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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing Jan 30

    For a few thousand bucks, Detroit police will give a business higher 911 priority https://boingboing.net/2018/01/30/for-a-few-thousand-bucks-detr.html …pic.twitter.com/Tzqaiu3B2d

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      1. Pistolgrip Pumpkin Pie‏ @SenatorIvy Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Reminds me of a friend of mine who was opening a bar in Detroit. Refused to pay the cops that came during construction so they parked a patrol unit with the lights on outside the place.

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      2. Dr. Unabronner's Spooky Castile Manifesto  🌹‏ @marquis_po_sad Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        And for paying taxes, they’ll enforce systemic racism.

        1 reply 2 retweets 83 likes
      3. C‏ @Chris_wont_quit Jan 30
        Replying to @marquis_po_sad @BoingBoing

        Hey, the police do much more than that..... They also kill dogs.

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Alana Dill‏ @alanapaints Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing @RedNightHawkAKS

        Isn't that sort of like protection money and isn't that kind of like racketeering and isn't that pretty illegal?

        3 replies 3 retweets 53 likes
      3. AˢᵉᵉᵐSᵃˣᵉᶰᵃ‏ @RedNightHawkAKS Jan 30
        Replying to @alanapaints @BoingBoing

        AˢᵉᵉᵐSᵃˣᵉᶰᵃ Retweeted Justin Murphy

        Police are a funny breed.https://twitter.com/CitizenMurphy/status/958435535294484481 …

        AˢᵉᵉᵐSᵃˣᵉᶰᵃ added,

        Justin MurphyVerified account @CitizenMurphy
        Uh, people maybe should be talking about this more. Baltimore cop says, under oath, officers were instructed to keep a toy gun handy in their cars "to plant if they found themselves in a jam." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-gun-trace-task-force-gttf-testimony-highlights-20180126-story.html …
        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Alana Dill‏ @alanapaints Jan 31
        Replying to @RedNightHawkAKS @BoingBoing

        If I were Jesus, that would make me weep. But I'm me, so I'm just mad as hell. 🤬

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Deep in the UNIEL lab‏ @noahremainsanon Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        So what you meant to say is that Detroit PD is running a protection racket, which is illegal as it is considered extortion?

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      2. June‏ @LewdHD Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        So people and businesses with more money are more deserving of police protection?

        2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. spectral von ooooooo‏ @vonhonkington Jan 31
        Replying to @LewdHD @BoingBoing

        This has always been the case but now it's more so

        0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
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      1. ᖴᖇᕮᕮᒍᗩᑕK ᖴI᙭ᕮᖇ‏ @Browncoat4Life Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing

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      1. Jeffrey B. Layton‏ @JeffdotLayton Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        We no longer have net-neutrality so why can't the police get in on the action?

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      1. The Grim Snark‏ @TheGrimSnark Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Life imitates Robocop.

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      2. Oh my God, Jimmy!‏ @CanSuchThingsBe Feb 12
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        So, an episode of The Shield?

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. Biggs Darklighter 🍞  🌹‏ @Red3Biggs Feb 12
        Replying to @CanSuchThingsBe @allhailcollins1 @BoingBoing

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      1. Conrad Kaczmarek‏ @ConradKaz Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        so like a mafia?

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      1. David Vega‏ @dukeofgaming Jan 30
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Police fast lanes #NetNeutrality

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