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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 3 points 50 minutes ago
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's probably one of those occupations with a Maximum IQ requirement rather than a Minimum IQ requirement.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago

They don't even need to have an intelligence cap that limits you from hiring, like how the police operate, because if you're applying in the first place it's assumed you're too stupid to question orders and just want to shoot people for not being white.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Call me when it's in the head. Although I doubt that would be lethal for an ICE agent.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed. They'd have to hit a vital spot.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 4 points 9 hours ago (3 children)
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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

Evolution is doing it’s part.

[–] UltraMagnus@startrek.website 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The fact that the negligent discharges often involve experienced officers should be a wake up call that ICEs recent behavior isn't new or just because of Trump - the incompetence is baked in.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's what's surprising. All the shootings, intentional and otherwise, are exactly the result you'd expect from adding a bunch of untrained morons to the group. But most of the incidents are from dudes with 5+ years experience. What the fuck.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 hours ago

Honestly it makes sense. Most incidents are due to complacency with rules/procedures. A new guy joins and follows every rule to the letter, but more experienced people think "Well, I've gone all this time without an incident and bent the rules a little here and there, and it's not been a problem.

You see it happen all the time working around heavy machinery. The new guy gets trained on the Limb Mangler and is absolutely terrified of it, so he follows every rule to the letter. The experienced guy has worked with the Limb Mangler for 10 years and knows that the correct process for un-jamming the de-gloving reels takes like 45 minutes and is a PITA, he also knows that you can quickly wiggle the jam loose with a pair of pliers and get it up and running without a stoppage at all. Everything is fine, until it isn't, and suddenly you've got skeleton hands because you didn't feel like taking time to properly de-energize and LOTO tag the system.

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Finally a shooting statistic I can get behind.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Ironically, the solution is more guns

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 19 points 11 hours ago

It's always nice when the trash takes itself out.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 hours ago
[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago
[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 hours ago
[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

An ideal police force is full of Andy’s. They seem to be full of Barney’s.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Shame the bullets did not hit their fucking femoral artery! The useless racist bastards can carry on shooting themselves and each other.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 32 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (7 children)

Since they cant handle firearms safely then they shouldnt be permitted to have any.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

whoa there....Americans not in death squads shoot each other or themselves accidently over 44,000 times a year.

The right to be idiots is in the constitatuition.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 9 hours ago

And that's why you don't hire gravy seals.

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