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You know, that’s an opportunity.
Any time attention is focused on one place, there’s less on another.
Take the moment and target something else.
That would probably work if there wasn’t a ridiculous overabundance of cops in just about all American cities.
As it is, there’s enough of them to function as a private security force for billionaires (their primary raison d’être) in greater numbers than usual like this without neglecting any of their usual oppression of minorities, poor people, and especially combinations thereof.
Unless these cops are in superposition, they can’t be both protecting Tesla and, say, in their actual cars.
Their numbers are finite.
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In Minecraft. Always in Minecraft.
Their numbers are finite, yes. However, those finite numbers are much larger than they need to be and society would be much better and safer for the vast majority of people if there were almost none of them.
Not in Minecraft.
Chicago has a pretty big police force unfortunately. Looks like around 12- 13k little piggies (source)
So about 25 cops here leaves… roughly 12- 13k cops in the rest of the city :P
ETA: fun facts, the Chicago Police Dept budget is just below $2 billion. That puts it right below Slovakia’s entire military budget. Slovakia’s population is ~5.5 million vs. Chicago’s 2.7 million people.
Chicago alone has almost as many cops as the entirety of Ireland (which has 14.6k cops for 5.3 million Irish citizens)
Any time attention is focused on one place, there’s less on another.
This was a significant plot point in Die Hard with a Vengeance
Cops are class traitors
ACAB
What a completely reasonable and absolutely not wasteful use of police time and resources! “Hello, 911? My house is being robbed!” “Sorry, no officers are available because they’re at the Tesla dealership”
Police, on the wrong side of everything, since the start of time.
They had no choice in the matter. I am willing to bet no one wanted to stand there.
Look closer. Closer. See the chains? Me fucking either. Gawkgawk that boot deeper.
Yes Police are all slaves that have no option other than obey their masters
And yet they did.
I often have to do things that I wouldn’t want to do at my job.
Poor summer child…
I mean, they chose to sign up.
As far as I know, there is not such thing as a “Police Conscription”.
Nobody gets drafted to become a cop.
Cue: David Attenborough
“And here we see Dora the Explorer on an acid trip. Notice how she’s completely incapable of resisting licking her monkey, Boots.”
JusT fOlloWiNG oRdErs…
Do you have a job? Does it require you to do things you don’t want to do? Would you rather sit on your ass than stand outside of a car dealership all day? For most including the police the answer to all of these is “yes”.
Ah, the old Nuremberg defense. Maybe check out how that worked out for them.
20-some officers protecting shitty hunks of metal, when there’s murderers, rapists, pedofiles, and human traffickers roaming free. This image perfectly sums up their commitment to protecting the Lifestyles of the Rich and Fascist over the rest of us.
no, no, most of the pedophiles and human traffickers were standing in a neat little line with hands by their sides when this photo was taken, not roaming or doing said acts.
edit: wait, chicago, so there are probably a bunch more of them not accounted for in this picture.
Protecting wealth. The rest of us can get fucked.
the cops aren’t there to protect the everyday person. they’re there to protect the wealthy.
That’s…what I said?
The previous comment… is a longer version of what you had originally stated?
How do the police get paid again? I always forget.
Serve and Protect (the rich and their property through a taxpayer subsidy)
No one reads the fine print.
Red rover red rover, send molotov right over
Who is going into that location to buy a car in these circumstances. That line of police is just as effective as any vandalism.
Y’know, you raise a good point. If I was gonna go shopping somewhere and there was a line of cops outside the place I was going, I’m absolutely not going in there lol
Many people that want to buy a Tesla right now would probably see it as a badge of honor
You buy teslas through their site. It’s not like other dealerships. The one near me is in a mall and has like two cars in it.
Hmm a new way to protest. Call the cops and don’t show up.
Yeah sure…the thin blue line is BS. The police always protect the wealthy property owners and bust up the working class. I believe Netflix has a US police history documentary and who they side with during upheavals.
the thin blue line means they won’t snitch on each other’s crimes… that’s the line they won’t cross….
which makes them literally a criminal conspiracy
Just have some peaceful protesters staying on the other side of the street and have them in shifts, do nothing else. Waste the police resources until they give up and leave.
This is the way
Even more fun if they bring foam bricks.
This seems very easy. Do it over a week with people camping there and cops will realize protecting a POS is really not worth the resources.
Man, look at that pile of tax money.
So I guess, if you want to commit a real crime you just threaten the Tesla dealership then go do your business elsewhere
Nah, most likely Tesla money. Most often when you see police performing a “private” function like this they’re being paid by the requesting party.
Just like cops escorting a funeral procession or directing traffic for a church or private school, they’re paid by whoever requested the service. Police departments are like any business. They got payroll to meet, obligations to cover, etc. They can’t just yank cops from their normal duties for shit like this. They use off-duty officers or “*retired” officers.
* Buddy of mine was briefly a cop, could still strap on the uniform to escort a funeral or the like.
Bo Burnham’s How the works works seems to be an appropriate anthem right now
Seriously, that dude is a genius. He pays for it with his mental health, so thank you Bo.
At least they protect them from the customers too :)
I think you’re on to something… The pigs are protecting the public from the evil oligarch’s company.
Yea, that’s the ticket!
The optics on this are great. Any potential customer is reminded that if they buy a t*sla, they earn a target on their back
Look at all those short fat slobs. I bet theirs at least one punisher tattoo.
