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I feel the need to point out, since this is the top comment, that there are numerous reasons to believe this piece is not real.

by _bxg1 6y ago

otterley 6y ago
Can you enumerate these reasons? Just saying "there are reasons" is not very useful to anyone.
- _bxg1 6y ago
  Other comments go through them but I'll surface some here: - Single-post, anonymous account - Weird characterizations and worded with a lot of political ideology - "Officer A. Cab" -> ACAB It would be incredibly easy to write a fake post exactly like this, and it just reads as very fake and unrealistic. There is zero reason to believe it's real. Let us (myself included) not indulge our preconceived notions without a critical eye.
  - otterley 6y ago
    Can you offer any evidence about the truth or falsity of the specific claims in the article? Or does it just "smell fishy"? The former is enlightening; the latter is based solely on circumstantial evidence and suggests bias. I'm not saying he's telling the truth about every claim made, but as a trained attorney who worked for a Federal district judge for some time, I know enough about the law and have met enough LEOs in person not to completely discount everything said here.
    - _bxg1 6y ago
      I can compare the value of incorporating this into my worldview if it is true, against the harm of incorporating it if it isn't true. If it's true, it doesn't tell me anything new or inform my opinions in any helpful way. If it's false, it needlessly entrenches my already strong feelings on the matter and gives me a charged, bad data point. I'm automatically suspicious of anything that plays too perfectly into whatever my emotions want me to believe. I don't see any downside to discarding this one, suspect data point among many other, less-suspect ones.
      - aspenmayer 6y ago
        I read the article with the same skepticism. That’s why I quoted it. I did not mean my quote to imply agreement. The article seemed like police fan fiction, or social science fiction. It describes events that may have happened for reasons of causality and reality; they just as likely happened for narrative impact and viral effect. I try to assume good faith but the context is so unverifiable as to be satirical. It’s not beyond the pale, however, and that is worrying. This could have happened, and even worse things have been done by law enforcement in America, things which haven’t had as much airtime as this post. That is the true tragedy, and that is the kernel of truth in the post, regardless of its veracity.

I feel the need to point out, since this is the top comment, that there are numerous reasons to believe this piece is not real.

by _bxg1 6y ago

I feel the need to point out, since this is the top comment, that there are numerous reasons to believe this piece is not real.

otterley 6y ago

Can you enumerate these reasons? Just saying "there are reasons" is not very useful to anyone.

_bxg1 6y ago
Other comments go through them but I'll surface some here: - Single-post, anonymous account - Weird characterizations and worded with a lot of political ideology - "Officer A. Cab" -> ACAB It would be incredibly easy to write a fake post exactly like this, and it just reads as very fake and unrealistic. There is zero reason to believe it's real. Let us (myself included) not indulge our preconceived notions without a critical eye.
- otterley 6y ago
  Can you offer any evidence about the truth or falsity of the specific claims in the article? Or does it just "smell fishy"? The former is enlightening; the latter is based solely on circumstantial evidence and suggests bias. I'm not saying he's telling the truth about every claim made, but as a trained attorney who worked for a Federal district judge for some time, I know enough about the law and have met enough LEOs in person not to completely discount everything said here.
  - _bxg1 6y ago
    I can compare the value of incorporating this into my worldview if it is true, against the harm of incorporating it if it isn't true. If it's true, it doesn't tell me anything new or inform my opinions in any helpful way. If it's false, it needlessly entrenches my already strong feelings on the matter and gives me a charged, bad data point. I'm automatically suspicious of anything that plays too perfectly into whatever my emotions want me to believe. I don't see any downside to discarding this one, suspect data point among many other, less-suspect ones.
    - aspenmayer 6y ago
      I read the article with the same skepticism. That’s why I quoted it. I did not mean my quote to imply agreement. The article seemed like police fan fiction, or social science fiction. It describes events that may have happened for reasons of causality and reality; they just as likely happened for narrative impact and viral effect. I try to assume good faith but the context is so unverifiable as to be satirical. It’s not beyond the pale, however, and that is worrying. This could have happened, and even worse things have been done by law enforcement in America, things which haven’t had as much airtime as this post. That is the true tragedy, and that is the kernel of truth in the post, regardless of its veracity.