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Police officer in Greece suspended for transporting fridge in patrol car (www.ekathimerini.com)

submitted 3 days ago by artiman@piefed.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

So... Some background information. I originally posted this in c/mildly interesting

Greece has been plagued by corruption for ages and trust in authorities is minimal. Greek news notoriously writes about system exploitations, power abuse and corruption. The police has been a key feature to demonstrate this. Recently they have also focused on police giving celebrities rides in police cars

All in all Greeks seem to be tired of the authorities not doing their job and abusing the power and means that they have been assigned