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[–] [email protected] 188 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's clearly a guy who didn't make it as a police officer

[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't imagine why, he sounds like exactly the type of person police departments go for.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, the police understand who is and isn't a target. That guy didn't have that.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OP didn't specify how white the bossman was or wasn't. He could have been a target.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you imagine if you gave this guy a gun and immunity....

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

We don’t have to imagine. We see it all the time.