Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoMan busted for carrying Master Sword from Zelda in the streetwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down118cross-posted to: andfinally@feddit.uk
arrow-up1319arrow-down1external-linkMan busted for carrying Master Sword from Zelda in the streetwww.theguardian.comChurbleyimyam@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square142fedilinkcross-posted to: andfinally@feddit.uk
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down2·5 months agoI reckon the police wanted to bust him for some other reason. The Master Sword was just their excuse.
minus-squareBluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·5 months agoBefore he obtains the tri-force of power and becomes unstoppable.
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·5 months agoPolice has that discretion and it is ripe for abuse.
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoThat why there is the advice to “only do one crime at a time” I guess!
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months 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-up2·4 months agoIf you have lots of crimes on the books and police have enforcement discretion, that’s a recipe for targeting whoever they want.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoI’m sure chief detective Ganon had a perfectly good reason. :)
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoHis real crime was “Walking down the street whilst looking working class”.
I reckon the police wanted to bust him for some other reason. The Master Sword was just their excuse.
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.
I’m sure chief detective Ganon had a perfectly good reason. :)
His real crime was “Walking down the street whilst looking working class”.