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[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 24 points 6 months ago

From other accounts, he had arrested a suspect, handcuffed and searched them, and put them in the back of the squad car, and apparently thought that the suspect--the one they'd searched, cuffed, and locked in the car--was shooting at him. So, in his mind, he was returning fire.

I gotta ask - did he hit the guy in the car? Did he even his his car? Where did the bullets all end up? When you start shooting in public, you're supposed to be responsible for each on of those pieces of lead.

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[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago
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[-] TipRing@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

This is the kind of video they should show in the academy. A cop so scared that he put the public (and a person in his care and custody) in danger.

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[-] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 21 points 6 months ago

The only good thing to be said is that for a short time there was one less cop car pulling over black people, then it came back from the body shop.

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[-] sagrotan@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

The next evolution of "Florida man" is "Florida cop". A wild acorn appears. Florida cop uses "9mm Glock". Is is not very effective.

[-] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Killology is replacing "policing" with "warlording".

[-] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

From now on when I feel stupid I will make sure to remember I'm not this level of stupid....

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 months ago

One commenter added some critical context to the story:

I actually just read about this, early today. I think two things were involved here, neither of which were mentioned in this article:

The officer served (2) tours overseas. Seeing the lasting affects a tour in Afghanistan has had on a relative, I believe this officer has undiagnosed PTSD which impacted his reaction here.

The officers had reason to believe Jackson owned/possessed a firearm with a suppressor. The sound of a suppressed 9mm isn’t terribly dissimilar from an acorn falling on sheet metal.

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[-] Haus@kbin.social 15 points 6 months ago

Me looking around the article for a satire tag.

[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

If only cops had training.

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