I see a pattern in the recent news stories and on-the-ground footage coming out from these raids. We'll get into that later. The first step in real change is to make sure you educate yourself.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37036691
this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2025
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I'd be very interested to see the full details of that story.
things cost money. And even though the prices of goods and rent need to be lower and are only going higher because they can. I don't think a large police presence with full riot gear would've been dispatched if there wasn't any worry about encountering violent criminals there
have you seen some of these places in big cities? How the people act? Seriously watch some police body cam videos that were taken in big cities. It's getting really scary in the big cities in the US
People afraid of "big cities" are fucking pussy ass cowards who don't know a fucking thing about the world they live in. Cloistered babies, ignorant as fuck. Get out more.
You seem a little out of touch with reality, you should go outside and see what the grass is like.
Police body cam footage on youtube or tv is not going to show you two pleasant neighbors supporting each other, nor the local park with families having little parties and the kids playing together in the space between.
Don't be convinced it's a hellhole living in Big City, it can be nice and there's no money in showing that.
Unless it is right before skynet nukes em all. But I digress.
I had this discussion with a former coworker. There's selection bias in those videos. They are available because they are interesting, not because the are representative of a normal cop's day to day experience.
US police are highly militarised even when not needed. Small towns have fucking tanks. I think they just like showing their authority.
I used to live a few blocks away from Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver, on East Hastings, while the occupation was happening. I saw people openly injecting at 1am while I walked home from work. Worst that happened was being asked for money. Mostly? They just said "Hi," and "Good morning."
Yeah, it looks bad when folks are drunk and on drugs in the open, but those people have nowhere else to go. Cops kept raiding and shutting down the independent harm reduction sites set up to keep the worst of it off the streets. No kidding people attack the police, I don't blame them.