If it’s a community action empowered by the community they’ll probably willingly stop when the community stops supporting it. Should they become a nuisance then the community has learned how to handle that.
Cops don’t lose their backing when the local community wants them out.
Chancellor palpatine had the state backing him. That was the point of the election and padme’s quote of applaus or whatever.
When a few people lose the support of the community they’re just a few people, isolated, and a lot less scary than ice while being susceptible to the same community response.
If it’s a community action empowered by the community they’ll probably willingly stop when the community stops supporting it. Should they become a nuisance then the community has learned how to handle that.
Cops don’t lose their backing when the local community wants them out.
Chancellor palpatine had the state backing him. That was the point of the election and padme’s quote of applaus or whatever.
When a few people lose the support of the community they’re just a few people, isolated, and a lot less scary than ice while being susceptible to the same community response.
Pretty fucking apt quote, now that you mention it.
To be fair the empire is significantly better on race issues.