▲ 387 ▼ [Video] A former sheriff deputy will not face any criminal consequences after he was caught on camera hitting two children with his car, court records show. (i.imgur.com) submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments alternative video upload: https://streamable.com/e/33d3gj
[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 134 points 3 months ago (5 children) will not face criminal consequences Fuck off, he hit two kids in a crosswalk with his car. What the fuck kind of justice is that? permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 3 months ago Remember bastards are part of the in group with fascists. They are protected by the law but not bound by it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 months ago (1 child) America. "Welp, it was an accident". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Soulg@ani.social -6 points 3 months ago (3 children) As I say to stupid shit like this all the time, no it's not normal here, that's why there's a news story about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago* We're lucky we got a story about it. It's because there was clear video evidence. The police are fucking notorious for sweeping stuff like this under the rug. John Oliver talks about several instances with and without bodycam footage that they try to hide. And, again, those are just some of the cases we know about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP4_2soVZe0 Your trust in media is misplaced. Following that logic, genocide is normal, hence why we don't get many stories on what's actually going on. Just think of Alex Pretti and Nicole Good. We know, not because of the police or media, but because bystanders had clead evidence to push the media to actually do their jobs for once. Further case in point is how little we've heard about ICE recently. Because they're still out in force. But I suppose because the violence and rogue law enforcement is "normal" we don't need to report on it anymore, huh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZQe3zGGLZk 1984 is a very relevant read right now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) Every year there are 2,430 regular season MLB games played. Every one of them has, at minimum, at least one news story about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soulg@ani.social -1 points 3 months ago (1 child) Cool, not the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Oh so you mean to say that your logic only applies in that one single instance and if you apply it to anything else it falls apart immediately? Funny that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago An occurrence in a crosswalk doesn’t align with the scale and attention of a paid event attended by thousands, sponsored by the city, and pushed to headlines by a ton of sponsors and the like. I get what you’re trying to do here but it really misses the mark. A better parallel would be school shootings. We have ~3/day and headlines don’t always make it out of the district they happen in. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago It's pretty normal for cops to murder and maim people without consequences permalink fedilink source parent [–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 months ago White justice Also, the law is selectively applied if you hadn't noticed. Gotta keep the plebeians in line and keep the bootlickers loyal enough. Easier to keep this one on the job than to find another to do the elite's bidding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 10 points 3 months ago (1 child) He wasn’t even turning into the right lane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago What? You expect a cop to know traffic laws??? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lemming6969@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago It's not. This is how you end up with alternative justice permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 3 months ago Remember bastards are part of the in group with fascists. They are protected by the law but not bound by it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 months ago (1 child) America. "Welp, it was an accident". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Soulg@ani.social -6 points 3 months ago (3 children) As I say to stupid shit like this all the time, no it's not normal here, that's why there's a news story about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago* We're lucky we got a story about it. It's because there was clear video evidence. The police are fucking notorious for sweeping stuff like this under the rug. John Oliver talks about several instances with and without bodycam footage that they try to hide. And, again, those are just some of the cases we know about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP4_2soVZe0 Your trust in media is misplaced. Following that logic, genocide is normal, hence why we don't get many stories on what's actually going on. Just think of Alex Pretti and Nicole Good. We know, not because of the police or media, but because bystanders had clead evidence to push the media to actually do their jobs for once. Further case in point is how little we've heard about ICE recently. Because they're still out in force. But I suppose because the violence and rogue law enforcement is "normal" we don't need to report on it anymore, huh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZQe3zGGLZk 1984 is a very relevant read right now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) Every year there are 2,430 regular season MLB games played. Every one of them has, at minimum, at least one news story about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soulg@ani.social -1 points 3 months ago (1 child) Cool, not the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Oh so you mean to say that your logic only applies in that one single instance and if you apply it to anything else it falls apart immediately? Funny that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago An occurrence in a crosswalk doesn’t align with the scale and attention of a paid event attended by thousands, sponsored by the city, and pushed to headlines by a ton of sponsors and the like. I get what you’re trying to do here but it really misses the mark. A better parallel would be school shootings. We have ~3/day and headlines don’t always make it out of the district they happen in. