Oldest trick in the book. 1312

  • YoungBelden [any]
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    1 year ago

    copaganda has got to be so fuckin cheap

    like $400 on a gaming system and the news sites prolly just publish it for free

    most of the time these kinda stories or videos hit the front page of corporate social media it's immediately after a brutality case.

    • YoungBelden [any]
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      1 year ago

      citations-needed resource for anyone that wants to learn more:

      https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-60-kitten-rescues-lip-syncing-christmas-traffic-stops-your-guide-to-clickbait-copaganda

      and honorable mentions:

      https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-54-local-crime-reporting-as-police-stenography

      https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-94-the-goofy-pseudoscience-copaganda-of-tv-forensics

  • stevatoo [they/them, she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Officer Colleran, a gamer himself, was impressed with the young man and thought he would help him reach his goal.

    tool-assisted speedrun thumb-cop

  • lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml
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    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Aww I feel so good reading this. You know, we might just have misunderstood our corporate overlords. Maybe they really do care about us.

    I for one love our police and I'm not just white or middle class or male or living in a gated neighborhood and have never been pulled over or arrested even when drunk driving because my massive SUV has a thin blue line sticker and

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    It's a trick, kid, ... uh...

    I guess he can't run. : |

    I hate this country.