• alphacyberranger@lemmy.worldOP
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      I had to lookup what ACAB meant. Here’s a summary: The Wikipedia article on “ACAB” discusses the acronym’s usage in various contexts, primarily as an anti-police slogan. It explains that “ACAB” stands for “All Cops Are Bastards” and has been associated with criticism of law enforcement, especially in cases of police brutality and misconduct. The article also delves into its origins, history, and controversies surrounding its use, highlighting the differing opinions on its message. Additionally, it covers related topics such as “1312,” an alternative numerical representation of ACAB. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACAB

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        I’d like to say no, but a good cop that stays silent and enables a bad cop to continue doing their bad shit is just as responsible imo

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          A “good” cop is more likely to be punished for reporting misconduct of his peers than a bad cop is for said misconduct

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      That sincerely sounds like someone caught saying something stupid trying to spin it into something less bad.

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        It could also be seen as dark humor from someone trying to relieve his own stress.

        Y’know, a dark sense of humor is like ****¹; some have them, some don’t.

        (¹ not sure if dark humor is allowed on this instance)

    • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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      So his current claim is that he wasn’t mocking the victim, he was mocking the process of trying to get justice for victims and holding the police to account.

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        Also mocking the police lawyer who does the negotiating to lower the value of the woman’s life.

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        First responders have to develop a bit of a callous to gruesome scenes, because those that don’t end up not being able to do the job.

        The humor is likely a facade that exists to protect him and those around him from the reality of an unfortunate situation that they can not change.

        If you’ve ever spent time with EMTs, you will know what I’m talking about. Those guys do not get paid enough and joke about everything in all the worst ways. Still, if you ever get one of them drunk and pry about something they glossed over, they’re as likely to cry as to keep cracking jokes.

        It isn’t a good look, but these guys are still human.

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          Definitely. I knew one guy who was an EMT. He was very casual about it unless he was drinking.

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      From an interview on a right-wing talk radio show. Context clues are important. Dude’s lucky he didn’t say anything more stupid that couldn’t be backpeddled like this was.

      And as for ‘turning himself in’, it’s pretty suspicious that another city employee who was responsible for reviewing the footage also reported it up the chain of command, but the city couldn’t determine who did it first.

      But yeah, let’s trust his version.

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      What is “super important” about this? They are going to say whatever nonsense excuse they can come up with, it’s completely predictable.

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    @[email protected] would you please edit your post title to change “his police cruiser” to “police cruiser”, like the headline actually says? from the article text it is clear that the cop who made this statement is not the one who killed someone.

    (the actual headline is also shitty in that it says that a car killed someone, rather than that its driver did…)

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    Honestly, I’m the kind of fucked up person who would joke about something like that…so long as I wasn’t the one who did it.

    These guys should be barred from law enforcement positions, and probably suffer the same consequences a normal person would for a car accident of the same caliber. It was clear they weren’t using lights/sirens appropriately either. It looked like they were turning them on/off at lights and if they didn’t see anything they kept them off…