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[–] 35 points 21 hours ago (12 children)

The US is mad about them because its police force is uneducated, untrained and murderous. Whatever flaws the UK's police have, it's not nearly as bad, and having surveillance (in public) is not likely to result in you or your dog getting shot for no reason.

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  • [–] 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

    ding ding ding

    Humans generally don’t mind guardrails and the like when they trust the people enacting them.

    We’ve never really trusted the PO-lice in the USA, some have enthusiastically but many have never

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  • [–] 3 points 17 hours ago (1 child)

    The state song of Tennessee has a line about murdering two federal agents searching for a moonshine operation. Americans only like cops if they are brutalizing minorities or striking workers.

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