San Francisco police commission accepts tech billionaire’s gift, to provide cops with drones, cameras and a massive new office

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    5 days ago

    The police force accepting millions from a billionaire, I can see absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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      5 days ago

      Apparently that’s been how it works for decades, which explains why cops will show up to break strikes and protect a Starbucks, but will take hours to arrive if you ever need them.

      There’s a lot of police forces and police-adjacent organisations that will accept donations (FOP and the like), and that obviously affects the priorities when it comes to assigning personnel.

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      Ngl, the police have been in the pockets of the rich for a very long time. This is just a thank you for the extra work they have been doing to protect capital.