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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh I just watched an episode of fuckin Columbo where the titular detective encouraged a beat cop to make an illegal search, and if it was a problem he would "get a warrant later."

And that's every single cop show. That's so much scarier to me. That the common, every day, "likeable" "good guy" cop characters are constantly violating suspects' rights, and it's always presented as justified.

It's so common and consistent that I think a lot of people just think of it as being part of a cop's job, and that "rights" are in opposition to justice rather than a part of it. Including a lot of cops. It's really fucked.