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That’s so weird.

• thanatropism 6y ago
  This is such a politically charged story that it's very well possible that a rumor is being spread that cop spread a rumor that...
• msbarnett 6y ago
  It’s depressingly common. There was a police office last year who claimed a McDonald’s employee took a bite out of his sandwich before serving him. On investigation he suddenly “remembered” that he’d bitten it himself. There’ve been at least a couple of claims of coffee shops serving cops cups with “pigs” or similar written on them; all revealed fabrications when followed up on. In the last few weeks of protests many police unions have tweeted out hyperbolic descriptions of threats officers faced: claims of IEDs thrown at them, etc. The accompanying photos revealed the “IED” to be a simple house candle. Police officers imagine themselves to be an oppressed group and frequently fabricate slights to support that narrative and attempt to highlight the lack of respect they claim to perceive. That these fabrications directly lower everyone’s respect is no small irony.
• Loughla 6y ago
  No it's not. It's one of two things: 1) A mistake. This happens, especially when tensions are high right now. If I'm a cop, and two other cops get sick, and we ate at the same place, 1+1=2. 2) Malicious. If that's the case, the damage is done. The people who want to believe this happened won't see the redaction, and if they do, they won't believe it. Compelling, negative narratives are more powerful today than ever before, regardless of truth. Either way, it's not weird. It's either stupid, knee-jerk reaction, or malicious intent. One of the two.