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Is “cop shoots bike thief” something you actually think is common enough to note?

This implies a concerning reality departure.

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The police department is recommending people store their documents in an always-visible pouch to avoid getting shot.

https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ooc/news-releases/Pages/dps-par...

This is a solution in the same way anti-homeless design is a solution

And they called the pouches "not reaching pouches". I wonder if they get the irony of "not reaching".

The sad reality is buried under so many layers of derangement, I can’t really understand what exactly they are trying to solve here

> deadly force encounters can be catastrophic for police officers

Oy vey.

At least where I live it is. I’ve personally witnessed two instances of excessive force and been a victim of excessive force myself.

And the last police shooting was ultimately about stolen property. They killed a father to be and a fetus over a suspected stolen car.

So no, I haven’t departed reality. But yes, not all police departments are like this (mine specifically has been under federal oversight for years).

> At least where I live it is

In the US? I wonder which part of the US (if I may ask)

> last police shooting .. killed a father ..

How sad that they did that. (If it got covered by any news, it'd be interesting (or is there a better word) to read)

I don't know if this is the case, but it seems to match:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/10/oakland-eri...

https://www.ktvu.com/news/attorney-for-brianna-colombo-confi...

I find the wording itself interesting. I guess it's a sort of class-tribalism that's developed to the point where it's so ingrained in some people's mindsets that they causally append bizarre comments like that to their sentences.

Broadcasting your bona fides far and wide is certainly en vogue in certain circles; anecdotally speaking, the incidence of people manifesting their vanilla pronouns is orders of magnitude higher than otherwise.

Seems it's on par with yelling go packers or similar at a crowded bar.

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