Utah Police Logic: Double Standard on Harassment vs Religious Solicitation
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UTAH POLICE LOGIC
Not harassment
Harassment
Overview
This two-panel satirical meme critiques an alleged double standard in Utah law enforcement's classification of harassment and unwanted solicitation. The top panel features two female Mormon missionaries holding religious texts standing at a residential doorway at night, overlaid with the text 'Not harassment', implying that after-hours religious solicitation (often occurring even when homeowners post 'No Solicitors' signs) is not treated as harassment by Utah police. The bottom panel shows a young man sitting in the driver's seat of a car holding papers, overlaid with the text 'Harassment', suggesting far less intrusive behavior from ordinary civilians is classified as harassment by the same authorities, pointing to perceived preferential treatment of religious groups in local law enforcement policy.
Origin notes
This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, where it was shared to express widespread homeowner frustration with religious missionaries ignoring posted 'No Solicitors' signs to knock on doors late at night, alongside criticism of inconsistent local law enforcement responses to these incidents versus other civilian behavior.
