Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMan busted for carrying Master Sword from Zelda in the streetwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down118
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minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down2·8 days agoI reckon the police wanted to bust him for some other reason. The Master Sword was just their excuse.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 days agoI’m sure chief detective Ganon had a perfectly good reason. :)
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoHis real crime was “Walking down the street whilst looking working class”.
minus-squareBluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·8 days agoBefore he obtains the tri-force of power and becomes unstoppable.
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·8 days agoPolice has that discretion and it is ripe for abuse.
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agoThat why there is the advice to “only do one crime at a time” I guess!
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days 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-up2·7 days agoIf you have lots of crimes on the books and police have enforcement discretion, that’s a recipe for targeting whoever they want.
I reckon the police wanted to bust him for some other reason. The Master Sword was just their excuse.
I’m sure chief detective Ganon had a perfectly good reason. :)
His real crime was “Walking down the street whilst looking working class”.
Before he obtains the tri-force of power and becomes unstoppable.
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.