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BNI_sp t1_jap3963 wrote

Reply to comment by RheaButt in Purple Heart awarded to deputy in fatal shooting during middle school pickup prompts backlash by SLaSZT

To be fair, there are cops which are ex-military. But in general, I think there is a part that want to cosplay. See for example the piece that John Oliver did a couple of years back on the militarization of the police.

Edit: But even worse are the Kyle R.s of the world that want to be tough shooters, but are too lazy to join and get wet, cold and dirty in the mud.

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RheaButt t1_jap3glc wrote

Yeah there's definitely a fair few who are just carrying over into another government job so they can work out the rest of their years until pension

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BNI_sp t1_jap5b2p wrote

That's ok, I guess. Worse are those that think they are the big elite fighters but do not have adequate training and don't realize that stopping people for traffic violations is probably not the same as hunting terrorists.

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