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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
  • Off-duty Atlanta officer killed during a break-in; homeowner shot in self-defense.
  • Shooting occurred early Friday in Andrews Country Club.
  • Investigator Aubree Horton, the officer, lived nearby; possibly had a mental health issue or substance influence.
  • APD and Douglass County Sheriff's Office investigating; Horton served in APD's Fugitive Unit since 2015.
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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 94 points 2 months ago

Authorities revealed that Horton also lived in the neighborhood, about a half-mile from the scene, and may have been experiencing a mental health episode or under the influence of narcotics.

Or was he in a cop gang like the gangs that the L.A. Sheriff's Department has and this was an initiation? Because that option feels almost as likely as the other two. If L.A. has cop gangs, why wouldn't Atlanta?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_in_the_Los_Angeles_County_Sheriff%27s_Department

[-] tburkhol@lemmy.world 124 points 2 months ago

They released doorbell video of the incident. Dude's running through the neighborhood, half naked, yelling incoherently. Runs up to the home, pounds on the door, rolls around on the porch, still yelling, something about his girlfriend. Bath salts type of crazy.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 months ago

Sounds like he touched a particle of fentanyl.

[-] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 months ago

Don’t be ridiculous. It’s definitely not fentanyl.

We all know if he’d touched one even just one a tiny bit, it would have instantly absorbed through his skin and he would have fallen down dead on the spot, like he got unplugged in “The Matrix”

It’s just science, bro.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

If that's the case, then the gang thing is probably unlikely.

But I do think that the whole 'police gang' thing needs more scrutiny because there is no way L.A. is the only county with such things.

[-] 5in1k@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

I mean police were originally extortion gangs and slave catchers. They are a state sanctioned gang.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of my fraternity initiation.

[-] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of my wedding night

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago

We don’t need to be making up false correlations to justify ACAB. If anything, doing so harms the credibility of our arguments, and would be on par with the fallacy that if any group does one thing, then all groups must do it too (eg, the political “both sides” argument when someone brings up how one side is notorious for a specific behavior).

All that to say, no need to jump to conclusions and potentially spread misinformation based on a personal bias until the facts are clear on the matter. Otherwise, “we” are no better than “them”.

[-] virku@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Police gangs? That's the most dystopian thing I've heard of in a long time.

[-] Bridger@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

I'm 60. When I was a teenager my grandfather told me stories of his run-ins with the lasd when he was a teenager. Police gangs are nothing new.

[-] virku@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I see. This is the first time I've heard of it. Middle class Norwegian here.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

When you hear American leftists still want guns for some reason, this is why.

[-] zaph@sh.itjust.works 78 points 2 months ago

At this time, the individual is deceased

How about now?

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

Hang on I'll go check...

Yep, still dead.

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 months ago
[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago

You're not gonna believe this...

[-] Palerider@feddit.uk 15 points 2 months ago

He's in a stable condition...

[-] blackluster117@possumpat.io 13 points 2 months ago

Permanently.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Stop horsing with the corpse and give me a straight answer!

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I turned it into a marionette.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Necromancer here, he's now undead and will be part of the undead army we're creating in western florida.

[-] yannic@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

an individual

the individual

Boy they sure do protect their own, don't they.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

And in other news, generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Necrodancer here, he's now undead and will be part of the undead ballet force we're creating in ~~western florida~~ (ew, no) a graveyard near you!

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 49 points 2 months ago

I have the feeling they're not sending their best

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