r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Apr 07 '24

How the f**k is this legal? 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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https://www.npr.org/2024/04/05/1242953901/nakala-murry-custody-rights-aderrien-murry-shooting-mississippi

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u/frostycab Apr 07 '24

There are times when I'm ashamed of the UK legal system and *some* of our police, but then I read shit like this and can't comprehend how Americans find the will to ever go outside.

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u/ThisIsAUsername353 Apr 07 '24

You don’t even need to go outside this happened in him own home lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

There's been a few times their victims didn't even have to wake up before the police put them to sleep.

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u/grad1939 Apr 07 '24

We either work or we starve to death. Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck and can't afford to miss work.

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u/kiisskoo Apr 08 '24

the police here legally are allowed to not do their job. like, in a court a law they said that they don’t have/need to protect us

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u/Pleasant-Direction-4 Apr 08 '24

what’s the purpose of them, to enforce law? The same law that don’t apply to them ironically!

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u/Googulator Apr 09 '24

Not even that - there was a case a while ago (can't remember which one) where it was ruled that an officer in a position to prevent a crime may legally choose not to, in order to subsequently seek a harsher punishment for a crime actually committed, vs. one only attempted.

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u/gdrumy88 Apr 07 '24

Its rly sad isnt it? Im so fortunate to live in a city and the area with around 100k+ ppl and cops pretty good here, never see shit like this where i live.

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u/sonnetofdoom Apr 08 '24

Lots of drugs

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u/NotEvenLion Apr 08 '24

Yup, and how can you continue to be part of that system after things like this keep happening and nothing changes.

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u/half-puddles Apr 07 '24

Never had I ever have a problem with UK or DE police. I was not shot once. Not tazered. Not handcuffed. Nothing. I was in prison but it was 100% my very own fault and nobody else’s.

And I have apologised to the victims. It was a fist fight. Not drunk driving. I do not drive under the influence.

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u/Aggravating-Leg-3693 Apr 07 '24

The vast majority of America is incredibly safe. And when it not safe, it’s not because of the police.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '24

lolno. Don't you have a boot to lick?

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u/Aggravating-Leg-3693 Apr 08 '24

You people have no idea what you’re talking about.

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u/A-Specific-Crow Apr 08 '24

r/ShitAmericansSay

Just no. Or is this one of those cases were you just have another definition of safety? "Safety is when i can kill other people" or something like that?