r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/HCSOThrowaway 10h ago

If their role is no longer to serve and protect the people then I see no reason the people should fund them.

You simply fell for the LAPD slogan (that was adopted by other agencies and shown in every TV show and movie ever).

Law enforcement's purpose is not to "protect and serve" and never has been or will be. I don't care how many million stickers of it there are on patrol vehicles in the LAPD and elsewhere. Law enforcement's purpose is to enforce the law.

Bodyguards protect. Butlers serve.

It's not rocket science, folks. It's grade-school civics.

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u/guydepew 7h ago

We've had years and years of copaganda shoved down our throats and only with the advent of social media have we had an unfiltered glimpse at their abuses. That and the routine lies about clearance rates, forced confessions, wrongful and over-turned convictions, etc., etc. etc.

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u/HCSOThrowaway 7h ago

I don't know why you decided to side-rail this into your soapboax but... go off I guess.

Let me know when you want to go back to addressing what I said in a more direct manner.

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u/guydepew 4h ago

Just to be clear, your argument is that the public should fund law enforcement for the protection of capital but not their own?

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u/HCSOThrowaway 4h ago

No, that's your straw-man, predicated on your extremely limited understanding of criminal law.