@[email protected]MB to Hacker [email protected]English • 9 months agoSmall business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for securityminnesotareformer.commessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up131file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish7•9 months agoThe difference between this and a straight-up extortion racket is extremely small.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoThe legal difference is that the police (presumably, there probably are exceptions) don’t wreck those businesses themselves. They just let them get wrecked and then make up excuses to not respond.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoYeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.
The difference between this and a straight-up extortion racket is extremely small.
I don’t think there is a difference
The legal difference is that the police (presumably, there probably are exceptions) don’t wreck those businesses themselves. They just let them get wrecked and then make up excuses to not respond.
Yeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.