These cops are fucking scum and anybody who wears the LAPD badge should feel ashamed to be associated with them.
In 1992, LA had riots sparked by police brutality. Since then, the LAPD has striven to uphold the utmost standards in police work . . . lol, no, they made sure ACAB applies double to them.
Bastard should be fired
Jailed
There must be real consequences. We need leadership that actually has the balls to deal with this sort of trash.
/and no, I'm not holding my breath or expecting anything to actually happen
Deed we do. Next election cycle will tell the tail
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Maybe not every single one of them will shoot an unarmed civilian, but all of them just stood by and did nothing.
Verdict: ACAB.
It would be funny if one of them arrested the shooter on the spot
It was a rubber coated metal bullet fired at close range.
You do not shoot someone unless you want them dead.
Shit, as prior military we were taught you don't point your weapon at anything or anyone unless you're prepared to pull the trigger. The fact that all the others on that line had their weapons down, but this dude has his up the whole time, tells you all you need to know about the lack of training of that individual.
Lack of training
On the contrary, these pigs are doing exactly what the people in power want them to.
Pay no attention to LAPD, we purposely trained them wrong... as a joke.
Yeah, that was close enough to kill. She might have internal bleeding for all we know.
No way I could be a cop. If I was standing in line with those guys and saw my coworker shoot a girl close range I'd punch him in the face. This is what people mean when they say ACAB. There's no way a decent person can see a woman get shot like that and not want to help.
I could never date a cop either. Imagine the type of harm and harassment they could unleash on you if you broke up with them.
I wouldn’t even be friends with a cop.
I wouldn’t even be friends with a cop.
I absolutely won't be friends with one. They have a dangerous mentality of escalating non-violent situations into violent ones, and they'll never admit when they are wrong. Not the type of people I would ever want to associate with.
I'm polyamorous. I won't even date someone who dates cops.
Manufacturers of "less lethal" rubber rounds do not consider them safe at that range. They're considered very dangerous with a high risk of death within about 10 meters.
That's a seriously injured, unarmed, citizen and not only do they not lift a finger to help they seem to fire at the woman trying to help her.
You're also supposed to bounce them off the ground. Never a direct hit.
reminder that "non lethal weapons" are actually just "less lethal weapons". rubber bullets, tear gas and tasers absolutely can and have killed people.
I was wondering, if someone shot rubber bullets at a cop, would they be charged with attempted murder or assault?
In America, you can be charged with murder if the piggly wiggly arresting you works too hard and has a heart attack.
So shooting anything at a cop is most likely summary execution at the scene.
Person who took this video is an actual hero. I don't want to imagine what could have happened to that woman without them.
Also: don't make the mistake of looking at the replies to this on Twitter. I forgot just how bad it was, but nearly every top reply is by verified accounts trying to justify this somehow. It's actually insane to me the complete lack of empathy these people show - past party lines and political differences, isn't this obviously a bad thing that shouldn't have happened?
Hollywood needs to pump out more REAL cop shows, where they show how cowardly, fat and racists cops are.
Well, she might have been an undercover reporter, what choice did they have?
Obviously Hamas
Punk-ass cowards. Trigger-happy pigs. Death to them all.
"Rubber" bullets are steel bullets coated in rubber.
And can easily break bones or maim if used incorrectly.
I think it's because downtown LA had a curfew. But that's kinda bullshit because where else would this person go if she came home after working a night shift? Sleeping outside would also break curfew
She was a local resident trying to get to her home
Yeah that's what I'm saying. These fucking pigs that don't even deserve to be on the same level of pigs
Real pigs are capable of empathy, unlike these fascist bastards
AND THE LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND OF THE FREEEEEEEEEEEE AND THE HOOOOOOOOOOME OF THEEEEEEEE BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAVEEEE..........
Remember that part of your anthem America?
These people are not working for justice, they criminals
Stories like this are why despise Biden and Obama so much. Both enthusiastically armed the police while pretending to support change and helped give them this sense of invincibility, and both had the power to make real change in policing but cared more about being reelected than doing the right thing.
Despite Obama’s “hope and change” promises the first time around, they were both status quo presidents who needed to ensure the dominance of the state above all else.
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