Body-Cam Footage Raises Familiar Concerns About BPD’s Plainclothes Unit - In May, a Baltimore detective pointed his service revolver to the temple of a prone and restrained man. - eviltoast
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    2 months ago

    Law Enforcement, remember this article is about a Cop, isn’t “just anyone”. There’s two reasons for people being riled up about this, one of which is criminal and the other is user error / training.

    Ignoring the criminal aspect of what he’s doing the Cop literally cannot fire that weapon without endangering himself and his fellow officers. He also can’t fire that weapon a second time without manually manipulating it because he’s using it in a manner that WILL cause it to mechanically malfunction.

    It’s fucking stupid (and criminal) all the way around but it has nothing to do with the points you are making.