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I like how all 3 replies ignored the part where I put in context "the moment police were getting close", as if to assume I was asking why fireworks were ignited
by eBombzor 3y ago
I like how all 3 replies ignored the part where I put in context "the moment police were getting close", as if to assume I was asking why fireworks were ignited at night in general. I saw the body cam footage, and the cops legitimately thought someone was shooting at them, because when they got close, they heard, what literally sounded like gunshots. Should they have just blind fired? Absolutely not, terrible training by those officers, but it's not hard to see why there would be some confusion.
- ragazzina 3y ago>the cops legitimately thought someone was shooting at them But cops always "legitimately" think someone is shooting at them. Have you heard of the acorn incident?
- w0z_ 3y agoForty-seven officers were shot and killed in the line of duty in 2023. That's about 1 a week.
- magicalist 3y agoWell there's 700,000 cops in the US, so sounds like their priors are legitimately terrible.
- ragazzina 3y agoIs that a lot? More than one unarmed person per week is killed by the police in the US.
- mrguyorama 3y agoAnd way more than that die every year of automobile accidents, or fucking heart disease!