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Why? We have a few thousand murders in the USA each year, why would a few more deaths cause a need for expanded police power when several thousand other deaths didn’t require it?


> why would a few more deaths cause a need for expanded police power when several thousand other deaths didn’t require it?

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Sorry, I meant to say, "other than the fact that the additional deaths are rich people." I know that the real reason is "because they are rich and powerful and the cops serve them as masters" but I was curious if you had another reason.




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