Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoMan busted for carrying Master Sword from Zelda in the streetwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down118
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minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down2·6 months agoI reckon the police wanted to bust him for some other reason. The Master Sword was just their excuse.
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·6 months agoPolice has that discretion and it is ripe for abuse.
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoThat why there is the advice to “only do one crime at a time” I guess!
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoThe term crime lost a lot of its meaning somewhere between 10 commandments and now… I guess dude committed a crime here but most people prolly would not really care. While others commit bigger crimes and we care, nothing gets done.
minus-squareddh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIf you have lots of crimes on the books and police have enforcement discretion, that’s a recipe for targeting whoever they want.
minus-squareBluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·6 months agoBefore he obtains the tri-force of power and becomes unstoppable.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoHis real crime was “Walking down the street whilst looking working class”.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoI’m sure chief detective Ganon had a perfectly good reason. :)
I reckon the police wanted to bust him for some other reason. The Master Sword was just their excuse.
Police has that discretion and it is ripe for abuse.
That why there is the advice to “only do one crime at a time” I guess!
The term crime lost a lot of its meaning somewhere between 10 commandments and now…
I guess dude committed a crime here but most people prolly would not really care.
While others commit bigger crimes and we care, nothing gets done.
If you have lots of crimes on the books and police have enforcement discretion, that’s a recipe for targeting whoever they want.
Before he obtains the tri-force of power and becomes unstoppable.
His real crime was “Walking down the street whilst looking working class”.
I’m sure chief detective Ganon had a perfectly good reason. :)