• Vanth
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    451 day ago

    The slideshow of the lives of the couple included photos from a Black Lives Matter protest. One of the two getting married is a cop. Then I noticed Thin Blue Line decor around the gift table. The other half of the couple is Black.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 day ago

      While I agree that seems absurd, people can have more than black and white views outside of American politics and Reddit, which I hope lemmy has. There must be some cops that want to do better, though I barely would believe them.

    • @andrewta
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      51 day ago

      Have to ask are they still married?

      • Vanth
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        111 day ago

        Yep. And adopted a white baby. Like, intentionally, specifically a white baby.

        • @andrewta
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          11 day ago

          Well at least they are still married.

          • @[email protected]
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            101 day ago

            Considering the insanely high domestic abuse rate among police officers, I wouldn’t be so sure about that.

            • @andrewta
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              21 day ago

              Is there a higher rate?

              Yes.

              Does that mean there IS domestic abuse in that marriage? No. Should we be implying there is? No

              • @[email protected]
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                41 day ago

                He’s a cop, why shouldn’t we be implying he likely beats the shit out of anyone he can?

                • @andrewta
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                  120 hours ago

                  So there is zero chance that he might be a good person? Zero chance that he might care about the law? That’s a bit of a narrow minded view point.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    220 hours ago

                    Not zero. In the same way I’m sure
                    more than zero of the folks wearing swastikas 90 years ago were good. But the odds are low enough it’s not worth the energy.