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StellarTitz t1_j61vulp wrote

Reply to comment by HelloPeopleOfEarth in Jury acquits Pawtucket police officer in shooting of teen driver by skippyspk

By the sound of the evidence, it was obvious the cop lied about his life being in danger.

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seatown2nyc t1_j61yiq2 wrote

That's where the "police are heroes" bs comes into play. A regular person who claims to have feared for their life objectively unreasonably will get laughed out of court and straight to prison, but when a cop does it people think "well they do have a dangerous job..."

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hurdurBoop t1_j62662c wrote

and they don't, relatively. cop deaths don't even make the top ten, they're behind freaking kitchen employees.

not to mention at least half those deaths are traffic accidents, not tHiN bLuE LiNE bs.

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