haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 11 months agoSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoI don’t think there is a difference
minus-squareJerkules_Jerkules@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe 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.
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.