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Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for security
(minnesotareformer.com)
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this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2023
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I don’t think there is a difference
Yeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.
The legal difference is that the police (presumably, there probably are exceptions) don't wreck those businesses themselves. They just let them get wrecked and then make up excuses to not respond.