• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I’d call it pattern recognition. We’ll see whether this reinforces it after lots of fighting and delays about whether to release bodycam footage, I would guess. (Or if they release it immediately that will be a good sign that they think their officer did nothing wrong.)

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      9 months ago

      It is one thing to be wary of something because you experience it often.

      It is another to spew masturbatory hate at each mention of police.

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        9 months ago

        I don’t know if I’m quite there yet, but I’ve most certainly flipped from ‘they must have had a reason’ to ‘what is their excuse this time’ over the course of about the last ten years.