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
He said it was the worst attack on police officers he could recall in his 30 years on the force.
First time I've seen this meme used optimistically.
I know it's just cop-speak but framing the perps as "attackers" when they were barricaded in the house is pretty ridiculous.
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Looks like it's 4 dead cops, one U.S. Marshal and three local police officers.
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.
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.
Reading this to the tune of The 12 Days of Christmas
God I fucking love this site. Y’all rock.
One more now
The cross-post on lemmy.zip got locked because it was full of us just posting lol
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?
Why is it so tiny?
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.
Yeah, but the emote is so tiny I can barely read the HTML.
Do the emotes have a width limit maybe?
uncapped height, limited width. renders at 60px width IIRC
uncapped height
The spirit of Dorner will never fade
Thots and prayers
tots and pears
GTA San Andreas level shit
I would have simply kept walking and not attempt to break into the bunker-house, but that's just me.
Officers killed in guy-in-house-involved shooting.
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Tbh, even if someone didn't hate cops this goes to show how bad at their job they are.
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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