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Reminds me of the stories I'd heard about Toronto cops using their lights and sirens to clear a path to Tim Horton's. Which I found mildly surprising in Toronto

Reminds me of the stories I'd heard about Toronto cops using their lights and sirens to clear a path to Tim Horton's. Which I found mildly surprising in Toronto's case, not at all surprising in NYC's.

wahnfrieden 4y ago
Not another illegality story but I remember in the first weeks of Toronto lockdown walking past a few unmasked police who laughed at me for putting my mask on as their group came near me, with one saying “Too late!” to me with a gleeful grin.
- Avshalom 4y ago
  Cop-deaths like doubled during 2020/21/22 and it was entirely covid related.
  - cmh89 4y ago
    COVID-19 has been the number one cause of death for police officers for three years https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-leading-cause-law-enforcement-deaths-2022-3rd/story?id=96363324 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-leading-cause-law-enforc... It's not surprising in the slightest. I'm guessing a lot of them developed a aversion to vaccines from the media they ingest. Edit* I'm laughing at the downvotes for posting an article. Real Reddit energy.
    - sleepybrett 4y ago
      I think it's a few factors: 1) as you said they seem to be, as a group, vaccine adverse. Maybe because they see themselves as the ones that 'should be giving the orders not taking them' 2) Similarly, perhaps in macho alignment with point 1, their masking discipline was poor 3) .. and this is one in their favor, they were perhaps one of of the largest groups of 'essential workers' that still had to interact with many people even during the height of whatever we want to call that period early on where we were 'locked down'.
piuantiderp 4y ago
I've seen this in Seattle. My friend took me to some famous ice cream shop. As we are walking in, firefighters nonchalantly come out with their ice creams, get into their truck and start blasting the siren for people to make way.

wahnfrieden 4y ago

Not another illegality story but I remember in the first weeks of Toronto lockdown walking past a few unmasked police who laughed at me for putting my mask on as their group came near me, with one saying “Too late!” to me with a gleeful grin.

Avshalom 4y ago
Cop-deaths like doubled during 2020/21/22 and it was entirely covid related.
- cmh89 4y ago
  COVID-19 has been the number one cause of death for police officers for three years https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-leading-cause-law-enforcement-deaths-2022-3rd/story?id=96363324 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-leading-cause-law-enforc... It's not surprising in the slightest. I'm guessing a lot of them developed a aversion to vaccines from the media they ingest. Edit* I'm laughing at the downvotes for posting an article. Real Reddit energy.
  - sleepybrett 4y ago
    I think it's a few factors: 1) as you said they seem to be, as a group, vaccine adverse. Maybe because they see themselves as the ones that 'should be giving the orders not taking them' 2) Similarly, perhaps in macho alignment with point 1, their masking discipline was poor 3) .. and this is one in their favor, they were perhaps one of of the largest groups of 'essential workers' that still had to interact with many people even during the height of whatever we want to call that period early on where we were 'locked down'.

piuantiderp 4y ago

I've seen this in Seattle. My friend took me to some famous ice cream shop. As we are walking in, firefighters nonchalantly come out with their ice creams, get into their truck and start blasting the siren for people to make way.