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hamsterjill

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7. You know, I grew up with an honest respect for police officers. But I gotta say

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 10:15 AM

Apr 9

After Uvalde (I grew up there), some of the shit that they are getting away with these days just makes my skin crawl.

But just like Trump, who's going to stop them. Put them in jail, and hell, he will just pardon them.

The situation being discussed in this thread is absolutely gut wrenching and should never have happened obviously.

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Outrage builds as video shows Idaho police shooting a knife-wielding autistic teenager [View all] Omaha Steve Apr 9 OP

From behind a chain-link fence? sop Apr 9 #1

Thugs with badges love adrenaline rushes. They were not selected for empathy or intellectual capacity. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 9 #2

My GOD! 4 Cops, one with a rifle standing behind a chain link fence. It was an execution. Fla Dem Apr 9 #3

In my experience with.... 2naSalit Apr 9 #4

A cop once told me multigraincracker Apr 9 #5

Ok so with the protection of a fence they don't have a taser? Tadpole Raisin Apr 9 #6

You know, I grew up with an honest respect for police officers. But I gotta say hamsterjill Apr 9 #7

I have an adult autistic son who when he was young he'd have meltdowns that we had to call the police kimbutgar Apr 9 #8

Murderous pigs!!! lark Apr 9 #9

Oink! LudwigPastorius Apr 9 #10

Defund the police? Cirsium Apr 9 #11