• STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Seems pretty stupid. Keep them safe from what? This is Philadelphia, not Ukraine. Big obvious cameras work fine as deterrents.

      • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        From another article.

        In 2015, the West Philly Jim's location was targeted by armed robbers, who reportedly made off with $215 in cash stolen from the register and customers who were in the store at the time. No injuries were reported in that robbery.

        So I guess that's it.

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        1 year ago

        A guy with a rifle is not going to fix that. If anything, he's going to get jumped and his rifle stolen.

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          1 year ago

          They're trained law officers.

          Perhaps we should decommission police forces everywhere because they only get jumped and have their guns stolen?

          It's all a waste of resources, and we should let everyone defend themselves like a good anarchy?

          Your argument does not make sense.

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        1 year ago

        I live in a dense city, it's pretty safe. Maybe philly is worse but come on, we don't live in the wild west or the 80s there aren't just criminals crawling the streets robbing and killing people

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          1 year ago

          Think logically.

          If the shop is hiring armed guards then the problem is obviously but enough to warrant that kind of expense. Why would a sandwich shop pay that kind of money if it wasn't needed.

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            1 year ago

            If it is a for PR stunt, it is a small price to pay for us circle jerking on here for free…

            But if it is just PR, they will take that dude down in no time. If only internet would follow up haha

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                1 year ago

                Whoever posted this, should post in 2 weeks if the fake cop is still posted there. If not, we can know this was PR stunt and well got take for a ride to provide "organic" engagement.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly… us cities have higher violet crime rates than any place in Ukraine besides front lines…

      • STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        yeah i was talking about the front lines. US cities aren't at war and violent crime is largely between people who know eachother or have gang relations