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1. Radical_EgoCom (radical_egocom@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 12:45:02 UTC Radical_EgoCom

   I can't even imagine myself pointing a gun at a toddler. That's just evil.

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   • Passenger (passenger@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 12:45:06 UTC Passenger

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     • David Sugar

     @tychosoft @Radical_EgoCom

     In this picture, you can clearly see all the goods cops rushing to disarm the bad cop.

     100% of the good cops present that day are busy doing that in this photo, in frame, clearly visible.

     It's just that that number happens to be zero.

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   • Passenger (passenger@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 12:45:08 UTC Passenger

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     • David Sugar

     @tychosoft @Radical_EgoCom

     Note that the use of a tear gas launcher at such close range is banned in many jurisdictions, because it acts as a lethal weapon instead of a crowd dispersal weapon.

     Either this cop knew, and is deliberately misusing their weapon, or didn't know and was allowed onto the street with it anyway. Either way, ACAB.

   • David Sugar (tychosoft@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 12:45:08 UTC David Sugar

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     • Passenger

     @passenger @Radical_EgoCom we are not talking about a "bad apple". There is a whole gang of pigs standing around threatening and acting as if this is somehow normal. It's institutional.

   • David Sugar (tychosoft@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 12:45:09 UTC David Sugar

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     @Radical_EgoCom for some background...

     https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8386601/George-Floyd-protester-says-cop-threatened-fire-TEAR-GAS-two-year-old-son.html

   • ergifruit (ergifruit@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 12:45:15 UTC ergifruit

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     @Radical_EgoCom anyone that's had any kind of weapon training, lethal or not, knows that you never point it at anything you don't intend to kill. don't matter if it's a toy gun, much less something to shoot tear gas at a baby.

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