return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoElderly Oklahoma Man Dies After Igniting Himself On Fire When Deputies Attempted To Serve Eviction Noticewww.news9.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down17
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minus-squareFunkPhenomenon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down5·7 months agojeez, now the fire dept is going to have to be dispatched every time there’s an eviction… or the police officers will get crosstrained to extinguish fires possibly?
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up34·7 months agoPolice officers can’t even handle an acorn falling on a car, so I wouldn’t count on them handling a self immolating person any better.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months ago“Fire, fire” “Okay, pew, pew” “OMG, shots fired. Backup requested”
minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·7 months ago or the police officers will get crosstrained to extinguish fires possibly? Do they get to use guns to do it?
minus-squareBreakDecks@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 months agoThey could just stop using state violence to force people into homelessness in a society that has more empty houses than homeless people.
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThey’ll just start opening fire when you reach for a lighter
jeez, now the fire dept is going to have to be dispatched every time there’s an eviction… or the police officers will get crosstrained to extinguish fires possibly?
Police officers can’t even handle an acorn falling on a car, so I wouldn’t count on them handling a self immolating person any better.
“Fire, fire” “Okay, pew, pew” “OMG, shots fired. Backup requested”
Do they get to use guns to do it?
They could just stop using state violence to force people into homelessness in a society that has more empty houses than homeless people.
They’ll just start opening fire when you reach for a lighter