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submitted 7 months ago by TheDoctor@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/14540619

At least one suspected attacker was shot dead in front of a barricaded home after a three-hour standoff in North Carolina.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/NPuoB

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 96 points 7 months ago

He said it was the worst attack on police officers he could recall in his 30 years on the force.

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 29 points 7 months ago

First time I've seen this meme used optimistically.

[-] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 79 points 7 months ago

I know it's just cop-speak but framing the perps as "attackers" when they were barricaded in the house is pretty ridiculous.

Early nominees for 2024 Tower Defense Champions.

[-] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 77 points 7 months ago

Looks like it's 4 dead cops, one U.S. Marshal and three local police officers.

[-] edge@hexbear.net 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

1 US Marshal, 1 CMPD, and 2 NC “Department of Adult Corrections” officers who were working with the US Marshal.

The CMPD pig died later in the hospital, the other three I think died on scene.

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 37 points 7 months ago

If prison is so horrible that killing four people (although they're pigs), well knowing that the remaining pigs will execute you on the spot in retaliation, is a better option than going there then there's something really fucked up about prison.

To the extent people should be sent to prison in the first place it shouldn't be the torture cages of America but rather gulags centered on re-education and rehabilitation.

[-] BigBoyKarlLiebknecht@hexbear.net 30 points 7 months ago

Reading this to the tune of The 12 Days of Christmas

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 73 points 7 months ago
[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 53 points 7 months ago

God I fucking love this site. Y’all rock.

[-] edge@hexbear.net 45 points 7 months ago

One more now

crab-party

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 66 points 7 months ago

The cross-post on lemmy.zip got locked because it was full of us just posting officer-down lol

[-] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago

I saw that. They kept removing comments saying "we don't wish death on people here". They don't those fucks just stay on reddit at that point?

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 59 points 7 months ago
[-] Beetle_O_Rourke@hexbear.net 50 points 7 months ago
[-] edge@hexbear.net 27 points 7 months ago
[-] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 34 points 7 months ago

There used to be a bug where it would display some html next to the emote. It’s since been fixed but the original bug has been preserved in a new dedicated emote.

[-] edge@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago

Yeah, but the emote is so tiny I can barely read the HTML.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago

Do the emotes have a width limit maybe?

[-] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

uncapped height, limited width. renders at 60px width IIRC

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago
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[-] SnowySkyes@hexbear.net 45 points 7 months ago
[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 42 points 7 months ago

The spirit of Dorner will never fade

[-] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 42 points 7 months ago
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[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 38 points 7 months ago

tots and pears

[-] Torenico@hexbear.net 40 points 7 months ago

GTA San Andreas level shit

[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 35 points 7 months ago

I would have simply kept walking and not attempt to break into the bunker-house, but that's just me.

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 31 points 7 months ago

Officers killed in guy-in-house-involved shooting.

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 29 points 7 months ago
[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

vegan bacon! come and get your vegan bacon!

cop officer-down

[-] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago

Tbh, even if someone didn't hate cops this goes to show how bad at their job they are.

[-] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago
[-] D61@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

Every article... sorry, "article"... I've read about this just makes it seem like the only illegal thing the "felon" did was have a firearm.

Like... were they planning on doing something with it? Were they doing something else illegal but the firearm charge was the one that was easiest to get a warrant for?

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