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago It's pretty normal for cops to murder and maim people without consequences permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Soulg@ani.social -6 points 3 months ago (3 children) As I say to stupid shit like this all the time, no it's not normal here, that's why there's a news story about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago* We're lucky we got a story about it. It's because there was clear video evidence. The police are fucking notorious for sweeping stuff like this under the rug. John Oliver talks about several instances with and without bodycam footage that they try to hide. And, again, those are just some of the cases we know about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP4_2soVZe0 Your trust in media is misplaced. Following that logic, genocide is normal, hence why we don't get many stories on what's actually going on. Just think of Alex Pretti and Nicole Good. We know, not because of the police or media, but because bystanders had clead evidence to push the media to actually do their jobs for once. Further case in point is how little we've heard about ICE recently. Because they're still out in force. But I suppose because the violence and rogue law enforcement is "normal" we don't need to report on it anymore, huh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZQe3zGGLZk 1984 is a very relevant read right now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) Every year there are 2,430 regular season MLB games played. Every one of them has, at minimum, at least one news story about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soulg@ani.social -1 points 3 months ago (1 child) Cool, not the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Oh so you mean to say that your logic only applies in that one single instance and if you apply it to anything else it falls apart immediately? Funny that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago An occurrence in a crosswalk doesn’t align with the scale and attention of a paid event attended by thousands, sponsored by the city, and pushed to headlines by a ton of sponsors and the like. I get what you’re trying to do here but it really misses the mark. A better parallel would be school shootings. We have ~3/day and headlines don’t always make it out of the district they happen in. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago It's pretty normal for cops to murder and maim people without consequences permalink fedilink source parent
[–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago* We're lucky we got a story about it. It's because there was clear video evidence. The police are fucking notorious for sweeping stuff like this under the rug. John Oliver talks about several instances with and without bodycam footage that they try to hide. And, again, those are just some of the cases we know about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP4_2soVZe0 Your trust in media is misplaced. Following that logic, genocide is normal, hence why we don't get many stories on what's actually going on. Just think of Alex Pretti and Nicole Good. We know, not because of the police or media, but because bystanders had clead evidence to push the media to actually do their jobs for once. Further case in point is how little we've heard about ICE recently. Because they're still out in force. But I suppose because the violence and rogue law enforcement is "normal" we don't need to report on it anymore, huh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZQe3zGGLZk 1984 is a very relevant read right now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) Every year there are 2,430 regular season MLB games played. Every one of them has, at minimum, at least one news story about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soulg@ani.social -1 points 3 months ago (1 child) Cool, not the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Oh so you mean to say that your logic only applies in that one single instance and if you apply it to anything else it falls apart immediately? Funny that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago An occurrence in a crosswalk doesn’t align with the scale and attention of a paid event attended by thousands, sponsored by the city, and pushed to headlines by a ton of sponsors and the like. I get what you’re trying to do here but it really misses the mark. A better parallel would be school shootings. We have ~3/day and headlines don’t always make it out of the district they happen in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soulg@ani.social -1 points 3 months ago (1 child) Cool, not the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Oh so you mean to say that your logic only applies in that one single instance and if you apply it to anything else it falls apart immediately? Funny that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago An occurrence in a crosswalk doesn’t align with the scale and attention of a paid event attended by thousands, sponsored by the city, and pushed to headlines by a ton of sponsors and the like. I get what you’re trying to do here but it really misses the mark. A better parallel would be school shootings. We have ~3/day and headlines don’t always make it out of the district they happen in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Oh so you mean to say that your logic only applies in that one single instance and if you apply it to anything else it falls apart immediately? Funny that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago An occurrence in a crosswalk doesn’t align with the scale and attention of a paid event attended by thousands, sponsored by the city, and pushed to headlines by a ton of sponsors and the like. I get what you’re trying to do here but it really misses the mark. A better parallel would be school shootings. We have ~3/day and headlines don’t always make it out of the district they happen in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago An occurrence in a crosswalk doesn’t align with the scale and attention of a paid event attended by thousands, sponsored by the city, and pushed to headlines by a ton of sponsors and the like. I get what you’re trying to do here but it really misses the mark. A better parallel would be school shootings. We have ~3/day and headlines don’t always make it out of the district they happen in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago It's pretty normal for cops to murder and maim people without consequences permalink fedilink source parent
[–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 months ago White justice Also, the law is selectively applied if you hadn't noticed. Gotta keep the plebeians in line and keep the bootlickers loyal enough. Easier to keep this one on the job than to find another to do the elite's bidding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 10 points 3 months ago (1 child) He wasn’t even turning into the right lane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago What? You expect a cop to know traffic laws??? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago What? You expect a cop to know traffic laws??? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemming6969@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago It's not. This is how you end up with alternative justice permalink fedilink source parent