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by inefficient 1976 days ago
Well that's just blatantly not true. They aren't even required to know the laws and can enforce laws that they think exist even if they do not. See Heien vs North Carolina.

Police exist to "keep the peace." The question is whose peace are they keeping. Well I suppose the reaction of police at the Jan. 6 insurrection vs that of the BLM protests tells us a little. Or the union busting police did in the past. Or blocking the polls for minorities.

But it absolutely isn't "that simple."

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> Well I suppose the reaction of police at the Jan. 6 insurrection vs that of the BLM protests tells us a little.

They shot a woman in the neck. What’s the difference you’re trying to portray?