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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 112 points 3 months ago (9 children)

The article conveniently fails to mention whether it was sharp (extremely unlikely, the cheap steel used for these can't really hold an edge), and even more conveniently crops out the tip of the "blade" so we can't even see if it was pointed (also extremely unlikely, toys like this almost always have blunted tips).

This isn't a weapon, it's a toy. Sure, you could hurt someone with it, just like you could hurt someone with a baseball bat.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 47 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I reckon the police wanted to bust him for some other reason. The Master Sword was just their excuse.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Police has that discretion and it is ripe for abuse.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That why there is the advice to "only do one crime at a time" I guess!

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The term crime lost a lot of its meaning somewhere between 10 commandments and now...

I guess dude committed a crime here but most people prolly would not really care.

While others commit bigger crimes and we care, nothing gets done.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

If you have lots of crimes on the books and police have enforcement discretion, that’s a recipe for targeting whoever they want.

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