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Appeals Court Says A Cop Can Violate Another Cop’s Rights By [Squints At Ruling] Shooting At The Other Cop (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And it was the cop whose rights were violated, not the guy who they were shooting at for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, they just gave that guy an attempted murder charge he has to fight off.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

AND they fired the cop who was shot because she apparently forgot to turn on her body cam before going in. The shooting cop experienced no professional repercussions, but the other two people involved did. It’s really special.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nepotism. It's always nepotism. He'll turn out to have a link to higher ups, they always do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Nepotism is not required for police union nonsense. He’s just the white guy in the situation, probably