haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 2 years agoSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI don’t think there is a difference
minus-squareJerkules_Jerkules@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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.