Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTexas speed-trap town (population 249) has 50 cops, and more than half have been suspended, demoted, terminated or fired from previous law enforcement jobsweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down11
arrow-up1272arrow-down1external-linkTexas speed-trap town (population 249) has 50 cops, and more than half have been suspended, demoted, terminated or fired from previous law enforcement jobsweb.archive.orgDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 year agoYou’d be drinking too if 50 of your neighbors were cops.
minus-squareDokPsy@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou usually see that in towns just on the county line where the neighboring county is dry (no hard liquor sales allowed). Most counties are doing away with the dry laws but it’s an old system that still hangs around in odd ways
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI’m surprised it’s only two, honestly. I bet there are three churches.
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You’d be drinking too if 50 of your neighbors were cops.
You usually see that in towns just on the county line where the neighboring county is dry (no hard liquor sales allowed).
Most counties are doing away with the dry laws but it’s an old system that still hangs around in odd ways
I’m surprised it’s only two, honestly. I bet there are three churches.
And ten cemeteries.
And no coffee shop?