Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTexas speed-trap town (population 249) has 50 cops, and more than half have been suspended, demoted, terminated or fired from previous law enforcement jobsweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down10
arrow-up1273arrow-down1external-linkTexas speed-trap town (population 249) has 50 cops, and more than half have been suspended, demoted, terminated or fired from previous law enforcement jobsweb.archive.orgDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarehauntology@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up45·1 year ago There’s not much to Coffee City, Texas. Two liquor stores, a couple of dollar stores, a pizza joint and a motel. A town of 250 people needs two liquor stores??? Yikes.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 year agoYou’d be drinking too if 50 of your neighbors were cops.
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI’m surprised it’s only two, honestly. I bet there are three churches.
minus-squareDokPsy@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou usually see that in towns just on the county line where the neighboring county is dry (no hard liquor sales allowed). Most counties are doing away with the dry laws but it’s an old system that still hangs around in odd ways
A town of 250 people needs two liquor stores??? Yikes.
You’d be drinking too if 50 of your neighbors were cops.
I’m surprised it’s only two, honestly. I bet there are three churches.
And ten cemeteries.
And no coffee shop?
You usually see that in towns just on the county line where the neighboring county is dry (no hard liquor sales allowed).
Most counties are doing away with the dry laws but it’s an old system that still hangs around in odd ways