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by reactordev10 hours ago |
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upvoteby mystraline10 hours ago|
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Sure has.

And even policing protects local monied interests.

One case was someone who used their bike as their vehicle put a tracker on it. Was stolen. Tracker dutifully said where it was. Went to police station, they did absolutely shit. They were handed the bike receipt, token receipt, and realtime log. They DGAF.

Years ago, worked at Walmart. They illegally edited my hours and thieved $100 and change. Put in police report, was told "CIVIL MATTER".

But if you stole $100 from a register, off to jail you go.

The laws protect monied interests and the elite, not the masses.

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upvoteby Aurornis10 hours ago|
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> Years ago, worked at Walmart. They illegally edited my hours and thieved $100 and change. Put in police report, was told "CIVIL MATTER"

Too late now, but for future reference for others: Wage theft reports should go to your state's department of labor. Every state is different but from what I've seen these offices have people who are hungry to catch real wage claims. Companies listen up when the state department of labor comes knocking.

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upvoteby reactordev9 hours ago|
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used to be the case before the government was gutted.
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upvoteby bit-anarchist9 hours ago|
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This is under state jurisdiction, not federal.
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upvoteby selectodude9 hours ago|
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Fortunately this would be handled by state government, which is cold comfort if you live in the half of the country that is governed by people who hate you for having the audacity to be poor.
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upvoteby elzbardico8 hours ago|
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In places like Florida probably this department runs a blacklist of people who complained to be distributed across HRs.
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upvoteby calfuris4 hours ago|
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Florida got rid of that department in 2002.
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upvoteby mystraline4 hours ago|
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I live in Indiana. MAGA governor, supermajority republican house, senate, and judges.

And, no, they do not care one bit about workers, renters, and the lower class. I'm solidly middle-upper class now. Home-morgage-r. Make remote 160k, which is amazing for the area.

I also live in 1 of 3 liberalish areas. Amazingly, theyre worse in things like FLOCK, taxation, gun rights, speech rights, jail decency (opposition to ACLU), and other amendment rights.

I dont sit in their pet issues. I dont matter. I likely won't ever matter.

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upvoteby reactordev2 hours ago|
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Same game, different team.
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upvoteby dpoloncsak7 hours ago|
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Realistically, what did you want to happen? The cop to check the computer logs and see who changed your hours? Was it even someone in the store, or from corporate? Jurisdiction can get messy...

Proving someone intentionally changed your hours as opposed to a mistake or software bug is not the police's job. It quite literally is a civil crime and belongs in civil court, not criminal. I don't even think most police are trained in civil laws. (Atleast, not in my state?)

Catching someone who takes money out of a cash register is their job. That's textbook theft, a criminal activity.

I hate cops as much as the next guy, possibly more, but that just doesn't seem like their area

FWIW, the government is still (supposedly) working to resolve your issue...your tax dollars are still at work. Judge, Public Defender, blah blah blah....It's just not the job of a first responder

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upvoteby mystraline5 hours ago|
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I want the same if the company had called the cops for a theft of $100 from a drawer.

If the company's rep calls, I go to jail.

If I call, diddly shit happens.

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upvoteby booleandilemma9 hours ago|
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Life makes a lot more sense when you realize the government, or at least this government, doesn't actually care about you.
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