"Everybody knew Annie," said a resident who spent time with the deer before a police officer killed the deer.
  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
    74·
    1 year ago

    Lest you think the cop had some reason for this, here’s what happened:

    “I click the video and I see a cop put a little like slip lead over the neck and then drag her around,” Rindfield said. “Then, without any warning, just pinned her down and shot her.”

    ACAB

  • Clent@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    Cops murder.

    It’s the only thing they can be counted on for; the rest is theatrics.

  • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Mind blowing this gets more traction than shooting an unarmed person during a traffic stop, or jumping the subway turnstile, or allegedly writing a back check, or playing with toys in Walmart. A sicko tortures and kills a deer. Wonder how many people he’s done the same to, or if he was just building the courage.

      • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Yes. Gladly. This disgusting cop tortured and killed a deer, which has some real serial killer vibes. I pointed out that it blows my mind that this story, which is obviously sick, gets headlines and traction faster than stories of cops killing innocent people. Because we’re so numb to them killing people.

        Apparently this has upset people somehow? Pointing out how this sicko is on leave for torturing and killing an animal while cops go back to their jobs regularly after savagely killing people. Not really sure how else to point out how repulsive the situation has become, but clearly people must have thought I was attempting to dismiss the severity of repugnant behavior? Who knows. People are weird.

        • asteriskeverything@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Okay thanks I understand now, I really was struggling to understand your point. My brain could not make the connection that your list was things cops have killed for and not a list of petty crimes you find more important than this lmao.

        • thrawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Honestly it’s likely just human nature. No one likes to hear “this is bad, but can you think about this worse thing that happens more?” Especially when we hear about that worse thing about every day, the story on the killing of a falsely convicted man after release just happened. Regardless of whether that was intentional, it’s the primary takeaway as you can recognize.

          Like, you’re 100% right, but nobody here gained anything from it. The few people who haven’t noticed the same phenomenon after years of brutal police headlines are unlikely to walk away from that feeling like it was a useful comment. It sounded judgmental and preachy, reminded people of terrible things they already knew about, and altogether probably just made people feel worse. There are more productive times and ways to express this sentiment.

          Btw I’m not judging you or saying that was your intent, we’ve all been here. I interpreted “people are weird” as some desire for explanation and I believe this to be the most likely scenario. I’m not trying to be negative about it or anything.

          • Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Nobody was supposed to gain anything from my comment, it was a conversational piece. A comment about the story, and the police problem as a whole. Which is, after all, what this entire sub is about.

            I didn’t hear about anybody being killed just after release, which sort of proves the point I was making in the first place. And to be frank with you, people should feel worse about the situation we find ourselves in with police all around the US and the world generally. Maybe if people felt worse we’d get back to demanding change.