Imagine if you were the security guard at literally anywhere and did this. Not only would you be fired. You would likely not work security ever again. Also, you'd face criminal charges. I get cops have more responsibility than a security guard at the mall. But the video evidence shows us a clear psychopath that wouldn't qualify for a security guard position. Will there be punishment? Maybe an investigation? Not really. American police are not police any more. They're the SS. And they will shoot kids dead for looking in the wrong direction. We are far beyond the point of no return.
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Private security here! Spent eight years as a guard before moving up to corporate level.
I think about this daily. How an armed guard could get not only fired, but potentially blacklisted from the entire industry (at least locally) for pulling their gun at the “wrong” time. If I were on duty and shot a journalist with a rubber bullet on fucking TV….its just inconceivable. If I were a manager and got a call that one of my guards did this, I can’t even imagine, I’d have to Japanese-train-conductor myself live on the 5pm news after reading a 20 page apology. There aren’t responses strong enough in my repertoire for something like that.
Cops just do it and saunter on to their next abomination.
Like it or not, private security have ten times the liability, accountability, damn near any metric you wanna use, that police do. We get fired (or removed from contracts at client request) for tiny shit daily. A guard being caught burping by a dickish client manager could lose a contract worth millions and dozens of people their jobs.
There are enough bad apples in our industry that I can’t really argue against the leeriness, ridicule, etc, from the public. I get it; there are a lot of IRL Paul Blarts out there. It means the industry needs to raise standards…meh, I’m getting off topic here.
You’re entirely correct, and I’m glad to see this pointed out. Police get away with shit that would get any guard super-extra-mecha fired, whether it’s a highly trained armed guard working a federal contract or an unarmed kid making $9 an hour to sit in an empty parking lot.
From both sides of the fence, this is not how this should be working.
the difference is police, are enabled the govt to do this. and the police union, really a gang can strongarm a city by refusing to do thier job.
as a side bonus, it preferentially chooses conservatives and social rejects as a hiring preference.
Bullet proof west with PRESS on it and a helmet/glasses. Trump made a war zone so it should be treated as a war zone.
I mean yes but its not a 'lost bullet'. he willingly fired on her, and at that distance he could clearly fucking see she has a microphone and is in front of a professional news camera.
You're assuming he's even literate.
Police with this behavior should be fired and prosecuted. Unacceptable.
I think they'll get a promotion for this one
They'll get a two week vacation and maybe a promotion.
fired and prosecuted
lol. you're sweet. i was thinking of something that would make them fear us for a very long time.
I think Trump dreams of a civil war. That will be the perfect excuse to hurry the slow dictatorship takeover.
That is slowly happening anyway, while people are still having wet dreams of democracy.
I think Trump dreams of a civil war
then let's have one. let's make it go sideways for him. we can't back down from aggression. that's living in fear. i want to see this end in a way that sends a dire warning for all future fascists, sociopaths, and idiots.
Have they identified the cop that commited this assault?
Of course not. They're above the law.
If you mix ammonia and bleach, and pump balloons full of it, when the balloons pop it releases some bad fumes