Neuromancer@lemm.ee to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFederal police shot a homeless man living on national forest land. He's now suing.www.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkFederal police shot a homeless man living on national forest land. He's now suing.www.yahoo.comNeuromancer@lemm.ee to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
You can debate the need to arrest, but creating a ruse that ends up with the man being shot several times?
minus-squareconditional_soup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year agoAgreed. It’s likely that the cops set the conditions for this to happen; maybe not consciously, but still.
minus-squareDoug Holland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoAbsolutely, and for many cops, it’s not even subconscious. They enjoy confrontational situations where they have every advantage of law, gunpower, steroids, and the ever-present public perception that they’re good guys no matter what.
Agreed. It’s likely that the cops set the conditions for this to happen; maybe not consciously, but still.
Absolutely, and for many cops, it’s not even subconscious. They enjoy confrontational situations where they have every advantage of law, gunpower, steroids, and the ever-present public perception that they’re good guys no matter what.
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