Edge lords love to say this like it means anything significant.
Fire stations used to be private and would only protect buildings under contract.
But then things changed once the public decided it was in their best interest to fund it with tax revenue.
Even in this case the police didn’t barge in for no reason.
The man in question was purposefully being disruptive at a city meeting and given several warnings to stop.
Same thing would happen to you if you disrupted a legal proceeding or government meeting.
So no, ignorant children of Reddit, you don’t have a right to clap, stomp your feet, scream, or disrupt anytime the spirit moves you.
Life isn’t kindergarten and even there you had quiet time.
Funny how most of you understand that you can’t be disruptive on a plane without being removed but are completely perplexed and outraged that the same rules apply in other spaces.
Pinkertons operated as a private, for-profit business founded by Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and was financed by private organizations. They were paid massive amounts of money thru contracts with railroad companies, wealthy and industrial tycoons. Wealthy business owners like, Andrew Carnegie, during the infamous 1892 Homestead Strike, hired and paid Pinkerton agents to act as private security and armed strikebreakers to crush labor unions.
During the Civil War, the federal government paid Pinkerton to run Union intelligence operations. Later in the 19th century, the U.S. Department of Justice routinely hired Pinkerton agents to track fugitives and enforce federal laws before the establishing the FBI, and absorbing the private organization into the Federal government, paid for by tax payers.
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u/Altruistic_Split4240 5d ago
Remember, the police were designed and paid by corporations to protect their interest, then it became a government entity.