have that freedom but who says they can’t get rough before you get a chance at some actual policing when you are in front of the Sargent.

        They are on edge and jump at the opportunity to arrest someone for even a simple infraction, what makes it worse is that, resisting, talking back, swearing and in anyway make the police officer technically feel “upset” or “afraid” can add more to the case, so you can imagen a mouthy person getting manhandled like this person.

        They love it.

        Edit: some spelling

        P.S Don’t get me wrong, there are good cops but its pay is shite, its just a job to some and the lack of funding is a joke. also for real, corruption needs to be addressed.

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        There is no equivalent of the first amendment in the UK - we don’t have the right to freedom of speech in that sense but do have freedom of expression (from the Human Rights Act if nowhere else).

        It is an offence to say hate speech or commit certain offences against public order (which the police claimed in this case).

        Effective the UK operates on all speech is legal unless it is legislated against, which hate speech is.