haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 9 months agoSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldthepoliceproblem@lemmy.worldminnesota@midwest.socialmsp@midwest.social
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldthepoliceproblem@lemmy.worldminnesota@midwest.socialmsp@midwest.social
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoThe difference between this and a straight-up extortion racket is extremely small.
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoI don’t think there is a difference
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThe legal difference is that the police (presumably, there probably are exceptions) don’t wreck those businesses themselves. They just let them get wrecked and then make up excuses to not respond.
minus-squareJerkules_Jerkules@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoYeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.
The difference between this and a straight-up extortion racket is extremely small.
I don’t think there is a difference
The legal difference is that the police (presumably, there probably are exceptions) don’t wreck those businesses themselves. They just let them get wrecked and then make up excuses to not respond.
Yeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.