Footage of a police shooting that occurred during November has came out. A cop detained a suspect who they believed to have a supressed gun, they cuff and search him finding no gun and put him in back of a police car. So the deputy was walking past the car when an acorn struck the car. He shouts "shots fired" and basically unloads on the car with the unarmed suspect while screaming he is hit. The other cops on the call also start unloading on the car and thankfully the person in the car was not hurt. So from the onset its a humorous story about a cop overreacting to a stimuli and we are only laughing because noone was killed in it (well I guess some people would still be laughing if it was deadly but probably less). The cop apparently was a vet, so this seems to be a case of PTSD and its not great that an officer was able to make it that far along while such a mundane stimuli was able to set them off possibly getting someone killed. Hopefully the officer in question gets the help they need but its clear they shouldn't be in that position at all if that is how they will react.

[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 21 points 9 months ago

Really important to point out, PTSD or not, that police are trained to do this shit in a lot of cases and in the rest of them are not trained well enough to not do this shit. Police have been lobbying constantly for decades to make sure they have little oversight or training based on real world application. They've also made sure that they have no legal obligation to protect anyone but themselves. Cops have been trained to be dangerous to the public. It's not an accident, it's intentional.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

That's horrible, how can a vet with PTSD get a job where he is allowed to carry a gun? That's the worst idea. Might as well let him patrol a loud and hectic arcade.

Thank you for the elaboartion though, banger meme nonetheless.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

He never saw combat. It's not PTSD. It's LARPer's syndrome, full stop.

[–] AdmiralRob@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago

Depending on what he did in the military, becoming a cop might have been the only decently paying job he was qualified for.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

They have red and blue guns there though. It might trigger him!

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Also appreciate the summary. I was in the dark as well.

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