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> The dialect our cops use is perhaps even worse, but at least most of us don’t have to read or hear it as much as the business variety. Ugh, and journalists o
by komali2 11mo ago
> The dialect our cops use is perhaps even worse, but at least most of us don’t have to read or hear it as much as the business variety.
Ugh, and journalists often slip into cop dialect in their articles. It's disgustingly propagandic.
Notice that cops never kill or shoot someone, even in situations where they're blatantly in the wrong. It's always, "service weapon was discharged" or "subject was fired upon." Make sure to throw a couple "proceeded to's" in there for good measure.
- jodrellblank 11mo ago2005 Hurricane Katrina, news described a black man carrying bread through floodwater as "looting a grocery store" and white people carrying bread through floodwater as "finding bread and soda from a local grocery store". Image: https://media.snopes.com/2016/09/looting.jpg https://media.snopes.com/2016/09/looting.jpg Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hurricane-katrina-looters/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hurricane-katrina-looters/