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turnpot t1_jbphht8 wrote
Reply to comment by Johndough99999 in When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood (2023) the lapd mishandles a ton of fireworks [00:18:50] by Oh_Fuck_Naw
This is a fun little legal maneuver. Equivalent to confiscating gasoline sold without a permit, pouring it on a building, and then charging the bootleg gas station for damages done when the building catches fire
turnpot t1_jbpgvwg wrote
Reply to comment by thunder_blue in When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood (2023) the lapd mishandles a ton of fireworks [00:18:50] by Oh_Fuck_Naw
This is incorrect. First of all, the force from the fireworks is not measured in pounds; even if you're talking about the shock wave, the peak force from that at a given point would be measured in psi (pressure), and would vary wildly depending on where you measured it
turnpot t1_jaxxp79 wrote
Reply to comment by soapysmithy in Alaska's arduous Iditarod kicks off with ceremonial start by besselfunctions
Yes, I don't think the person you're replying to literally thought the dogs were made out of metal. It's a metaphor for the endurance and athleticism of the dogs.
turnpot t1_jbpiw5y wrote
Reply to comment by Diggitalis in When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood (2023) the lapd mishandles a ton of fireworks [00:18:50] by Oh_Fuck_Naw
There is a feedback cycle between news and police; the police provide a statement on things that the news accepts uncritically, both because it's less resources than doing actual journalism on every story and because, in exchange for portraying police sympathetically, journalists get more access to information from them. Granted, most of this info is just more PR stuff.