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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Civilian means varied things in the US.
The police are civilians, but they're also not, because they're law enforcement.

Legally they're civilians, but colloquially they're not, because there's a vague separation of public service workers from the public.
Firefighters are the same, because they can also legally order you to do something. You just don't think about it as much because the fire department isn't intrinsically fucked up.