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Lefty Memes

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago (9 children)

A bit brutal. I know it’s just a meme, but I don’t think them dying is the answer. We can be better, we can do better

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago

They could not be cops, in which case... They wouldn't be cops

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Your truths make me uncomfortable, please stop"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

No, its just stupid. But no surprise to see a Lemmy.ml account here promoting this divisive crap

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Cops don't seem to understand much except when a thing is alive or dead. This is the only kind of message that will get through to all of them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Same, people promoting this are close minded and shortsighted

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Unlike you. You are so smart and enlightened. /s

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Compared to the morons here encouraging murder, yeah

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

The only good cop is a dead cop

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Thank you.

Imagine being so diluted that you think all cops should die.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah this thread and its commenters are acting like cops

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago

The best cop; officer down

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Huh, you sound like a cop...

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I see a lot of people in this thread justifying murder when that's REALLY not what's needed. That will just lead to the only people willing to be cops is maniacs with a gun (who are NOT in short supply) when we really need cops who can take a moment and think.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (7 children)

when we really need cops who can take a moment and think.

Those people are actively filtered out by police.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

We need to murder the concept of cops as we know them today. That's the only murder we need. No individual's death will fix a fucked up system, gotta kill the system itself.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

My guess is its Kremlin propaganda, the same divisive stuff they pushed during the George Floyd riots

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (7 children)

No man, there is plenty of organic distrust of the police here. The whole legal industry is fucked.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I wish. There was that one cop was put away for defending a woman from SA a year after snitching on his fellow officers. His laywer said never heard of jail time for 1st time misdominer. They literally put him in a cell with a known cop killer. Who said naa this is one of the good ones.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is there context? Like is there someone in particular this is about? Or just in general?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

The only good cop...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

US centric, here in Europe nobody wishes Cops dead.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

That's not true. ACAB everywhere, including Europe.

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