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Those cops embarrassed themselves. Especially that one lady that was faux crying. Shameful behavior from the largest gang in the US.

alphawhisky 7mo ago
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anon84873628 7mo ago
That didn't seem like faux crying. Making fun of her in that way is the hardest to defend IMO, since it had nothing to do with her job performance or relevant character attributes. (E.g. how the other officer had been accused of stealing before, or had a brother resign from the force after being charged with a crime involving a minor). That said, I don't disagree with outcome.
- embedding-shape 7mo ago
  Aren't cops by default public figures? They're the de facto face of the police for the ordinary citizen, not sure they should be the type of individual who cries because someone calls them fat, lesbian or whatever. These people have the legal right to essentially execute you in public, I think we should set the bar a bit higher on who should be allowed to be a police officer in the first place.
  - hollywood_court 7mo ago
    I was raised by LEOs. My mother and all four of her husbands were career long LEOs in the South. Of course this is just based on my anecdotes, but LEOs have some of the thinnest skin imaginable. The first time I fought a grown man was when I was 13 and I had to fight my mother's fourth husband. He was a Deputy Sheriff and combat veteran and that dude had the emotional strength of a 12 year old girl who didn't get asked to the winter dance.
    - edm0nd 7mo ago
      >My mother and all four of her husbands were career long LEOs how many of them physically abused her? the stats say 3 out of 4 did.
      - hollywood_court 7mo ago
        Only one abused her that I’m aware of, but I know she abused two of her husbands. She was a very violent lady. She shot my biological father when I was 14 months old.
    - komali2 7mo ago
      It seems the job selects for those types. I suppose people interested in law enforcement / justice that aren't that way either end up as lawyers or working for the FBI or something.
      - hollywood_court 7mo ago
        If you don't have any kind of marketable skills yet want to make a decent living with plenty of benefits, becoming a LEO is the easiest choice for most people. Or if you don't have any marketable skills yet have a spouse that has a job with health benefits, you can become a real estate agent. Those two career paths seem to be the most chosen for almost all of the 'not so bright' folks I grew up with.
      - jrm4 7mo ago
        Other way around, right? Those types select that job. You're weak but you want to appear powerful, so...
      - cucumber3732842 7mo ago
        It's a use it or lose it skill. When you carry a badge and gun around and can bark orders at people all day and they have to comply or face the infinite violence you can summon with your radio your skin will grow thin over time. Power corrupts, or some half baked version of that.
  - alistairSH 7mo ago
    This is a career that quite literally selects for "not too smart" [1] 1 - https://www.wirthlawoffice.com/tulsa-attorney-blog/2013/07/court-okd-citys-too-smart-to-be-a-cop-rule https://www.wirthlawoffice.com/tulsa-attorney-blog/2013/07/c...
- hrimfaxi 7mo ago
  These people carry guns and can kill you on the street and they can't take getting called some bad names?
  - throwaway173738 7mo ago
    Yes, exactly. Try calling a cop a “pig” to their face. Or breaking up with a cop. Or just say no to something they’re asking you to do. “Not all cops” and all that, but enough of them are like that that you have to be really careful how you engage with them.
    - lwkl 7mo ago
      > Try calling a cop a “pig” to their face. At least where I live in Europe you aren't allowed to insult people and you can get fined for it. Be it a police officer or a any other person.
      - ryukoposting 7mo ago
        I cannot imagine living in a place where I can't tell someone what I think of them once in a while.
        maest 7mo ago
        You can tell them they are doing a shameful job or that you disagree with their actions or whatever. You just can't _insult_ them like a 6 year old on a playground. Why is the ability to do so valuable to you?
        malcolmgreaves 7mo ago
        The first thing you described is an insult.
        maest 7mo ago
        No, an insult implies insolence, rudeness, condescension, insensitivity. You can communicate a dim view of someone without being rude.
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alphawhisky 7mo ago

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anon84873628 7mo ago

That didn't seem like faux crying. Making fun of her in that way is the hardest to defend IMO, since it had nothing to do with her job performance or relevant character attributes. (E.g. how the other officer had been accused of stealing before, or had a brother resign from the force after being charged with a crime involving a minor). That said, I don't disagree with outcome.

embedding-shape 7mo ago
Aren't cops by default public figures? They're the de facto face of the police for the ordinary citizen, not sure they should be the type of individual who cries because someone calls them fat, lesbian or whatever. These people have the legal right to essentially execute you in public, I think we should set the bar a bit higher on who should be allowed to be a police officer in the first place.
- hollywood_court 7mo ago
  I was raised by LEOs. My mother and all four of her husbands were career long LEOs in the South. Of course this is just based on my anecdotes, but LEOs have some of the thinnest skin imaginable. The first time I fought a grown man was when I was 13 and I had to fight my mother's fourth husband. He was a Deputy Sheriff and combat veteran and that dude had the emotional strength of a 12 year old girl who didn't get asked to the winter dance.
  - edm0nd 7mo ago
    >My mother and all four of her husbands were career long LEOs how many of them physically abused her? the stats say 3 out of 4 did.
    - hollywood_court 7mo ago
      Only one abused her that I’m aware of, but I know she abused two of her husbands. She was a very violent lady. She shot my biological father when I was 14 months old.
  - komali2 7mo ago
    It seems the job selects for those types. I suppose people interested in law enforcement / justice that aren't that way either end up as lawyers or working for the FBI or something.
    - hollywood_court 7mo ago
      If you don't have any kind of marketable skills yet want to make a decent living with plenty of benefits, becoming a LEO is the easiest choice for most people. Or if you don't have any marketable skills yet have a spouse that has a job with health benefits, you can become a real estate agent. Those two career paths seem to be the most chosen for almost all of the 'not so bright' folks I grew up with.
    - jrm4 7mo ago
      Other way around, right? Those types select that job. You're weak but you want to appear powerful, so...
    - cucumber3732842 7mo ago
      It's a use it or lose it skill. When you carry a badge and gun around and can bark orders at people all day and they have to comply or face the infinite violence you can summon with your radio your skin will grow thin over time. Power corrupts, or some half baked version of that.
- alistairSH 7mo ago
  This is a career that quite literally selects for "not too smart" [1] 1 - https://www.wirthlawoffice.com/tulsa-attorney-blog/2013/07/court-okd-citys-too-smart-to-be-a-cop-rule https://www.wirthlawoffice.com/tulsa-attorney-blog/2013/07/c...
hrimfaxi 7mo ago
These people carry guns and can kill you on the street and they can't take getting called some bad names?
- throwaway173738 7mo ago
  Yes, exactly. Try calling a cop a “pig” to their face. Or breaking up with a cop. Or just say no to something they’re asking you to do. “Not all cops” and all that, but enough of them are like that that you have to be really careful how you engage with them.
  - lwkl 7mo ago
    > Try calling a cop a “pig” to their face. At least where I live in Europe you aren't allowed to insult people and you can get fined for it. Be it a police officer or a any other person.
    - ryukoposting 7mo ago
      I cannot imagine living in a place where I can't tell someone what I think of them once in a while.
      - maest 7mo ago
        You can tell them they are doing a shameful job or that you disagree with their actions or whatever. You just can't _insult_ them like a 6 year old on a playground. Why is the ability to do so valuable to you?
        malcolmgreaves 7mo ago
        The first thing you described is an insult.
        maest 7mo ago
        No, an insult implies insolence, rudeness, condescension, insensitivity. You can communicate a dim view of someone without being rude.

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