Their purpose is to protect property over people
this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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Do note that while police historical existence is about property rights, the police have no legal obligation to protect any single individual is mainly an US and common law thing. While most of the worlds police have no duty to take a bullet for you, in majority of the world police still have an legal obligation to help anybody in need. At least when on duty and answering an distress call, in some places even off duty in a crisis situation. USA really is an outlier and their relationship between police and the public are especially antagonistic.
If really put to the test, I doubt police outside of the USA would be any different.
Nowhere an average police officer is willing to die for a random civilian on the job, that's true. Also the profession pulls "a certain personality type" amongst it's ranks no matter where you are. But US policing really is something else and a clear outlier. I look at France and their singling out of immigrants and actions of the riot police. They are still really fucking tame when it comes to how I see US police and how trigger happy, sadistic, cultish and seeming unaccountable they are.
The more power you have, the more it can corrupt you. People who enjoy abusing power will gravitate to positions that let them abuse the powers given to them. Give police abroad the kind of power USA police have, and it will be the same.