The LEO thread

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AOC deletes tweet accusing Republicans of posing next to a cardboard cutout of her after reporter reveals that it pictured a Democrat
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... t-her.html



AOC's chief of staff deletes tweet calling centrist Democrats racist
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news ... ats-racist

Yep, common thing among liberals & liberal-likes, aye Vrede?

[billy.pilgrim]

Pretty amazing how the right attacks such minor bullshit, but accepts a hundred times the lies, twit deleations and incoherence of trump.

[Vrede too]

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/ ... 48a10.html

Cop says to shoot member of Congress. My bet, he keeps his job, or gets one in the next town or parish.

... (Chief Arthur) Lawson said he does not think the comment constitutes an actual threat, but it appears to violate the department's social media policy, which he said all officers have read and signed....

Rispoli's comment referred to a fake news story he posted to his personal Facebook page on Thursday at 1:51 p.m. The story's headline attributed a fabricated quote to Ocasio-Cortez saying, "We pay soldiers too much." The photo on the post is marked as "satire" and it had been labeled "false" by the website snopes.com on Wednesday, but Rispoli appeared to be upset by it....

Add gullible stupidity to the reasons to discipline/fire him.

Still the funniest part to me, that he was so stupid as to get himself and a buddy fired over fake news. He's a "special" con.

Louisiana policemen fired over Facebook post suggesting Ocasio-Cortez be shot

A Louisiana policeman who suggested on Facebook that high-profile U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needed to be shot was fired on Monday, along with a second officer who "liked" his post....

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They should have just used the delete option, like you and AOC do.

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Pretty amazing how the right attacks such minor bullshit, but accepts a hundred times the lies, twit deleations and incoherence of trump.

billy, I wasn't offended by the twit deleations at all. How about you, Vrede?

[Vrede too]

Business as usual in a con anti-tax state:

Alaska's Police Crisis: Every Cop in This Village Has Been Convicted of Domestic Violence

... Due to the remote location of the village and the $14 an hour salary, applicants willing to take the role are often limited to ex-convicts.

In addition, only one officer from the seven-man police force has received formal law enforcement training.

Nimeron Mike applied to be a cop with the station late last December. He never expected his application to be successful. After all, he was a registered sex offender who had recently served six years in an Alaska jail. His criminal record also listed a slew of various crimes, including assault, domestic violence, vehicle theft, groping a woman, hindering prosecution, reckless driving and drunk driving....

In 2017, the current police chief in Stebbins pleaded guilty to forcing a teenager to the ground and threatening to end her life. The official, who was not identified in the article, was intoxicated at the time, despite alcohol being outlawed in the village where the crime occurred.

[billy.pilgrim]

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/ ... 48a10.html

Cop says to shoot member of Congress. My bet, he keeps his job, or gets one in the next town or parish.

Louisiana policemen fired over Facebook post suggesting Ocasio-Cortez be shot

A Louisiana policeman who suggested on Facebook that high-profile U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needed to be shot was fired on Monday, along with a second officer who "liked" his post....

Lots of openings out there for Mr Rispoli. The referenced Iowa state patrol position has been filled but the small town of Durant has a vacancy.

[One of town's three cops resigns after video is released showing him striking biker during traffic stop in 2017]
http://va.topbuzz.com/s/eFRQhw


"Smith was one of three full-time officers in the town of 1,800.

Durant hired Smith last year after he resigned from the Iowa State Patrol following an investigation into his arrest of motorcyclist Bryce Yakish.

On September 25th, 2017, Smith - then an Iowa state trooper - pulled Yakish over for allegedly speeding.

Smith was recorded on his dashcam drawing his gun and then striking Yakish in his helmet's face shield for no apparent reason."

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Police Officer Saves Baby Who Stops Breathing

[billy.pilgrim]

Police Officer Saves Baby Who Stops Breathing

Wow, he did what we pay him to do.

[Vrede too]

Lots of openings out there for Mr Rispoli. The referenced Iowa state patrol position has been filled but the small town of Durant has a vacancy.

[One of town's three cops resigns after video is released showing him striking biker during traffic stop in 2017]
http://va.topbuzz.com/s/eFRQhw

"Smith was one of three full-time officers in the town of 1,800.

Durant hired Smith last year after he resigned from the Iowa State Patrol following an investigation into his arrest of motorcyclist Bryce Yakish.

