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Updated Sarah's Sick Burn for 2024 (dubvee.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Context: Deputy who killed Sonya Massey was removed from the Army, had DUIs and needed ‘high stress decision’ classes, records show

Fun unrelated fact: The guy who played the cop there is Jay Johnston who was arrested for participating in Jan 6.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Remember how modern policing forces in Britain were formed because it was considered that there needed to be a lighter, more regulated arm of enforcement than the military?

Funny how we in the US seem to have flipped that around.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cause ours started from militia hunting down slaves

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

You'd think the Free states would have better traditions in that area, but it would seem we all share in that slaver tradition instead. How... unfortunate.