• Victor@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Are police also “responsible” for “letting crime happen”? I don’t understand the reasoning here.

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      2 days ago

      How would you consider a policeman watching a crime happen and do absolutely nothing about it?

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        2 days ago

        Very bad, very very bad.

        But I’d still hold the trial for the person who committed the crime itself before charging the police officer. But there’s also a third party here, which is the people. The people said, while the policeman was supposedly idly watching, that “yes, this criminal can [be president and] do whatever he wants”. 😐

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          24 hours ago

          No one is holding a trial here. The metaphor cannot be milked forever. 8t was a bad metaphor to begin with. So stop with it.

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            23 hours ago

            Great retort… Real thread killer there, bud.

            You asked me a question regarding the metaphor but this is your reply when I give you the answer. Sorry you can’t keep up. 🤷‍♂️

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      3 days ago

      See how long you last as police chief if you choose to not suppress crime.

      So yeah, police are explicitly responsible for minimising crime, that’s literally their job.

      I admit there’s some nuance there since police aren’t expected to actually prevent all crime. In this metaphor I guess the question is whether Trump is a bog standard criminal that maybe gets around the police but is kept mostly in check, or if he’s a special level of super-criminal that police chief Biden should have his career judged against.

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        3 days ago

        The thing is, the people chose to have crime. They were presented with a criminal, and chose him. And I’m not even following the metaphor anymore either; he’s literally a criminal. The police can’t fight crime if the majority of people want crime.