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Springfield Ohio Sheriff’s Lieutenant Says He Won’t Protect Dems (www.thedailybeast.com)

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[-] HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee 137 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

According to WHIO, who obtained an “investigative file” and communications within the office, Rodgers said he was prescribed sleep aids and that his ‘out of character’ actions were a “documented side effect.”

Ah, the classic Roseanne defense. Most people don't start spewing hate under the influence of medication if they don't normally use that kind of language when they're sober.

[-] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 61 points 3 weeks ago

Alcohol doesn't change people, it just makes it easier to bring their true selves to the front.

[+] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world -40 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

People that say this either don’t understand alcohol or haven’t been around it much.

Edit: I cannot believe that people need clarification of this is 2024. Alcohol modifies someone’s personality through its effects. If you’ve ever heard of a happy or angry drunk, that’s why. It can cause mood swings in people, increased aggression, and at the same time makes them act irrationally. That isn’t the “real person” underneath. The part of you that alcohol takes away is part of you.

And when you take away the ability to reason and make good decisions, you say all sorts of stupid things you don’t mean. That isn’t the real you. A drunk person will mostly just be telling you their impulsive subconscious thoughts that they aren’t in control of at all. That’s not a real person at that point.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago

People who say this obviously don't drink. The drunker I get the more friendly I get and to be honest annoyingly chatty. My friends who get angry were just better at hiding it when sober.

[-] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I was going to say the same thing, I used to drink a lot and I never did anything drunk that I didn't want to do sober. The drinking just impairs judgement and how much you care about consequences in the moment.

[-] athairmor@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

What are you talking about? Alcohols ability to lower inhibitions is well known and studied.

[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yea... Studying, that's what I was doing on Friday night

[-] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

And that’s exactly what makes it not the “real you”. Read my edit but someone without inhibitions isn’t telling you who they are, they’re telling you who they choose not to be using inhibitions.

[-] HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

You're not accounting for people who are restrained from being who they truly are or who they want to be by the perceived consequences until they're intoxicated and don't care about the consequences anymore. Bigots who might only say bigoted things in "safe" company unless they drink too much aren't virtuous people holding back intrusive thoughts. They are bigots who finally feel free to do so.

[-] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 42 points 3 weeks ago

I'm only a racist when I'm sleepy.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago

It's a case of Medicated Angry Geriatric Asshole.

[-] scarabine@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

This dude thinks EVERYONE is thinking what he’s thinking and we just don’t say it out loud. He thinks ANY of us are one drunk post away from spewing the same garbage. In his mind he’s just guilty of posting under the influence because of that.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 91 points 3 weeks ago

Fire this fool and make an example of him. Dude is the reason we don't trust the police.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

He should at the bottom of the ladder acting like this.

[-] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 71 points 3 weeks ago

The department told the outlet that they apologize for his behavior and that Rodgers has received “received a written reprimand for a violation of the department’s social media policy and will remain on duty.”

Oh, he got a reprimand. Well that should take care of everything. I'm sure he's learned a valuable lesson. Public trust restored.

[-] mokus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 weeks ago

I won’t be satisfied with anything less than a full disadulation

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

He hasn’t even done a “This isn’t who I am” yet!

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh but he has!

According to WHIO, who obtained an “investigative file” and communications within the office, Rodgers said he was prescribed sleep aids and that his ‘out of character’ actions were a “documented side effect.”

[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but at leat he doesn't get a vacation for being a Bad Boy ^TM^

[-] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm sure he'll regret it for as long as he's collecting his 150k a year pension.

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 3 weeks ago

Joke's on him, I don't ever expect cops to protect anyone. Just property.

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 51 points 3 weeks ago

God damn, I feel so much shame for the way the Haitians there are treated. They first had to deal with a former president turning them into dog eaters and now have a police department that seems ready to watch them die. The only union that needs busting in this country is the police one.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 39 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, he is basically dog whistling that it’s okay to attack dems. I’m tired of all this stochastic terrorism.

[-] krippix@feddit.org 0 points 3 weeks ago

seems like a regular whistle to me

[-] ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago

Police don’t have to protect anyone. They are just a bunch of pigs on power trips.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago

Give up being a sheriff then.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"the end of days" part of his quote tells you everything you need to know about this bastard. He thinks he's going to heaven soon, and if you disagree with him, you're not. If course even if there was a heaven, which there's no evidence for and I didn't believe in, he's sure as fuck not going there with his attitude. These idiot "Christians" have never even read their own handbook.

This guy should be stripped of his rank and position and investigated for criminal malfeasance, dereliction of duty, and threatening the public. On top of the lawsuits that should be piling on top of him if he follows through on this threat.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

From what I’ve seen over the years and in the lead-up to the election - and frankly, what specifically concerns me about this election - is that there are going to be a LOT of trumpians in a LOT of local and state law enforcement and electoral positions who knowingly and willingly violate all sorts of laws with the interest of interfering in the electoral process at any and all levels to push things towards Trump.

He’s more or less promised to pardon the lot of them. Which, technically, would be within his power if he weasels into office. They’re they’re not only cognizant of their own guilt, but also motivated to follow through on whatever they’re planning, because they know they’re probably already in some very murky legal waters, and for them, the only way “out” is through a Trump win and a (hypothetical, though I expect ultimately vaporware) blanket pardon because they “helped Trump win”.

This is why Trump “loves the uneducated”: they’re statistically easier to scam.

[-] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Would it be appropriate to send in the national guard, or perhaps federal agents temporarily? This would be terrifying to an average citizen I'd imagine.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Would it be appropriate to send in the national guard

Sending in the National Guard in Ohio always works out well!

[-] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

So well in fact, someone should write a song about it!!

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

At this point, restarting the Manhattan project in Springfield Ohio probably wouldn't be enough.

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ohio was the inspiration for the Ohio-class submarine, which has the terrifying ability to turn any location on the planet into Ohio in less than 30 minutes

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It reads like an Onion article. Bravo!

[-] Coach@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Well then, I guess the Dems won't pay your salary, fuckface.

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, so make sure to send all their addresses to knows criminals and gang members...only fair since they're perfectly fine voting for a convicted felon

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

What a total asshole, but it's not as if his kind of thinking is unique among the radical extremists that call themselves Republicans.

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