▲ 718 ▼ “It's a rich man's game no matter what they call it and you spend your life puttin' money in his wallet 9 to 5” (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 week ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) Maglite flashlights are big, heavy and durable and are usually standard issue to police. They make for very effective bludgeons which cops have clearly rarely had qualms about beating black people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago Not so much standard issue anymore (they're usually more likely to be handed a flashlight closer to the size and weight of a Crayola marker these days), but definitely in the 80s the Maglite was the poster child for police brutality. Dang things looked like baseball bats. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago Not so much standard issue anymore (they're usually more likely to be handed a flashlight closer to the size and weight of a Crayola marker these days), but definitely in the 80s the Maglite was the poster child for police brutality. Dang things looked like baseball bats. permalink fedilink source parent
