cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15313778
Officers showed up at the home and found a man struggling with a woman over a knife. An officer opened fire and struck the man, killing him at the scene. Only later did they discover the man who was killed lived at the home and was struggling to fend off the woman who had broken into his home.
Police say Brandon Durham, 43, had called 911 and reported multiple people outside his home shooting, then told the 911 operator that someone had entered his home through the front and back doors and he was locking himself in the bathroom.
He also told the 911 operator that he was home with his 15-year-old daughter, according to police. Officers kicked open the door after arriving on scene and hearing someone screaming as well as damage to vehicles parked outside the property, police said.
Bro, we had a petty theft at work.
While identifying culprits, my coworker, with a straight face, said to me, “The security guard is pretty much a cop, so there’s no way he could have done it” implying cops are the highest form of trust.
I don’t know why they thought that.
IMO the association of police with safety is not wrong. A system that does not supervise and punish police members for wrong actions is the problem. Aka don’t let police investigate police mistakes.
…and as long as the system governing the police is a problem is broken, the police will be a problem.
You’re not wrong, but a bunch of fragile-egoed, perpetually terrified simpletons armed with state authority and a gun shouldn’t be associated with safety.