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The video shows that Officer Mark Dial shot and killed Irizarry within five seconds of getting out of his cruiser.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 88 points 2 years ago

Do... do you think all cops might be... bastards?

[-] Phoenixbouncing@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Clearly enough are that this problem is pervasive accross several police forces. It's clearly the case in the US, and we have a similar problem with the Police National in France (bizzarly, the Gendarmerie who performe policing outside the cities and are a part of the armed forces seem to have far less issues in this regard...)

[-] Ragnell@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@Phoenixbouncing Soldiers are more strictly regimented than regular police, I think. Hell, if you fuck up just a little as an MP you are out of that career field. Unfortunately, it's because of a STRONGER hierarchy and if the leader goes bad they all go with him. Which is why when there's war crimes it's usually a whole unit committing them.

Of course, there's also the aspect where the Law of Armed Conflict forbids anyone in the armed forces from doing things that civilian police forces do all the time, like using tear gas.

[-] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

ACAB, as it was before so shall it be again

[-] persolb@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago

No. As an example (probably cherry picked granted) there was that video of the guy somewhere in CA that was shooting at cops and they tried really hard to get him to somehow get him alive.

But maybe ‘institutional bastardism’? I don’t want to fault all cops as bad, because then you end up with any good cop deciding not to be a cop… which is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[-] CountZero@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

"any good cop deciding not to be a cop..."

What the hell makes you think this hasn't already been happening for years? Any cop that doesn't fall in line with the coverups is fired or, rarely, murdered.

[-] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

you mean the same guy who they burned alive in a house? Also that they shot up like 4 different vehicles that had nothing to do with him and weren't even the right make or model?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt

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