• vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      making one arrest for every four residents over the past two years.

      For non-Americans this is truely shocking. You act like it’s nothing new.

      Edit: Mississippi has an incarceration rate that is 15 times as high as Germany’s. Lexington’s rate is 10 times higher than Mississippi’s. For one arrest that happens in Germany, 150 people get arrested over there.

      Sources: [1] [2] [3]

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        They’re not “acting” like it’s nothing new. It is nothing new, and we’ve had large, nation-wide protests because of it.

        Perhaps you’ve noticed how the majority of the responses here are some sarcastic version of “yeah, no shit”?

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        What you don’t realize is that this is how poor people in America get healthcare. 🤣😅😐😭