According to WHIO, who obtained an “investigative file” and communications within the office, Rodgers said he was prescribed sleep aids and that his ‘out of character’ actions were a “documented side effect.”
Ah, the classic Roseanne defense. Most people don’t start spewing hate under the influence of medication if they don’t normally use that kind of language when they’re sober.
Alcohol doesn’t change people, it just makes it easier to bring their true selves to the front.
People that say this either don’t understand alcohol or haven’t been around it much.
Edit: I cannot believe that people need clarification of this is 2024. Alcohol modifies someone’s personality through its effects. If you’ve ever heard of a happy or angry drunk, that’s why. It can cause mood swings in people, increased aggression, and at the same time makes them act irrationally. That isn’t the “real person” underneath. The part of you that alcohol takes away is part of you.
And when you take away the ability to reason and make good decisions, you say all sorts of stupid things you don’t mean. That isn’t the real you. A drunk person will mostly just be telling you their impulsive subconscious thoughts that they aren’t in control of at all. That’s not a real person at that point.
People who say this obviously don’t drink. The drunker I get the more friendly I get and to be honest annoyingly chatty. My friends who get angry were just better at hiding it when sober.
Yeah I was going to say the same thing, I used to drink a lot and I never did anything drunk that I didn’t want to do sober. The drinking just impairs judgement and how much you care about consequences in the moment.
What are you talking about? Alcohols ability to lower inhibitions is well known and studied.
And that’s exactly what makes it not the “real you”. Read my edit but someone without inhibitions isn’t telling you who they are, they’re telling you who they choose not to be using inhibitions.
You’re not accounting for people who are restrained from being who they truly are or who they want to be by the perceived consequences until they’re intoxicated and don’t care about the consequences anymore. Bigots who might only say bigoted things in “safe” company unless they drink too much aren’t virtuous people holding back intrusive thoughts. They are bigots who finally feel free to do so.
Yea… Studying, that’s what I was doing on Friday night
What a load of nonsense, haha.
Oh dear, things I learn on the Internet…
I’m only a racist when I’m sleepy.
It’s a case of Medicated Angry Geriatric Asshole.
Fire this fool and make an example of him. Dude is the reason we don’t trust the police.
He should at the bottom of the ladder acting like this.
The department told the outlet that they apologize for his behavior and that Rodgers has received “received a written reprimand for a violation of the department’s social media policy and will remain on duty.”
Oh, he got a reprimand. Well that should take care of everything. I’m sure he’s learned a valuable lesson. Public trust restored.
I won’t be satisfied with anything less than a full disadulation
He hasn’t even done a “This isn’t who I am” yet!
Oh but he has!
According to WHIO, who obtained an “investigative file” and communications within the office, Rodgers said he was prescribed sleep aids and that his ‘out of character’ actions were a “documented side effect.”
Yeah, but at leat he doesn’t get a vacation for being a Bad Boy TM
I’m sure he’ll regret it for as long as he’s collecting his 150k a year pension.
Joke’s on him, I don’t ever expect cops to protect anyone. Just property.
God damn, I feel so much shame for the way the Haitians there are treated. They first had to deal with a former president turning them into dog eaters and now have a police department that seems ready to watch them die. The only union that needs busting in this country is the police one.
Wow, he is basically dog whistling that it’s okay to attack dems. I’m tired of all this stochastic terrorism.
seems like a regular whistle to me
Police don’t have to protect anyone. They are just a bunch of pigs on power trips.
Give up being a sheriff then.
Would it be appropriate to send in the national guard, or perhaps federal agents temporarily? This would be terrifying to an average citizen I’d imagine.
Would it be appropriate to send in the national guard
Sending in the National Guard in Ohio always works out well!
So well in fact, someone should write a song about it!!
At this point, restarting the Manhattan project in Springfield Ohio probably wouldn’t be enough.
Ohio was the inspiration for the Ohio-class submarine, which has the terrifying ability to turn any location on the planet into Ohio in less than 30 minutes
Well then, I guess the Dems won’t pay your salary, fuckface.
Ok, so make sure to send all their addresses to knows criminals and gang members…only fair since they’re perfectly fine voting for a convicted felon
What a total asshole, but it’s not as if his kind of thinking is unique among the radical extremists that call themselves Republicans.
