It feels like there's some context missing here. Even Chicago police wouldn't just stand a row of cops in front of a Tesla dealer to "protect" it in the middle of the day. One squad and two officers tops would accomplish the same thing.
Probably a legal protest with an overblown police presence because they often get hazard, overtime and off duty bonuses. An hour at a protest can be worth effectively 4 so if a 10 hr protest happens they may actually make a work week of pay.
In FY2022, the City budgeted for 13,108 sworn officer positions across all funds and all job classifications (including police officers and supervisor-level positions).[1] The CPD budget includes 950 non-sworn positions.
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spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 1y
This is the perfect summary of who the police really serve, the wealthy and their property.
Nougat@fedia.io · 19 pts · 1y
It feels like there's some context missing here. Even Chicago police wouldn't just stand a row of cops in front of a Tesla dealer to "protect" it in the middle of the day. One squad and two officers tops would accomplish the same thing.
Madison420@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y
Probably a legal protest with an overblown police presence because they often get hazard, overtime and off duty bonuses. An hour at a protest can be worth effectively 4 so if a 10 hr protest happens they may actually make a work week of pay.
RainbowHedgehog@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 1y
An Indivisible protest was planned. This reaction is absurd because Indivisible has always operated within the law.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 1y
They only have so many officers. How many locations can they cover? For how long?
Guerilla forces only need to be lucky once.
Mac@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Sheesh
::: spoiler Source https://www.civicfed.org/civic-federation/blog/chicago-police-department-staffing-analysis:::
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
What, are they gonna live there?
The building can't run, and we have shows to watch while they make some overtime pay.
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y
That seems a tad excessive
BigMacHole@lemm.ee · -33 pts · 1y
As someone in the Market for a NEW EV seeing this makes me REALLY want a Testla!
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 1y
Is this ai... The STUPID random capitalized WORDS is very youtube-esq title baiting. Very dumb like the comment
Nougat@fedia.io · 14 pts · 1y
"Character" account.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
To be fair they usually nail it.
Nougat@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Alternatively, they nailed it especially well this time.
SGforce@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Oh great, SARCASM on the internet with BIG WORDS