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Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car and Mistakes It For Shots Fired (jalopnik.com)
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[–] 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Cops are among the easiest people to spook. They're like bunny rabbits, but with guns.

Other triggers include

  • removing something from a pocket especially when asked
  • being brown
  • running, for any reason
  • Owning a dog
  • not being white
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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    There's a whole cottage industry around training cops to believe they have the most dangerous job on the planet, and everyone is trying to kill them. Having been deployed to a warzone several times myself, we were NEVER taught to be as scared of normal people as police are.

    The training is called "killology," and I'm not dumb enough to have come up with that name myself.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Agree on all points. LMAO! May I ask a favor? Can you tell me if you can see this comment? I have a sneaky suspicion something is wrong with my account.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Strange, I can't see your comment. Maybe something is wrong with your account?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Who were you responding to??

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