• Flying Squid
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    6110 months ago

    All cops are bastards. And cowards.

    • DontMakeMoreBabies
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      Why is this comment upvoted? It contributes nothing to the discussion.

      Of course some LEOs suck, and to be honest I’m a bit leery of folks with the personality type that tends to go into LE generally, but you’ve got to be borderline retarded to believe they’re literally ALL bad.

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        The system itself in America is rotten to the core. It takes national outcries for ANYTHING to be done about cop murders and even that’s no fucking guarantee.

        Millions of minority households in America have something called the ‘cop talk’ as a matter of survival. Because it doesn’t matter who was right and who was wrong, if a black person gives a racist cop the tiniest reason to engage, the civilian can end up dead and the cop will face fuck all justice.

      • Skoobie
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        Any system that allows for qualified immunity and offers a pay rate similar to the abysmal pay of teachers is inherently going to skew towards bastards.

        Sure, it’s plausible for a cop to not be a total dick, but it’s not a coincidence that so many dicks grow up to be cops.

      • @[email protected]
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        1410 months ago

        They are all bad. You said so yourself, “the personality type that tends to go into LE”. That personality type is called, a bad person. I don’t believe for a second that anyone with good intentions can look at the current state of law enforcement in the US and say “I’ll become a cop to help people”. The ones that do won’t last long if they are actually good because they will be forced out as soon as they try to stop the bad cops.

        • @[email protected]
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          510 months ago

          Police should be staffed on a ballot system like juries. Wanting to be a cop (or politician) should be grounds for rejection. Everyone who is drawn does a mandatory two years. Sure there might need to be a skeleton permanent administrative staff, like Government, for continuity but the front of house folk should be ordinary people.

      • @CarbonatedPastaSauce
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        710 months ago

        Spreading awareness is important. It’s the first step to sparking action.

  • MushuChupacabra
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    2610 months ago

    Top marks for consistency.

    Refusing to act in scenarios that clearly call for action seems to be on brand for the Uvalde police department.

  • Vaggumon
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    2510 months ago

    Can’t say I’m surprised. It would require they actually care about dead kids, and I think it’s been made abundantly clear they don’t give a single fuck.

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      Yeah well its the kids’ fault for already bing born.

  • @z00s
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    As a non American, everything I know about Texas is “Yee haw! Guns, burgers, and libertarianism!!”

    So why, in the very home of big tough men with big hats and leather boots, are these guys not being punished for being gigantic, wet pussies?

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      So why, in the very home of big tough men with big hats and leather boots, are these guys not being punished for being gigantic, wet pussies?

      Because it’s bullshit and they know it. It helps them avoid confronting their deep, deep insecurities, feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness.

    • Doug HollandOP
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      810 months ago

      Because in Texas, like in the rest of America, the people in charge in every police department are even more gigantic and wetter pussies.

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        While true, not sure what it has to do with burgers?

      • @z00s
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        110 months ago

        Instead of getting Chuck Norris to play Walker Texas Ranger they should have got Richard Simmons

    • Altima NEO
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      310 months ago

      Ironically, burgers are more a Midwest thing. Texas is all about the bbq beef and chili

      • @z00s
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        210 months ago

        I did realise that after I posted actually. Never been there but have heard a lot about Texas bbq

  • Neuromancer
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    I am Somewhat pro-police. I see the need for them but this changed my opinion of most cops. This is embarrassing. Texas has the reputation of not tolerating this crap and what did they do? Nothing. Zero. Zip.

    Tennessee gave me some confidence there are some real cops left. Now if we can just reform the system I’d be happy.

    ETA: to clarify. Police take about 50% of a cities budget. They spend on body armor, guns, ammo, tactical training, etc, yet when shit hits the fan. They did nothing. Is that a good use of tax payer money ? I get the need for police but I want Andy Griffith as my local cop and instead we get Jojo the idiot boy.

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      1510 months ago

      They don’t tolerate crap from you. You’re on the wrong side of the thin blue line.

    • @knotthatone
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      Texas has the reputation of not tolerating this crap

      That reputation is a fairy tale. They tell it a lot, but it’s never been true. Texas has a long history of tolerating corruption at the highest levels so long as you remain a member of “the good ol’boys club.”

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    "We’re feeling real sensitive to everyone’s bullying. :'-(

    Come on, everyone makes mistakes. We sorta forgot to do our jobs and let 19 children and 2 teachers die.

    But we learned from it. And we guarantee that the next school shooting… we’ll keep it to maybe 17-18 dead kids, tops. Promise."

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    810 months ago

    We the police have conducted a full investigation of our actions and have concluded that we don’t give a single fuck about you or your children.

  • @CADmonkey
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    I would like to have been a fly on the wall for some meetings in other police departments after the Uvalde Coward Incident. I wonder if there was a bunch of “I’d better not catch you clowns acting like this, the last thing we need is for people to start thinking we are scared and we can he ignored”.

    • Doug HollandOP
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      I wonder what tactics were suggested in those meetings.

      “My squad car wouldn’t start, so I couldn’t get there for hours,” or after a school shooting is reported, radio HQ and say, “Sorry, I’m not feeling well, gotta go home early today.”