But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.
But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.
I mean, he was following his script. This situation definitely called for some independent thought, but in an unusual situation, he instead just barreled through and stuck to his script…
I’d say there’s definitely more incompetence than malice going on here.
(And to be clear, I’m not saying this is ok.) Incompetence is a huge problem when it’s in a place of ultimate authority, and it carries deadly weapons with the authority to use them. That is absolutely not a position where incompetence should be tolerated in any society.
But I do want to push back a bit in the tone you were setting, “acab, goddamn pigs, all of them”; that’s strong, and again, I don’t think this case was malicious, just dumb. Somewhat fittingly, I would call it pig-headed.
Weaponized incompetence is malice. They are about power, and it’s a huge display of power to put morons who cannot think for themselves in positions of authority. They know that these people are useful idiots, and they know how much it demoralizes the rest of us.
ACAB isn’t just a slogan, it’s a strategy.
Incompetence isn’t an excuse to be shit person and a worse cop. You convinced me that acab, goddamn pigs, all of them
And you’ll notice that I never said it was an excuse. I mean with your first sentence you’re practically quoting my words, except you took the opposite conclusion.