• Vicinus@piefed.zip
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          My understanding is that it’s not for if you run away, but if they go missing, forensics will be able to place them with the car, before they went missing.

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            This is correct. I went to school to be a cop but quickly saw how fucking cliquey they are and anyone who wasn’t wasnt exactly like them isn’t accepted (I was a dumb kid, forgive me for actually wanting to help people,) so I changed career trajectories. Thank. Fuck. Anyway, yes, thats what they tell you in school - when approaching a vehicle, press your thumb/hand whatever on the rear quarter panel in the event something happens to you, they can place you at the car to make a case against the owner/occupants.

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              This is so fucking stupid, they generally call into dispatch before interacting with anyone. Just goes to show deeply rooted the fear and distrust is. No wonder they abuse the shit out of people.

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              Wait, does this mean that any time a cop goes missing, they need to go around looking for their finger prints on random cars until they find the cop’s?

              Also seems easy to beat that evidence, just say “yeah, he pulled me over and it’s standard procedure to leave their prints on any car they pull over”.

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        I really hope everyone at his sheriff’s office doesn’t ever let that one go. Coworkers mocking him is appropriate given the shame he did to (whatever’s left of) their reputation.

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              Cause mockery is shit all compared to justice. Mock away, but I want more.

              He resigned before he could be fired, but thats as far as it got. I expect he will show up at some other acab factory and put innocent people in danger again, because making fun of him didnt stop him.

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            On the plus side, in a decade, most of Florida will be either literally or financially underwater, because basically every property insurance agency is fleeing the state.

            Whoops! Turns out climate change is real!

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            Part of gun safety, especially when you’re firing in a populated area, is to make sure your bullet has a safe backdrop in case you miss or it penetrates fully and keeps going.

            These cops fired those 22 rounds without even having a target in the foreground to consider the background of. Just “shoot and hope it hits a bad guy” without even considering what else it might have hit.

            First guy hears acorn, starts firing at nothing (or the guy he just locked in the back of the cruiser). Partner sees him firing at nothing, joins in for a few rounds before stopping to wonder wtf they are even firing at.