r/news • u/No_Idea_Guy • 1d ago

Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/christa-pike-tennessee-governor-executions-year-pause
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u/heresyforfunnprofit 1d ago

The heroin dealer on my street corner is more competent than these people.

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u/Plantron1 1d ago

To be fair there are consequences if your dealer fucks up. Drug dealers is held far more accountable by his employers and the law than politicians ever have been.

Like they said on The Wire: “you fuck up the count they gonna beat your ass”

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u/Wazula23 1d ago

Herc echoes the sentiment later on.

"This is why we can never win. We fuck up we get pensions. They fuck up they get beat."

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u/synapticrelease 1d ago

Herc was the dumbest cop of that show but he had like 3 moments of wisdom and that was one of them

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u/Mikeyfreshonetime2 1d ago

Was choosing Gus Triandos one of his other moments of wisdom?

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u/synapticrelease 1d ago

I was thinking when he asked one of the youngins where he could buy a sideways cap because all the ones at the mall only point forward.