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@Some_Emo_Chick @adamgurri This calls to mind the similar, execrable response of many mainstream libertarians to the protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder: “Yes, this was a grave injustice, but can you all go about responding to it in maybe a less unruly and inconvient way?”
@arossp @Some_Emo_Chick @adamgurri "you should learn from the government & police & be peaceful. Oh...wait..."
@Some_Emo_Chick amazing how universal this headline is, it could so easy be referencing something The Met had done.
@Some_Emo_Chick "police surprised special unit named "scorpion" acted aggressively".
@Some_Emo_Chick It's been hard on the Onion in the last few years, when the world keeps dreaming up new stuff to parody itself, instead of letting the Onion do it.
@Some_Emo_Chick Possibly never a truer statement from the Onion than this one!
@Some_Emo_Chick "please do not revolt" says the footsoldiers of neoliberalism 

@Some_Emo_Chick I wish i had more thumbs to boost this…

#memphis #tyre #police

@Some_Emo_Chick they are literally just describing facts. If the rest of the media used such straight headlines the world would be a much better place.
@Some_Emo_Chick The Onion is brutally accurate
@Some_Emo_Chick less subtle, but I love sending hard times articles to folks I know that actually get upset thinking they’re real
https://thehardtimes.net/blog/equality-win-this-female-cop-was-given-the-same-amount-of-paid-leave-for-shooting-an-unarmed-person-as-her-male-counterparts/
Equality Win: This Female Cop Was Given The Same Amount Of Paid Leave For Shooting An Unarmed Person As Her Male Counterparts

Score one for feminism! Female officer Monica Kelly stuck it to the patriarchy and got the same amount of paid leave for shooting an unarmed person that a male cop would have been given without a fight. You go girl!

The Hard Times
Police Urge Calm In Light Of Unspeakable Evil They Committed

MEMPHIS, TN—In an attempt to quell public outrage over the upcoming release of body-cam footage showing the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by five of its officers, the Memphis Police Department continued to urge calm Thursday in light of the unspeakable evil they had committed. “I understand that this heinous atrocity…

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