I remember reading about major police fuck ups in 2000 when I was first really getting online. It never gets easier to look at these miserable excuses of policing. Best part is that the officer involved in this shooting was born at roughly the same time I became aware of this shit.
this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2024
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99.9999% of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct is never investigated, never punished, never makes the news, so it's not on this page.
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Cops can and do get away with lawlessness, because cops protect other cops. If they don't, they aren't cops for long.
The legal doctrine of "qualified immunity" renders police officers invulnerable to lawsuits for almost anything they do. In practice, getting past 'qualified immunity' is so unlikely, it makes headlines when it happens.
All this is a path to a police state.
In a free society, police must always be under serious and skeptical public oversight, with non-cops and non-cronies in charge, issuing genuine punishment when warranted.
Police who break the law must be prosecuted like anyone else, promptly fired if guilty, and barred from ever working in law-enforcement again.
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There's no better place to be a murdering son of a bitch than one's local police force. And that's a hundred fold now that's it's going to be the new Gestapo
Attacking the wrong person aside, opening fire during a knife attack (not directed towards cops) seems like a huge overreaction.
Also, person in undies vs a person in a hoodie and jacket. Who looks like they just got woken up out of bed vs was outside a moment ago.
Shoot first, investigate ourselves later. The lesson here is don't call the police? There's a good chance that you'll overpower the attacker than be rescued by undertrained police.
I always laughed at these house signs that say: we don't call 911 and two revolvers. Now i think they are actually right, just for the wrong reasons.
In 2025 you have to protect yourself from police in America. They could come to the wrong door and bust in and try to kill you. You have a right to defend your life and that includes killing a police officer.
The next president has already said he's going to give them blanket immunity. That means cops can do anything they want now
Forget about 911, buy a gun and train often. The police will not only not protect you, they will kill you even if you are innocent
Sadly this is the reality of it, he was targeted simply because he was a man attacked by a woman and society is often as misandrist as it is misogynistic.
Misandry is “in” now
Hating men is okay and if you point it out you're an abusive rapist.
We shouldn't judge groups of people based on the actions of a minority, unless it's men.
"After Brandon Durham falls to the floor the officer shoots him five more times."
Sounds like a fucking execution.
When seconds matter... The cops are minutes away
He would've been better off if they were hours away!
Guy had some violent criminals outside his house trying to break in and hurt him and his family. Calls the cops. Now he's got an extra violent criminal with a gun who breaks into his house and kills him. Why does anyone call the cops anymore???
What else do you do? I get the point but who else deals with that if you can't? At a certain point you have to roll those dice right?
You separate and control both people. You use your police h2h training to deescalate the situation, soak them both in pepper spray or taze them both while you sort out the facts. You get stabbed doing your duty to serve and protect civilians because you knew that is what you signed up for and why police are heroes.......
Oh wait.......
Wouldn't you rather kill a cop than die by cop?
Anyone busting down my door is getting 600 rounds per minute from a 120 round magazine. I don't give a fuck who they are. My finger will continue to wiggle until there are no rounds left. They can always identify them by their badge or their fingerprints
Police are not here to protect you, they are here to protect the property of the wealthy. They will kill you without a second thought
Arm the left and Make Nazis Afraid Again.
But a gun, learn to use it, call a lawyer then cops. Or gamble on the cops and going fisticuffs with a knife like this poor guy did.
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Typical day on the job for police then
Person that looks like they were just outside, with crime hoodie and all? Probably not the suspect. Some guy half naked in his evening wear? POW POW POW!!!
Shit like this will be the police's downfall, because once the people don't trust you, you're not a policie force, but civilian suppression force.
you’re not a policie force, but civilian suppression force.
Corporate has asked you to describe the difference between these two pictures.
Life is cheap in the USA.
As a person of color, we do not trust the police.
This is why.
As a person of personhood, this is likely the best default.
I'm the whitest white guy who ever whited, but I don't trust the police for the same reasons.
I'm the whitest white guy who ever whited
Weird time to bring up jerking off.
I don't trust anyone who could shoot me and get away with it.
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