• jaschen@lemm.ee
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    I counted 24 potential officers here, some on the left might not be officers, but some might not be shown in this photo, so I’ll add them in.

    Chatgpt suggested the daily cost for 24 officers to stand here is $6,672/day assuming no overtime and 8 hours of “protecting”.

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    15 hours ago

    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”

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      13 hours ago

      Serve and Protect (the rich and their property through a taxpayer subsidy)

      No one reads the fine print.

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    15 hours ago

    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.

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    17 hours ago

    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.

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      16 hours ago

      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.

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    13 hours ago

    When you’re very closed to the end-game and previously safe town areas are now spawning enemies, and the music is more ominous.

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    18 hours ago

    The Police in USA are there to protect Capital Interests. Their job to keep the status quo.

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    20 hours ago

    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

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    19 hours ago

    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.

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      18 hours ago

      This is the way

      Even more fun if they just stand there quietly holding foam bricks.

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      18 hours ago

      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.

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    21 hours ago

    Who is going into that location to buy a car in these circumstances. That line of police is just as effective as any vandalism.

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      18 hours ago

      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

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      And who’s going to protect the owner of the car once they bought it? It’s a reminder that you’re making a political decision when you buy a tesla.

      Or, there’s been a shooting and/or robbery. Not going there.

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      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.