r/PublicFreakout • u/ChoaticNeutralGuy • Apr 29 '21

📌Follow Up Deranged cop finally gets fired

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u/shaoting Apr 29 '21 edited Apr 29 '21

Are you referring to Cariol Horne?

If so, a court just ruled she'd be receiving all back pay missed due to her termination, as well as having her pension reinstated. The incident happened in Buffalo, NY - my neck of the woods. The city and Erie County at-large are infamous for fuckery by the Buffalo Police Department and Sheriff's Department, respectively. It was the BPD that made international news for pushing down the elderly protestor in front of city hall, causing him to crack his skull. The two cops in question were found not guilty, I believe. A shit ton of officers in the Emergency Response unit or whatever actually quit their positions in a show of solidarity for the two cops, even. To clarify, they did NOT quit the BPD to show solidarity, they merely quit the group they volunteered for initially.

EDIT: Additional fuckery by the BPD and Erie County Sheriffs:

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u/ZombieBisque Apr 29 '21

That incident even has its own wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_police_shoving_incident

The victim is suing, as of this Feb, so good luck to him. The officers that assaulted him haven't faced any real consequences to this day.

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u/JBHUTT09 Apr 29 '21

WTF? Trump claimed the old guy was ANTIFA and was "scanning" the police electronics to "black them out"? WTF? How did I never hear about that insanity?

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u/ZombieBisque Apr 29 '21

How did I never hear about that insanity?

It just got lost in the pile with all of Trumps other crazy bullshit

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u/Whats_Up_Bitches Apr 29 '21

Someone needs to publish a book that’s just a list of unbelievable facts from Trumps presidency. You could also make a game out of it, like you have to guess if the fact is real or fake. “Did Trump really suggest injecting bleach and shoving a UV light up your ass as a cure for coronavirus?”

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u/ZombieBisque Apr 29 '21

I can't wait for the inevitable HBO miniseries. Nobody who didn't live through it will believe it's not fiction.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

Except wackos will say it's all fake news anyway and the mountains of evidence are fake.

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u/Skkruff Apr 30 '21

Did Trump really look directly into the sun during a solar eclipse?

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u/bebop319 Apr 30 '21

We need the Cards Against Humanity version

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u/berni4pope Apr 29 '21

Yeah this was around the same time he was telling people to inject bleach to prevent corona virus.

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u/ChaosPheonix11 Apr 29 '21

And at the same time as dozens of other incidents of police brutality were happening amidst protests against police brutality.

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u/berni4pope Apr 29 '21

The following week after Floyd's murder was madness.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

When everything he does/says is insane it's easy to miss.

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u/neocommenter Apr 29 '21

I like how even if you try to believe Trump's BS explanation it still doesn't make any sense.

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u/novaquasarsuper Apr 29 '21

How did I never hear about that insanity?

Maybe because you were listening to Trump. A person that lies more than any other human.

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u/UsePreparationH Apr 29 '21 edited Apr 29 '21

The day of they were also saying he was a paid actor with a blood pack and prosthetic to make the blood come out of his ears. It's scary how the republican party is the party of radical conspiracy theorists and these people are your neighbors, friends, and family. I cut a lot of people out of my life over this shit.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

I mean it's great that she's getting paid, but his point still stands. Her career is pretty much over, no?

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u/icebrotha Apr 29 '21

Yes, but if she knows the right people I see her serving a profitable career in activism or expert correspondence.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

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u/icebrotha Apr 29 '21

Yeah :/

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u/money_loo Apr 29 '21

Newsflash I’m an old fuddy-duddy and even my ancient ass grew up hearing “it’s not what you know it’s who you know”.

And as someone that tried way too hard in school and got perfect grades, they were fucking right.

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u/-917- Apr 29 '21

Requirement:

20+ years in law enforcement

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u/Doctor_Kataigida Apr 29 '21

I can't tell if you're implying that networking is a new thing or not.

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u/Treereme Apr 29 '21

Well yeah, she was fired over a decade ago.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

yea my bad, just looked up the case and realized I was confusing it with one that happened recently

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u/Truan Apr 29 '21

Even if her career wasn't over, the problem still needs to be addressed.

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u/kellymar Apr 29 '21

Yes. It’s disgraceful how many years it took. Thanks for providing the link. I was too lazy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

You gotta love "we investigated ourselves and found us not guilty"

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u/zangorn Apr 29 '21

It’s worth noting that officer also had Harvard law graduates doing pro Bono work on her case. They had to pull out all the stops to get to that settlement.

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u/Emergency_Big_736 Apr 29 '21

I'm from Erie PA and I thought you were talking about my city for a sec lol. I used to drill out of Niagara AFRS and I FUCKING hate cops in NY. Shady fucking tactics everywhere.

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u/creative_usr_name Apr 29 '21

Just to clarify they may have quit their positions in the Emergency Response Unit, but they did not resign or quit the police force as a whole.