haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agoSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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 · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThe difference between this and a straight-up extortion racket is extremely small.
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI don’t think there is a difference
minus-squareJerkules_Jerkules@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.
The difference between this and a straight-up extortion racket is extremely small.
I don’t think there is a difference
Yeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.
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.