NYPD “Friendly Fire” Killed an Officer. Investigators Seemed to Ignore Video of Police Being Commanded to “Stop Shooting.”

alienanimals , 10 months ago

Do you want to kill someone and get away with it? Just become a cop!

Astroturfed , 10 months ago

Get away with it? No, no that’s not good enough. They must be REWARDED FOR IT. Just getting off isn’t enough. Need to get a nice long paid vacation afterwards. Maybe early retirement for PTSD. Killing someone stresses you out man.

44razorsedge , 10 months ago

So… one less PO because of PO incompetence? Meh.

gAlienLifeform , 10 months ago

They also killed a civilian in this incident

SheeEttin , 10 months ago

Police aren’t military. They’re civilians too.

gAlienLifeform , 10 months ago

I mean, I’ve heard this terminology in this context before (e.g. “civilian review boards”), but I absolutely agree with your first sentence

ryathal , 10 months ago

If they want to use military terms they should be subject to UCMJ.

QHC , 10 months ago

They are not regular civilians, they are public servants and act on behalf of the government. If they want to give up qualified immunity and other special protections that normal citizens don’t have, then we can revisit this definition.

Similar to how FBI or IRS agents are not the same as regular citizens but also aren’t members of any military branch.

ChaoticEntropy , 10 months ago

“Seven months passed before the FID interviewed the five officers who fired their guns that night.”

Why even pretend to care…

trackcharlie , 10 months ago

It’s almost like the people training these cops are shit or the cops are hiring borderline retards

ChaoticEntropy , 10 months ago

Bad actors in charge are hiring bad actors below and good actors are being pushed out or… removed.

iHUNTcriminals , 10 months ago

OP FYI there’s a community for the police problem. Thanks for sharing.

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be_excellent_to_each_other , 10 months ago

But new records show that investigators allowed police misstatements to stand, despite having body-camera video to disprove them.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!