▲ 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
[–] 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