• bkmps3@aussie.zone
    11·
    2 years ago

    Imagine driving around, probably with a punisher logo somewhere on your uniform or gear, and then posting your big bust of… store brand groceries

    • jscummy@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 years ago

      No one else has pointed it out yet but this cop also somehow got himself a $90k Hellcat for his patrol car.

        • sep@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 years ago

          Excluding mental disorders. I do not think anybody likes to steal, atleast not initially. They may have normalized it, even to the point where it may become second nature, or a habit. If there is a lot of such peope, society have failed them a long time ago.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      If they’re stealing it to eat, sure.

      If they’re stealing it so they can sell warm coat meat down the local flat roof pub and spend the proceeds on heroin, then… you probably also want to pretend you didn’t see it because you’re not paid enough to be stabbed by a junkie with a used syringe.

  • ThatsTheSpirit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    5·
    2 years ago

    Having to steal food is super tiresome. Would rather not have to, but I’ve never felt bad about doing it. Imagine that. The normalization of the degradation is my issue personally. Putting people on one side of a moral line based on bullshit economic factors that for the one stealing are a kin to the winds of fate.

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    I care less WHY they stole the food. I just find it distasteful when the cops post these “look how bad ass we are” social media posts. Crime, no matter why it was committed, should not be used as someones time to celebrate or the special time before the trial to convince the public that the suspect is guilty via Facebook,etc. Least of all by the group of people who do the arresting.

    • killa44@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      It’s because the police view themselves as a “team” that is basically ‘playing’ against the other team…everyone else. To them, this is a win and shows how good they are. It’s quite disturbing how indoctrinated they are and almost nobody realizes it.

  • what_is_a_name@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Serious talk:

    If you, or someone you know, is struggling, please use auntbetha.com or findhelp.com (same service) to search for and connect to support in your local area. It’s a free service. Use it.

    Criminalising poverty is the most American dystopia ever. We can all help.

  • some_dude@lemmy.world
    02·
    2 years ago

    Dang y’all have steal passes? I wish I could steal me some bitches after all mans gotta eat sum poon!

  • Compactor9679@lemm.eeBanned
    14·
    2 years ago

    Hahha wtf, now they are asking us to “support” the shoplifters? Lol fuck that. Go to work

  • Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    2 years ago

    Just because somebody is stealing food doesn’t mean they have to steal to live. Some people are just assholes.

    • PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 years ago

      Just because somebody stole food because they’re an asshole doesn’t mean that everybody who steals food is an asshole.

      We don’t actually know which is true here, but we do know that it’s far more likely someone is stealing groceries because the wealth inequality horrorshow has grown even more perverse in the last year.

      Nevertheless, rather than defending an unnamed person from potentially reprehensible police, you defended the police and an unnamed retail store from a potentially reprehensible person.

      I hope you’ve got shares in a grocery chain because it would be deeply pitiful if you weren’t even doing this out of self-interest.

    • fidodo@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 years ago

      Call me crazy but I like to give people the benefit of the doubt before assuming the worst when I don’t know their situation.

  • EstT@lemmy.ml
    16·
    2 years ago

    Ok, so here is my apparently unpopular opinion: Stealing is bad, and trying to justify it is not ok and dangerous.