• Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Matthew McCulloch flashed his badge at a school event with hundreds of children before discharging his firearm into the air. Name and shame this psycho!

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      In my country, a police(wo)man just drawing his or her gun needs to file a report explaining the reason for it. Imagine what would happen if he or she drew a gun a) without being in a dangerous situation and b) in the presence of children. And here this would mean not working for the police anymore, anywhere.

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    St. Louis cop who shot up a kids’ trick-or-treating event is no longer employed

    At least not in that police department. But I’m sure he will find another one soon.

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      McCulloch is charged with child endangerment, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and making a terrorist threat

      And

      McCulloch is jailed on a $500,000 bond.

      Don’t mean to sound patronizing, but maybe read the full article before commenting? At least this psycho seems to get what he deserves.

      • Clent@lemmy.world
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        Doesn’t matter at all. He’ll get out eventually and there will be a police job waiting for him.

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          This is just a brain damaged take.

          Of course this matters. Fuck off with the doomer mindset you’ve brought.

          • Clent@lemmy.world
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            Fuck off.

            Him being in jail doesn’t mean he won’t be back on duty somewhere soon.

            The police are a problem, if you can’t see that then you’re part of that problem.

  • hardaysknight@lemmy.world
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    Could we not keep a running online record/database of cops names, faces and reasons they were fired? Similar to what we do with convicted sex offenders. It’s all in public record anyway

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    Misleading title. The article headline isn’t much better. They shot into the air, the title makes it sound like they went on a killing spree.

    They did tell everyone they were going to die before emptying their gun into the air. They’d clearly lost their damn mind and this probably traumatized a bunch of kids. Throw the book at them by all means.

    The title is bullshit though.

    • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOP
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      Someone at a kids’ event shoots a gun “at least a dozen times” — that’s not shooting up the event?

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        No. It’s shooting within the event and/or near it but not at it or any of the participants. The phrase “shot up” infers that the subject was the target.

        But I get the sentiment of wanting to phrase it in a way that conveys the most amount of danger and insanity.

  • Creazle@lemmy.world
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    A little game I like to play: replace the words and think of what the outcome would be.

    St. Louis anybody else who shot up a kid’s trick-or-treating event is held in custody on multiple charges