• Geek_King@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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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      1 year ago

      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.

      • nbafantest@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        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.

        • demlet@lemmy.world
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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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      1 year ago

      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.