'Stop Cop City' campaigners decry state's refusal to charge Georgia troopers who shot activist 57 times - eviltoast
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    Georgia opened up a massive military-compound like police training facility in a forest. Protesters were camped out nearby.

    Cops came and cleared out the camp and executed this man. They claim he shot at them and they returned fire. Forensics showed the victim had no gunshot residue on his hands. There is also apparently body camera footage but cops of course won’t release it.

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            Lol if you don’t know not to shoot fellow cops unless you’ve had training you’re probably a prime candidate to be a cop

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              Now I’m picturing two groups of cops on opposite sides of a forest clearing yelling “I’m taking fire” while blasting away at the opposite side, and some poor bastard in the middle getting caught in the crossfire before the morons figure out they were the ones shooting at each other.

              Sometimes it’s hard to tell maliciousness from massive incompetence because police often departments seem to have so much of both in ready supply.

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      Georgia opened up a massive military-compound like police training facility in a forest. Protesters were camped out nearby.

      It’s not built yet, and hopefully never will be. The cops were attacking the protestors because they wanted, among other things, to clear the way for construction.

    • Nihilistra@lemmy.world
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      Maybe a strange question but are there bad-cop murders in the US?

      I mean you could find out quite easily who the shooter was and considering the quite tense situation with police brutality it doesn’t seem far fetched that family or friends might want to get revenge.

      Are there cases where people try to take justice into their own hands?