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[–] Wilshire@lemmy.world 159 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

This is dystopian.

"We are currently exploring other methods to continue publishing our content in a way that is engaging and interesting to our followers."

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 71 points 2 years ago

See! We are fun! Plz ignore the dead black children around the corner k? <3

[–] waratchess@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I recently watched the movie Running Man, and your quote reminded me that in the movie they have court appointed agents instead of attorneys, lol.

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You might like Rollerball

Haven't seen either in a long time but you reminded me of it

[–] waratchess@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Awesome, I'll check it out.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

“We are currently exploring other methods to continue publishing our content in a way that is engaging and interesting to our followers.”

WTF is wrong with police? W the actual F is wrong with them? I swear they think their mandate is "harm the folks we arrest as much as the law will possibly allow, both physically and emotionally."

What kind of person thinks this is how you treat pictures of human beings in your custody? What kind of person finds this defensible? These are human beings who may have broken some laws, but who are still human beings. Your job is to apprehend them, not to make their life worse in any other way, cops. They don't become valid objects of your mockery in some official capacity because you arrested them.