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This is not the story.
The story is that it has taken this long, and so many dead, for the DOJ to take this step.
The story is that in America a federal officer needs to be told to intercede.
A reminder: there does not seem to be any similar policies at non-federal agencies.
It’s a step. https://www.rawstory.com/justice-department-police-violence-rules
NonstopRampage
Oh. Great. I FIGURED we'd reach a point where someone is gonna save a murder victim- by cracking a cops skull before they can kill em
JaceCameron
Of course. They don't wanna hurt their fellow white supremacists feelings. These boys are stressed and can't handle criticism
backrideup9
My boss never told me not to shit on the production floor. Guess what I'm doing 1st thing tomorrow morning.
bridgebrain
Lots of talking about this and not mentioning that this removes "jurisdiction" concerns from feds who want to intervene, which is great
AndrewS816
But those Police Departments all investigated and said they did nothing wrong?!? How can it BE?!? /s
deathmagiks
People are missing the point here. Of course they always should have, but now they're LIABLE for doing it, huge accountability step.
MidnightTacoTruck
So they'll change how they define "witnessing"
bshodokai
Cops aren't actually legally required to help you if a crime is being committed against you.
QUIGIB0
ACAB
torp
As a European going everyday deeper about US: It needs to be ordered ?
yoyo42
Just stop the ones they witness? Or all of them? "Don't let us catch you doing that again! ;-)"
RespectTheNull
Know what my state (ID) will do? Immediately propose laws banning LE depts complying because "federal intrusion" :/
MelfsAcidArrow
HAPPY CAKE DAY oh wow this is sad but HAPPY CAKE DAY nonetheless
Bytencoder
anarchoFeline
cops don't have to protect you. https://nypost.com/2013/01/27/city-says-cops-had-no-duty-to-protect-subway-hero-who-subdued-killer/
PodolKev
The FBI's history is not exactly that much better than the CIA to be honest. So it's not that surprising to me.
JadeNB1729
At least Hoover went after the powerful as well as the powerless, so that everyone could agree we're best rid of him.
dru2
FBI require a college degree and have higher standards and an ethical top down vision. They are our best. They do actual investigations.
Rink257
You are right. It is cruelty. Like that saying. If you need the threat of eternal damnation in order to be a good person, youre not one.
Rink257
This is not a Christian problem but that example is a goid ine to show what the cause was. People not being good people.
Rink257
And YES I mean the ones brutilizing others. Call it whatever you want, it has many names. Racism, sexism, bigotry, etc.
PhenTsoksar
Actually, yes. Take a similar example. Two boys are fighting in the hallway of their high school. A civically minded teacher, capable (1/
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of restraining 2 students half his size without doing unnecessary harm steps in and stops the fight. That teacher is almost certainly (2/
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going to be disciplined if not risking termination for intervening when the "safe" thing for his job is to watch and do nothing. Without (3/
PhenTsoksar
explicit language permitting intervention, the person doing the right thing, suffers "no good deed goes unpunished"
themaskarade10
Man there's about to be a bunch of Ray Charles and Stevie Wonders working for the Feds now.
AreYouPharrellRightNow
The feds are great musicians now?
Jagerbeast
So much this
Jagerbeast
Gonna need way more body cams that cant be turned off
waspentalive
Electrical tape can turn off any bodycam.
chaosbuni
Who watches the watchmen
SecondWind90
The HBO one? hopefully no one
Imalwaysready
Targe0
It's meant to be the public..... Yeah I know it's not a great system.
Johwin
Will the cops not just shoot the feds as well then?
JaceCameron
No. Cause they are white.
confanity
So... something they're actually pretty likely to face consequences over? A cop wouldn't risk their life for *that* on the regular.
pandemicmodedad
Isn't that an act of war/treason for a police force of a state to allow the killing of an FBI agent? That can't be a slap on the wrist
ElbowDeepInBillCosby
World War blue
ClumsyLeftistWhoDropsThings
Good.
LariCheltsy
zanaria
They probably will if they don't know they are feds, but no way are they getting away with that like with a civilian...
NonstopRampage
Which was that guy that got choked dead over smokes? In that footage alone, anyone present could've got a bat outta their trunk & saved him.
cabalin
Um, the cops have guns
NonstopRampage
and in the footage I mentioned, the pig was alone, surrounded by witnesses/bystanders, and needed both hands to halfway restrain the man
zanaria
Yeah, but even if they stopped him they would get charged. The cop would call in backup and justify shooting them all
tlamstrike
I'm reminded of this heart warming footage: https://youtu.be/gb1MVFDy_tw
MADchemEE
J. F. C. Can't admit being wrong, insisting on proceeding with detention, incapable of de-escalation, continued use of force. Fuck them.
quzar
"Show us your ID, DO NOT REACH FOR YOUR POCKET!"
PineappleLoopsBroether
Or that time the EMS guy was arrested at the scene of an accident because the cop was a pig
JabesMcJabesface
Was the cop in the right here? I mean, the ATF guy was wrong to not get on the ground but it seemed like a lot of escalation?
tlamstrike
I'd say the cops used excessive force. That being said the ATF are the lowest of the low (several states will not assist them anymore and①
tlamstrike
even have it be a crime for police to do so) and this agent was a real shitball; he stole booze from a Kroger. Also (take this with a grain②
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of salt) the ATF agent was covering up a private sale he made of a firearm to a prohibited person. ATF will never admit if it was true but③
fractalsphere
The feds shouldn't HAVE to intercede here. POLICE should be policing their own. It's just a 'few bad apples' right? So get rid of them!
MajMalfunction2
Oops...all bad apples.
stsword
The full saying is that a few bad apples spoil the bunch. That happened, the bunch is spoiled.
JadeNB1729
They certainly shouldn't have to intercede, but, embarrassing as it is, I'd much rather feds at least have a duty to intervene than (1/2)
JadeNB1729
"whoopsie, not my problem!" (2/2)
Imalwaysready
The rest are too busy adjusting their Punisher Skull and Three Percenter patches to notice, unfortunately...
MajMalfunction2
Most don't even know that the punisher is very much anti-cop and has murdered a few in the comics.
Harryteeters
Euchre
Those things are disgraceful defacements of real US flags anyway.
Onlyhereforthelaughs
That thin blue line is really good for cleaning my tight brown star.
VraedenHughes
You're a goddamn poet.
HeadJamistan
"Tight" and other lies you tell yourself.
Onlyhereforthelaughs
It's as tight as your mom's.
HeadJamistan
That's a compliment tho. I'm glad my mom does her kegels.
Onlyhereforthelaughs
But contradictory.
DangerTrain
Gross, I don't want that touching my butthole.
DumbandConfused
No those are American Pride flag you got to fill in the blank spaces with your own markers they just started the blue for you
ztygs
Sad that you think so little of gay people but I guess hate is easier than love for some. Asshat.
LumberDog
I don't think they are saying to wipe your ass with a pride flag
DumbandConfused
Are you serious? I have a rainbow heart picture. My profile says I'm trans. I have coming out posts. I referenced a DIFFERENT MEME. Chill.
al3xinw0nderland0000
Hey, trans pals ? yeah people enjoy getting angry for the instant gratification. I loved the meme reference tho lol
LumberDog
I read their comment as taking the blue line flag and just painting in the rainbow colours in order to repurpose it.
DumbandConfused
Thank you! I can only do so much with 140 characters... Fuck this is why I don't comment... Always with the down votes...
HammFista
Yes it's in reference to another meme.