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[–] [email protected] 180 points 10 months ago (15 children)

If a random loud bang from an acorn falling nearby is enough to get someone to behave like this, they really should not be walking around with a gun. This is completely insane and unhinged behavior.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

theres no reason for most officers to be lethally armed their entire shift.

they are trained the exact opposite; be afraid of everything and empty the clip. ask questions later.

this cop behaved as he was trained

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[–] [email protected] 148 points 10 months ago (5 children)

And yet the most surprising thing about the story is that the bodycam footage was released, smh

[–] [email protected] 67 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Likely to protect the cop/department too, since he shot at his own car that already had a disarmed, detained suspect inside. He very nearly killed someone that was already a non-threat. If the body cam footage got out it might make people think their cops are negligent or improperly trained! /ghasp

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[–] [email protected] 114 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Obtaining a barber license means that you have completed a minimum of 1,250 hours of instruction in barbering education within a period of at least 9 months or completed 1,250 hours of training. It takes 1,250 to 2,000 hours to be a cosmologist. Police in Germany get 2.5 years of training, and in Finland, police education takes three years to complete. Police in the USA get 750 hours.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

USA intentionally dumbs down its people.

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Our brave boys in blue, ladies and gentlemen.

There are 22 jobs in the U.S. statistically more dangerous than being a cop.

Cowards. So many of them are cowards.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

And the leading cause of injury/fatality for police officers by far: vehicle accidents. Not being shot at.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago

Also COVID for a couple of years there as they refused to wear masks in most cases.

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Everyone, stop what you are doing and check your local police department for this guy.

During the course of the investigation into the shooting, deputy Herandez resigned from the force.

He is out there somewhere, getting scared and shooting at his own car.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

I’m sorry, this is fucked up and I shouldn’t be laughing, but you really can’t make this shit up

What’s more, in his body cam footage you can clearly see the acorn fall into frame and strike the roof of his car. When asked if this was the sound he heard, Hernandez had this to tell investigators:

“I’m not gonna say no, because I mean that’s, but what I, [10 second pause in speaking] what I heard [3 second pause in speaking] sounded almost like [12 second pause in speaking] what I heard sounded what I think would be louder than an acorn hitting the roof of the car, but there’s obviously an acorn hitting the roof of the car.”

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 90 points 10 months ago (13 children)

Top comment really nails it:

This is unironically the most embarrassing video I have seen in my entire life. I am not exaggerating at all. I would kill myself if there were footage of me acting like this. Dude gets scared by an acorn, does a Max-Payne-backwards-dive, unloads 20 roads into his own car (luckily not murdering the unarmed guy in the back of it), does some horrid Arnold-Schwarzenegger impression while crawling over the floor bawling his eyes out, and then forces an armed stand-off with literally no one. Actually absolutely insane, the most unhinged behaviour I have ever had the pleasure to witness.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 64 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Headlines like this are often a stretch, if not outright BS. Read the story. The headline does not begin to do justice as to how fucked up this was.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 10 months ago

This story pairs nicely with the other one that's currently trending.

Florida Legislator Files Bill That Would Keep Killer Cops From Being Named And Shamed

This dipshit is what they want to protect so he can just go work in another district and kill someone else.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Can we please stop pretending Twitter is a video hosting platform? It's not, the links never work. When you only include Twitter video in the article it's like not including the video at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZbZyelg-c

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Police aren't brave, they 're the biggest cowards in societies, and we let them kill without consequence... This should frighten you

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The only thing more dangerous than a Florida man is a Florida cop.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 10 months ago

What a very composed and calm individual that is perfectly suited for a job as a public servant.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago (37 children)

Unpopular opinion: Cop pay and training is inadequate. If you want professional cops, you need to hire professional people and train them professionally. The only people that apply to become officers are morons and the power hungry. People with integrity don't apply because the money is shit.

Any job that trades money for fraternity is a job that's garbage. And boy oh boy are cop houses frats.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I'm a combat veteran and the fact that cops aren't held to half the standards I was drives me nuts.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 10 months ago (16 children)

Was the dude they had the in the back of the car hit? They just casually mention they had a guy in the back of the car and that's who they were shooting at but then just never bring him up again.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 10 months ago (10 children)

This is what happens if way undertrained people are hired for police work. People who think with their guns.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (6 children)

If US police is this incompetent, the only real solution is to take their guns away. It works in the UK.

And yes, there are more guns in general in the US, but that means that the police needs to be BETTER at deescalation than in the UK, not worse.

(Also: Obviously there are exceptions for specialized units in the UK, and the same would have to happen in the US, but your standard run-of-the-mill cop really doesn’t need more than pepper-spray and a stick.)

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (6 children)

How about we also give them actual training? You know, basic 4 year training like in Europe, to become basic police officer, additional training to become more, and not the "6 months and here is your gun" as they do in the US?

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago (2 children)

We as a society have really dropped the ball on the low IQ population among us. We need more options that don't include giving them guns. We can give them badges if they want - and whatever quasi military rank they prefer without giving them the means to kill us.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago (16 children)

I am loathe to use the word retarded... but I just have no other words to describe this.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (13 children)
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[–] [email protected] 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Florida Man has nothing on Florida Squirrel. This brave officer barely escaped a brazen assassination attempt by the infamous terrorists, Squirrels Anonymous!

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That cop was way to squirrelly for the job.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you’re that scared you have no business being a cop. What a fucking idiot thinks he got shot too.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This is what happens when you spend your life fantasizing about how you're a hero under constant attack.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)

empties one full magazine on the car, not a single hit Would you like to enlist in the imperial army?

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Every story such as this contains at least one police lie. Even this one.

In his statement, Sheriff Aden said that the department was “limited in further response due to pending litigation.” Motherboard could not find court records related to the incident online and reached out to the Okaloosa County Courthouse, which confirmed it did not have any recent records related to either party. Motherboard reached out to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office for clarification but has not received a response.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago

Reminder that Uvalde is only the most famous example of cops being cowards.

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