After “glitter bomb,” cops arrested former cop who criticized current cops online
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The older I get, the more I think that none of us ever really grow up, we just get better (or not, in cases like this) at hiding it.
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I've finally codifed a month or two ago what I've noticed from my ~40 years on this Earth; too many people grow older, not more mature.
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My inner adolescent fully agrees with that.
More seriously, we EXPECT grownups to "act their age", because the really old fucks like me generally do. Dignity rather than maturity is often the motivation. The acute desire to not make an utter fool of one's self.
Personally, I kind of suck at the dignity thing, since I'm regularly donning the motley garb when climbing a high horse. But at least I'm more aware of acting the fool when I do.
Some folks don't even get that far. But the typical debilities of old age, added to a desire to avoid looking foolish, often add to the impression that acting one's age is the thing to do.
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And it doesn't stop at nuisance arrests (which are so much worse than nuisance would imply). Remember acorn cop?
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The cops blaming the DA for losing the trial is bonkers.
I wish we would be privy to follow ups between the cook county DAs and Orland Park, cause I can't imagine that's going to go well. Imagine the ego to abuse your power, get gut checked on it, then blame the DA over being wrong.
This happening in Orland Park is hardly surprising, though.
I wish we would be privy to follow ups between the cook county DAs and Orland Park, cause I can't imagine that's going to go well. Imagine the ego to abuse your power, get gut checked on it, then blame the DA over being wrong.
This happening in Orland Park is hardly surprising, though.
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They started with glitter bombs and fake calls to suicide prevention hotlines? That escalated quickly. Did they just ignore the ‘order delivery of 10 pineapple pizzas’ step?
Are we certain these are cops we’re talking about and not 5th graders?
Are we certain these are cops we’re talking about and not 5th graders?
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It’s all about exerting power over others to mask their deep seated insecurities, just like every DUI hire maga goon in this administration who feels that only white men are qualified to do anything well and should be the only ones praised for anything, ever.
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The Sheep Look Up
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Cops gotta escalate. This seems like the kind of thing that you respond to with, "Cut that shit out," then continuation shows malicious intent.
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It’s worse than that. They ordered the thin crust pizza “pie cut”
Only Chicago residents will understand that
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Another reminder that Scalia was doing the best deadpan comedy of his career when he wrote "many forms of police misconduct are deterred by civil-rights suits, and by the consequences of increasing professionalism of police forces, including a new emphasis on internal police discipline" in Hudson v. Michigan. Straight face the whole time.
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That’s too complicated. This is very simple. A former cop was exercising his right to free speech by creating satire of a now understood man with a fragile ego. Said fragile ego decided to exact retribution by using the law for ill intent, thereby confirming to everyone that he his fragile and a bully. Former cop now private citizen is now suing fragile cop and department for weaponizing the legal system and abuse of power.
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It's good, but I don't think it beats my favorite. I love everything about this. Not only is the headline peak Scottish, I love the subtext, the image choices and the fact that there is a "full story" about this on page 7.Best headline ever
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This guy is going to have a field day with subpoenas for police emails and other stuff related to his case. With as thinned skinned as these police seem, the likelihood that the chief or others wrote something embarrassing is pretty high. There’s a good chance they pay him off to get away from that. Of course it won’t cost them anything personally.
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I’m surprised this was not labeled “domestic terrorism” since that seems to the in thing now in the US ….
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Then the village will eventually make a big settlement and blame the court system for forcing them to settle such obviously "righteous" acts on their part. They never learn.
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SubWoofer2
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It's worth clicking the links. There's more in the linked article and its child articles. The "bruising HR complaint" included this allegation from Sgt Bill Sanchez:
Copied below is what the outside law firm said about Sanchez.
Perhaps the law firm will be engaged again about West, because the bits I highlighted in bold (about Sanchez) perhaps could apply equally well to West. Obviously Mr West's standards slipped precipitously in a very short space of time. (In fairness, a glitter bomb is not to be sneezed at).
Copied below is what the outside law firm said about Sanchez.
Perhaps the law firm will be engaged again about West, because the bits I highlighted in bold (about Sanchez) perhaps could apply equally well to West. Obviously Mr West's standards slipped precipitously in a very short space of time. (In fairness, a glitter bomb is not to be sneezed at).
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Don't forget organised crime.
Someone sent a glitter bomb.
Someone else said something.
That's two people that a organisation and there is a crime because we said so.
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David Mayer
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If they "make up a large percentage of low enforcement" then it by definition, is a cop thing.
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David Mayer
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They could just murder him, that's not unprecedented. Or have him committed.
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TheMolesRevenge
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Am I being overoptimistic to assume that this case means that there are no crimes more serious in Orland Park for the police to be looking into? Because surely they wouldn't be wasting police time on this if there were any unsolved rapes/murders/assaults/child or spouse abuse/burglary/muggings/vandalism/shoplifting cases for them to work on....
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It's good, but I don't think it beats my favorite. I love everything about this. Not only is the headline peak Scottish, I love the subtext, the image choices and and the fact that there is a "full story" about this on page 7.
Australia ftw
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37481251
Though the headlines need to be clearer that it was probably separate spiders, not the same spider making another go of it.
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Why would I want to do a silly thing like that?
Next you're going to tell me that I shouldn't argue with strangers on the internet.
Time to build a pillow fort.
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As opposed to the US, where the black widow is (and is just as bad?). Though we probably win for snakes, but you really need to worry about horses, cows and dogs because of their proximity to people - they're the ones most likely to kill you anywhere (add donkeys, camels etc for regional variants)
Edit: because my family are pretty all over the place in wildlife related industries, I've had personal exposure to pretty much everything they warn you about it Australia - swimming with sharks, patted crocs (and eaten them), handled the spiders and snakes, poked sticks at the stonefish, blue ringed octopus etc.... It's a nightmare when someone from overseas asks me about them because "Yes, I've handled them, they're mostly harmless if you're experienced, but no, that's not normal for most Australians, don't expect everyone to be the same and don't try it yourself"... about the only one I won't take a risk on is the cassowary, because as Steve Irwin demonstrated, even the most relatively peaceful wild animal can have a really bad moment, and there's nothing that's peaceful about a cassowary.
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