• Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    2 days ago

    Another side benefit to The Drug War, the gift that keeps on giving.

    Hundreds of thousands of people are sitting in jails and prisons right now for using. Over three hundred thousand on any given day.

    https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2026_drugs.html

    This holdover from the Nixon era gets a little worse every year. Why do we have TWENTY cars available for any random prank caller?

    Are we safe yet?

    • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      81·
      1 day ago

      Don’t you feel fine having what is essentially a para military forced within the USA whose intention is to protect property and not people at all? I know I sure as shit don’t.

      • 0x0@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        I mean… police has always been about protecting the rich…