On September 25th, 2017, Smith - then an Iowa state trooper - pulled Yakish over for allegedly speeding.

Smith was recorded on his dashcam drawing his gun and then striking Yakish in his helmet's face shield for no apparent reason."

Lost 2 jobs for the same incident because of his OWN dashcam, what a moron!

... In a criminal complaint against Yakish, Smith didn't mention his use of force and falsely claimed that Yakish 'attempted a U-Turn in front of me' and that he had activated his lights and siren throughout the pursuit.

Yakish admitted that he was speeding but said he didn't know the trooper was trying to pull him over until the end.

Smith charged Yakish with eluding even though that requires a driver to be speeding 25 mph over the limit away from a police car that has turned on its lights and siren.

Eluding is an aggravated misdemeanor punishable by up to two years in prison.

Cedar County Attorney Jeffrey Renander later downgraded the charge to reckless driving, saying it better fit the circumstances. Yakish paid a $250 fine.

He's a cop and his lips were moving, so . . .

Smith left the patrol after the investigation concluded in 2018, following a 30-year career. He was then hired in Durant, where his wife previously served as mayor.

Residents there protested Smith's use of force while arresting a woman outside of a bar last summer.

In May, Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington banned Smith and other Durant officers from bringing suspects to his jail in May. Wethington said he couldn't vouch for their credibility.

Speaking about the 2017 video, the sheriff said: 'It's pretty damning.'

Wow, I've never heard of a jail banning an entire PD.

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Wow, he did what we pay him to do.

You're welcomed, thanks for supporting our law enforcement officers.

[billy.pilgrim]

Wow, he did what we pay him to do.

You're welcomed, thanks for supporting our law enforcement officers.

didn't watch, but wow - I suspect he's doing what he signed on for

[neoplacebo]

Your suspicion is correct. White Arkansas redneck gets out of his car and immediately starts shooting at the cop; cop shoots back. Redneck drives away.

[Vrede too]

Your suspicion is correct. White Arkansas redneck gets out of his car and immediately starts shooting at the cop; cop shoots back. Redneck drives away.

Ammosexuals, that's how they are.

[O Really]

Depending on where they live, what their beat is, and what their assignment is, being a cop can without doubt be dangerous. And sometimes that danger involves somebody shooting at them. No argument there. But quite a few jobs involve greater danger, and people in those jobs go to work every day not knowing if they'll make it home safely. 2003 to 2013, there were nearly 9,000 violent workplace deaths. Over half of them were due to shooting. Considering only on-the-job murders (about 9% of the total deaths), cops are slightly ahead of retail sales workers in absolute number of deaths in that period (129 to 118). In terms of fatalities on the job, here are the top 25 (cops are #18):

• Fishers and related fishing workers
  Logging workers
  Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
  Roofers
  Refuse and recyclable material collectors
  Structural iron and steel workers
  Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
  Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural managers
  First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service and groundskeeping workers
  Electrical power-line installers and repairers
  Miscellaneous agricultural workers
  First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
  Helpers, construction trades
  Maintenance and repair workers, general
  Grounds maintenance workers
  Construction laborers
  First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers and repairers
  Police and sheriff’s patrol officers
  Operation engineers and other construction equipment operators
  Mining machine operators
  Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
  Athletes, coaches, umpires and related workers
  Painters, construction and maintenance
  Firefighters
  Electricians

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Wow, he did what we pay him to do.

You're welcomed, thanks for supporting our law enforcement officers.

didn't watch, but wow - I suspect he's doing what he signed on for

Yes, some people are courageous while others shy away from danger. Thanks for complimenting our law enforcement officers and again thanks for the support.

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Your suspicion is correct. White Arkansas redneck gets out of his car and immediately starts shooting at the cop; cop shoots back. Redneck drives away.

You forgot about him throwing out his human shield.

[Vrede too]

... quite a few jobs involve greater danger, and people in those jobs go to work every day not knowing if they'll make it home safely....

When a fisher or a logger dies on the job, it doesn't get national headlines and the taxpayers don't pay for other fishers or loggers to attend their funeral from 2 states away.

[O Really]

Your garbage collector has a way more dangerous job, works for the same city, gets paid less, and positively affects your life more directly more frequently. How about a little respect, here?

[O Really]

Want to guess what the biggest cause of LEO deaths on the job?

Spoiler:

Traffic Accident

Want to guess the biggest cause of taxi driver deaths on the job?

Spoiler:

Violent Attacks