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HeyImGilly t1_j9c1745 wrote

“and we hope the community understands this is an individual’s act and does not reflect our law enforcement men and women.” Yeah ok. We all saw what happened at Uvalde. That guy’s coworkers probably saw signs of this sort of behavior and did nothing. Go a few years without a video of a cop using excessive force and then you get to say that.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j9c48jn wrote

Pittsburgh had a cop who couldn't stop shooting people and costing the city money through wrongful death lawsuits. He even left a bar completely shitfaced and pistolwhipped a random passerby and shot him over some sort of phantom disrespect, and no action was taken.
 
https://archive.triblive.com/news/city-officer-charged-in-south-side-street-shooting/
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2009/06/12/Officer-cleared-in-off-duty-assault-on-South-Side/stories/200906120177

 
They finally got rid of him in 2021. 13 years after the incident in that story.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j9fbrxy wrote

... and then there is the story of Jay Splain, the trigger happy PSP Trooper...

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