• Rentlar
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    178 months ago

    The police in Vancouver seem to have an anti-drug stick up their ass lately…

    Not only that, but going after the cleanest sources and largely ignoring the dirtier ones. Quite counterproductive.

    • @WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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      58 months ago

      Counterproductive is dependent on your objectives…

      Want to lazily flex your power and bully people you don’t like? Perfect.

      Want to make society better safer and freer? Not so much.

    • Victor Villas
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      7 months ago

      The police in Vancouver seem to have an anti-drug stick up their ass lately…

      They will always have, they’re cops. What changed is the friendlier political climate towards letting it show. With Ken Sim and the ABC having the council in hand, this is a second order effect. That’s the “tough on crime” supposed to solve the shortcomings of previous administrations.

      OTOH, traffic enforcement cameras get the “let’s study this” death sentence, like bike infrastructure tends to have. When the matter is speeding or running red lights, the “tough on crime” energy disappears.

      • @AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo
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        27 months ago

        Spending money on infrastructure to prevent pedestrian and cyclist deaths? I sleep.

        Spending money on raiding storefronts that sell clean drugs? REAL SHIT