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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Does this terrorist go to the feds for prosecution and get the death penalty?

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I'm out of thoughts and prayers. How about some jokes or a riddle?... George Carling was the greatest!

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Surprising nobody who knew him...

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (6 children)

No shit. Had he had radical leftist views, he would have violently redistributed his lunch.

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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

wow, the psychotic mass shooter was a far right terrorist? whoda thunk? It's ~~almost like it's~~ fucking ALWAYS THEM.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago

Time to charge her.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Important to point out that it wasn't her service weapon. An officer allowing their service weapon to be used by others would be an additional serious violation of law.

This was a weapon that she purchased from the Sheriff's office when they were upgrading gear. It was, at one point, her service weapon but at the time of the shooting it was just a personally owned firearm.

It's an important distinction since this kind of misinformation implies that she was careless in securing her service weapon.

Her son was an adult and had legal access to a legally owned firearm and chose to kill people. Trying to make it about his mother because she's a cop is a pointless distraction.

Source: Public statements by Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil

[–] Jaderick@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In the interest of truth this is good, but it does not change my view on law enforcement or their incapabilities.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Of course, but fight them with facts.

Misinformation is in nobody's best interest.

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[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Correct, an officer of the law should be expected to understand safe gun handling and storage practices. Being a cop should elevate the standards you’re held to, not fucking lower them lmao.

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[–] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 92 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I don't get it. If you're a far-right asshole in America right now, what do you have to be angry about?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

That you are a total loser who creeps everyone else out?

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 80 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You saw this a lot in Trump's first term too. Essentially they're pissed that the world still sucks even though their guy got elected and it's breaking their brains because they think the problem is that Trump hasn't killed all the minorities or made women property or whatever it is they think will fix the world and that all hope is lost.

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago

Experiencing the outcomes of their policy positions. That's the thing about having bad ideas. Even when you win, you lose.

[–] Ersatz86@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

The other assholes not being quite big enough assholes to suit

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 137 points 1 month ago (5 children)

“This event is tragic in more ways than you people in the audience could ever fathom from a law enforcement perspective,” McNeil said.

Every time I think my opinion of cops is at rock bottom, they find a new way to piss me off. This shooting is special and bad because one of our people might get in trouble for it!!

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 74 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And the usage of "you people" feels intentionally pointed. Insulting to everyone's intelligence/sense of empathy.

Then they go on to claim that they'll make sure mass shootings won't be tolerated in this country. Well where the fuck has this person been for the past few decades?

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[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It seems odd his mom is a sheriff given her criminal record. I would expect abducting a child to a foreign country would disqualify someone from law enforcement.

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