Not directly related to this, but I just remembered when the cops shot up that UPS truck with the hostage inside. The hostage was killed by the cops and UPS apologized to the cops.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 75 points 2 years ago (1 children)

killed two bystander motorists in other cars as well, and the police were also taking cover behind occupied vehicles

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or when they were hunting dorner and killed two innocent women

[–] cryptymythy@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought they survived even though they dumped like a hundred rounds into a truck that was a different make and model

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're right, they survived no thanks to the cops though. The cops were shooting to kill

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Someone recently linked me a compilation of cops losing gunfights, and there are multiple clips where the pigs are trying to shoot someone in the back while they run away, but miss over and over. So, so many of them really are dogshit with their weapons

[–] D3FNC@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Accuracy with a handgun past ten feet is not a trivial skill to obtain.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Definitely not but goddamn thats's like one of their only real jobs lol

[–] D3FNC@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't really agree with that, ideally they shouldn't even have access to any firearms at all. Some forms of peace officers historically never carried arms.

Especially for people who grew up around violence just an officer near you wearing a gun ratchets the stakes up considerably. Then of course they always want to take it out, wave it around and proceed to violate every single element of firearm safety like a sick form of bingo.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Disagree with what? You're talking about how you think things should be, i'm talking about what their actual job actually is. They exist as enforcers for capital, and a lot of them are bad at it.

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Lol

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago

As is tradition.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

From my memory it wasn't so much an "apology" as a "we thank you an respect you for your service". Not that it matters a whole lot.