• be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    He said he recognizes it can get frustrating on the street but said police must make sure they have control of themselves at all times. “We (in law enforcement) are held to a higher standard,” Marino said.

    You know what no amount of frustration, rage, stress, fear, sadness, or other mental distress has ever driven me to? Using profanities that weren’t already a part of my vernacular.

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    I’m not sure I can think of any other job you can have where you get put on paid leave for getting caught on camera saying the N-word. Maybe higher-ups (CEOs) or politicians can get away with it for awhile at least without public pressure, but they’re kind of outside the normal rules that the rest of us live under. If I ever wanted to get fired I could just say that and be walked out and gone in under a day.

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    I will do that on my next work meeting, nice paid vacation. Oh wait I am not a cop, it won’t work.