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this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2025
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Onion stories used to be slightly believable, able to trick the casual reader.
Police officers handling a situation without violence? Easily spotted as pure fiction.
I think the satire is in the fact that the headline wouldn't make headlines anywhere else.