re: Colorado Cops Injure a 73-Year-Old Woman With Dementia

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So many cops are pieces of shite

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Now, that’s unfair. There’s 100,000 plus cops in the US. Even if we had a bad cop story every day of the year, it wouldn’t be statistically significant.

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This type of campaign could be waged against literally any profession. Y’all are just too dumb and took the bait. Pawns in a larger game.

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Yea, let’s equate cops having the ability to kill people, injure people, and destroy people’s lives with almost no repercussions due in large part to people like you with a mechanic forgetting to put an oil filter back on a car or “jerking off in the back seat.” You’re totally the sane one in this thread.

You idiot

You could have a camera on me my entire life and not see me beat up a 74 year old woman.

Cops are out of control. They act like morons because moronic boot lickers like you excuse their animalistic behavior.

No mailman has EVER killed a dog, yet deal with them every day. Cops kill hundreds every year because they’re assholes and too stupid to deal with dogs without killing them. Think about that. They’re dumber than mailmen

No wonder BLM gets the support they do. People like you make that possible.

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So many cops are pieces of shite


Now, that’s unfair. There’s 100,000 plus cops in the US. Even if we had a bad cop story every day of the year, it wouldn’t be statistically significant

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I don’t know. I used to be a law and order guy but don’t run into many good cops anymore. They all seem to be militaristic and see citizens as the enemy. Overall, I just don’t respect them. I know there are many good ones, but think they are the exception.

There are some (one) dumb motherfrickers in this thread.

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And you know, assess that she’s old, has dementia and didn’t even get away with the $13.88 roll back special.

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I'm not sure if this makes it worse that the Walmart employees stopped her as she was leaving took the items back.

I got the impression she may have returned it and for some reason, picked it back up? Confused maybe? IDK.

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What was the cop going by to make the arrest? Had he seen the security cam footage yet?

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Just reading the lawsuit text, I don't think he intended to arrest her for the theft.

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. On June 26, 2020, Ms. Garner wandered out of the Loveland Walmart carrying $13.88 of items she had forgotten to pay for. She had Pepsi, a candy bar, a t-shirt, and some Shout Wipe refills. Walmart employees stopped her and escorted her back inside, where they took the items back. Ms. Garner attempted to hand them her credit card to pay but they refused. Ms. Garner, unable
to communicate with them or fully grasp what was going on, then walked out of the store and began walking the short distance back to her home.

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22. Walmart called the Loveland Police to report Ms. Garner. Walmart informed Loveland that Ms. Garner was elderly, small and petite, that she was headed eastbound, and that they had suffered no actual loss because they had retrieved the merchandise from her.

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32. Officer Hopp then – somewhat ridiculously – tried to jog Ms. Garner’s memory of what was going on.3 He said “You just left Walmart…?” 33. Ms. Garner continued to look at him with a blank, confused expression. He then abruptly said, “Do you need to be arrested right now?” Ms. Garner, still appearing to have no idea what Officer Hopp wanted, turned to begin walking again. She did not make it one step, howeve

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You could have a camera on me my entire life and not see me beat up a 74 year old woman. Cops are out of control. They act like morons because moronic boot lickers like you excuse their animalistic behavior. No mailman has EVER killed a dog, yet deal with them every day. Cops kill hundreds every year because they’re a-holes and too stupid to deal with dogs without killing them. Think about that. They’re dumber than mailmen

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You are one dumb mother fricker.

Keep it up though. You will love the new world you live in

You are going to destroy the profession of policing and celebrate it like you have made some righteous improvement in society, but I am willing to bet any amount of money it won’t end the way you think.

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just compared their salaries, education level, etc. Why wouldn’t we expect to get the same type of candidate?

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Talk to us about the state pension and retirement benefits all cops are aiming towards when they sign up for the force, and how those compare to the retirement benefits of a mechanic.

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Your logic is insanity expecting to get a better result because cops “can kill people”.

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You make this statement and call other people insane.

Yes, absolutely. The fact that cops can kill people most definitely means more is expected of them. Or let me rephrase, more should be expected of them according to people capable of rational thinking. Don’t worry, you’ve made it clear that doesn’t include you.

Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan where people are actually actively trying to kill them every day have higher expectations of discretion and thresholds for use of force than you want cops to have. And they actually get punished at a more severely and at a higher rate when they do frick up. But again, you’re totally the sane one in this thread.

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You are essentially proving my point.

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You do not have a point.

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We are paying cops like auto mechanics yet expecting a much different standard because of some “higher calling” I guess?

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No. We expect a much higher standard because they have a gun, a badge that allows them to use that gun whoever they “feel threatened”, and the ability to ruin people’s lives whenever they feel like it. The fact that you don’t think people with that level of power should have higher standards for their behavior just because you don’t think they’re paid enough is legitimately terrifying.