LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investigating Cops About Rape

Re:LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investig... by MichaelCollins on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @02:37PM (#33084772)

I share your desire for accountability, but I don't think that's what this remark was about:

> "When something happens, conveniently the video footage that should exist, magically doesn't."

Magic doesn't exist. When something is said to "magically" not exist, that is a sarcastic way of saying that somebody deliberately made it not exist. I believe that is the most likely explanation, but it's not necessarily true.

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Re:LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investig... by yellowapple on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:02PM (#33085114)

> Magic doesn't exist.

I see sarcasm is one of your strong suits.

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Re:LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investig... by MichaelCollins on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:16PM (#33085318)

You can plainly see that I recognize the magic remark as sarcastic, so what is the point of your response?

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Re:LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investig... by yellowapple on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @07:40PM (#33088746)

> You can plainly see that I recognize the magic remark as sarcastic

Indeed, and I stated such :)

> so what is the point of your response?

What is the point of yours? The "magical" nonexistence of footage whenever 1. there would ordinarily be footage and 2. that footage happens to record something for which someone doesn't want evidence demonstrates a pattern; that pattern is in and of itself a problem, regardless of whether it's explained by incompetence or malice. Assuming that someone else assumed malice and quibbling on that particular point is a pointless distraction from the actual problem in this case.

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