if you have a problem and the police show up you now have two problems
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You get a lawyer if you want someone prosecuted. Cops don't do anything, will usually just shrug, or even make it worse.
They're only good for paperwork. If they feel like doing that.
Yes, and that essentially means that if you're too poor to afford a lawyer, you essentially have no rights, since the state won't protect them.
Land of the FREE! You're free of rights and free to go fuck yourself.
You get a lawyer if you want to prosecute a civil case to sue someone for damages, the crown prosecutes criminal cases. Arguably dangerous driving, property damage, potentially grevious bodily harm and fleeing the scene of a crime are all criminal acts. Also a civil case is easier to get over the line if the accused has already been convicted on a criminal charge.
Police here in Manchester couldn't care less.
I've called them when a man was getting scary loud and literally physical with an equally hysterical woman trying to protect her baby, from him in her home and their response was to send a car over... 6 hours later... then decide nothing was happening so they just left.
I've called them for various other crimes over the years too (I live in a rough crappy area sadly), and most of the time they don't show up at all. At this point I've just given up bothering to call them if there's a crime taking place.
They exist to protect property and the ruling class, and only occasionally help us lower classes out if doing so aligns with those priorities.
E.g. they will show up for a murder in droves, as those drive down house and business values in the area and thus hurt the landlords pockets. Can't have that!
I hear crushed spark plugs shatter windows pretty easily
I had some in my pocket from when I was changing my spark plugs, officer.
In a friend's car since I don't have one, honest.
This supports what I read elsewhere about the best way to kill someone and get away with it is to hit them with your car. Don't like your neighbor? Boss being a prick? Wait for them to be out for a bike ride and "bump" them. System's fucked.
Insurance and civil suits.
Expensive and time consuming