• magnetosphere@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    55
    ·
    7 months ago

    The only good thing to come out of this is that the cop quit. I hope he’s billed for the damage to the car anyway.

    • Kiosade@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      That’s the funny part, he missed his car!

      Edit: Apparently he did hit the car.

      • Denvil@lemmy.one
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        edit-2
        7 months ago

        I heard he missed the person, but he missed the WHOLE ASS CAR?

        Edit: watched the video, he definitely hit the car

        • Kiosade@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          7 months ago

          Oh damn guess people told me some bogus info. Glad he missed the person at least!

    • Grayox@lemmy.mlOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      91
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      7 months ago

      A pig mag dumped into his police cruiser when an acorn fell on its hood cause they thought it was a gunshot. There was someone under arrest in the back of said cruiser.

      • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        46
        ·
        edit-2
        7 months ago

        Then his partner mag dumped into the same cruiser as well when nutbag kept insisting he was hit.

        The partner at least asked “where where!?” a few times, but she still just empted a magazine into the same car a handcuffed, unarmed suspect was locked up in.

        Luckily both shitbergs couldn’t aim for shit and missed the guy with like 30 rounds.

        • hihellobyeoh@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          7 months ago

          In his partners defense, her perspective was he was calling shots fired, shooting at his own car, and on the ground saying he was hit, in her shoes I would of probably shot at the car too.

          • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            edit-2
            7 months ago

            I agree to a point, but you should still not fire wildly ever, especially in a populated area.

            If she could not find a target, she should not have shot the gun. Even suppressing fire requires knowing in general what youre shooting at. In this case, she should have dragged her partner to cover, called in the “attack” and maintained sight lines, looking for the danger. No bullet should have left her gun.

            Acorn boy needs to be prosecuted for gross neglect and maybe even attempted manslaughter. I think she needs to be fired for poor judgement.

      • ivanafterall@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        7 months ago

        Exactly why she craves power and gets off on assaulting innocent black people when on the job. Don’t shoot the messenger!

    • andyburke@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      22
      ·
      7 months ago

      cop almost killed a man because an acorn fell on the patrol car, just to make sure you’re up to date on the state of the US.

      • uis@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        edit-2
        7 months ago

        During protests in Moscow one man threw paper cup in general direction of police. Paper cup hit policeman in full gear in helmet. Later police raided his home. There are even memes about paper cup.

        • PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksB
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          7 months ago

          Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

          memes

          Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

          I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

  • BellaDonna@mujico.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    11
    ·
    edit-2
    7 months ago

    I think some of y’all have never had a nut or anything drop on top of your car before, but it absolutely can sound alarming enough to, in the context of a high stress situation, be interpreted by your brain as a potential shot in the same way a busted engine can.

    To be clear, I think this is far more likely than most people are willing to understand, and this gets lost in the ‘all cops bad’ narrative.

    • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      7 months ago

      Let’s say you’re absolutely 100% correct. Does that mean that claiming that you’ve been hit, diving onto the ground, and unloading a full clip at a handcuffed individual inside your own vehicle is the appropriate immediate response?

      • BellaDonna@mujico.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        7 months ago

        I was shot at once, and in the moment, you’re not sure that you haven’t been shot. Sometimes you can be in shock and not know because of adrenaline, it’s a real thing. It’s hard to explain how things happen in the moment.

        I was once on a second story and watched the trees jump into the air, only understanding after a few seconds that what happened was the floor collapsed and I fell to the ground. Life doesn’t afford the ability to process things well when they happen quickly.