• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    no visible identifiers that they were security.

    Shoot. Them.

    who refused to identify themselves or for whom they worked, then pulled Borrenpohl from her seat and dragged her out of the auditorium

    Three unidentified men assault me, I’m shooting. It would be damned hard to get me to draw, get me into a situation I can’t get out of, but this is clearly such a case.

    (If you carry, or even have a gun in your home, you damned well need to understand the self-defense laws in your jurisdiction. They’re often more restrictive than either liberals or conservatives think. It ain’t the free-for-all either side believes.)

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 day ago

      This reminds me of a story idea I had for a novel.

      The police of a fantasy world are enacting blatant brutality and are low on accountability. A separate agency headed by a heroic character announces that some faction of terrorists has stolen a set of uniforms for these officers. They further clarify that citizens can identify genuine officers in this way:

      • Officers will always identify themselves by name upon request
      • Officers will never hide their face
      • Officers will never attack citizens without being first threatened

      Otherwise, citizens are encouraged to use weapons to protect themselves from unidentified men posing as police. (The obvious conclusion there is; this other agency stole the uniforms themselves and threw them away, just to provoke that change in behavior)