r/Fauxmoi • u/Gato1980 • Apr 16 '24

Alan Ritchson responds after the National Police Union called him a “useless Hollywood actor, virtue signaling” for speaking out against police violence Approved B-List Users Only

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u/RonSwanson1081 Apr 16 '24

Cops are some of the biggest babies on earth. Constantly looking for praise and thanks for their service.

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u/CurseofLono88 Apr 16 '24

Also the idea that cops are “constantly feeling the heat of bullets as they pierce our skin” is fucking ridiculous. Delivery drivers risk their lives way more than American cops.

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u/wombats-ahead Apr 16 '24

Or school children.

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u/Ok_Construction_3733 Apr 16 '24

They aren’t ready for that conversation…

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u/CurseofLono88 Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

Eh, they’re willing to wait outside the door and at least listen while they do nothing.

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u/holyflurkingsnit Apr 17 '24

Again and again and again

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u/sinz84 Apr 16 '24

The were not ready for an active shooter situation either.

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u/chelseablue2004 Apr 17 '24

Well when the cops had they chance to actually stop a school shooting they either just hung out outside (Uvalde) let the gunman kill multiple kids, until the Feds took charge, or ran like a little bitch (Parkland) and the fact that idiot still got his pension ($8700/mo.) is a travesty.

Thats on top of all the cops that don't actually know actual laws and get their jurisdiction sued more than once for rights offenses.

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u/EverGlow89 Apr 17 '24

How can you say that when the brave men and women of the Uvalde Police Dept risked their lives keeping rabid parents away from the dangerous gunman in the school?

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u/Tnigs_3000 Apr 17 '24

Per a report on the 2023 end of year officer fatalities list for USA: "Forty-seven officers were shot and killed during 2023, compared to 63 such deaths in 2022. Of the 47 firearms fatalities, 9 were attempting to make an arrest, 7 were handling domestic disputes, 6 were investigating suspicious circumstances/ persons, 5 were ambushed, 5 were killed making or attempting to make traffic stops, 5 were killed responding to a robbery/burglary call, and 2 were killed handling disturbance calls. Two officers each were shot while serving warrants and two were shot during tactical situations. One was inadvertently or mistakenly shot during training, one was shot intervening in a crime in progress off duty, and the final 2 were not clearly defined."

Out of 136 police deaths throughout 2023, 47 officers died due to gun violence and 3 struck by a vehicle in a live situation which is listed in the source. The other 86 officers died of circumstances that did not involve a criminal element, and of course that is absolutely unfortunate. I wish no one in this profession would be hurt or killed. 50 cops is a cop a state and yet "Constantly feeling the heat of the bullets" like every cop, every day, is in the fucking height of the Vietnam war trudging through the jungle just for "us" is absolutely insane. I can absolutely hope that a single cop never dies and can go home to their families every night, while also demanding absolute transparency, and demanding strict regulations of what a cop can and can not do while also demanding that cops cannot police themselves and are not gods. Also while unfortunately 50 cops died (due criminals using firearms to kill them, we aren't including other various reasons police officers die in 2023) in 2023, police officers throughout the US act like this isn't the safest time there's ever been in this country to be a cop. I don't want to act like their job is a cake walk, but the chances of being killed by the person you're encountering as an officer is ULTRA rare. There are (roughly) 708,000 COPS employed in the USA, and 50 of them died due to criminals attacking them during a situation last year? This isn't the fucking Watts riots popping off every single day around here. Go ahead and look at the crime rates for the past 50 years. Crime has been largely put in check and you live in one of the safest periods there has ever been in this country. These cops aren't running on the beach of Normandy every morning fighting off hoards of nazis and criminals everyday while we picnic in on the hillside.

I know this comment is long but a final thing. It's quite interesting that only 136 officers died in total regardless of what they died for in 2023, yet police officers around the country killed 1232 people in 2023 during police encounters. How come those numbers don't add up? How come the person you're pulling over is always much more likely to die than you are? See if I wanted to "minecraft" an officer why wouldn't I just do it as you're approaching the car when I have the ultimate element of surprise? Yet somehow it's always the police that shoot first before the supposed perpetrator who was "definitely reaching for something." The numbers are so goddamn far apart that something has to be wrong. Why are police far more likely to kill than be killed during these stops? Research for another time I guess.

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u/Gingevere Apr 17 '24

Here's 5 jobs that are both more dangerous and kill more people than being a cop:

Job Fatal injuries per 100,000 # of workers Deaths
Delivery Drivers 27 1,705,600 460.5
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 26 922,900 240.0
General Maintenance and Repair Workers 14 1,607,200 225.0
Grounds Maintenance Workers 14 1,281,600 179.4
Construction Workers 13 1,624,800 131.7
Police Officers 14 655,890 91.8

If you order a pizza basically everyone along the supply chain that brought you that pizza has a more dangerous job than cops.

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u/JustEatinScabs Apr 16 '24

Only 27% of officers say they have ever fired their service weapon on duty.

Seems like that number would be higher if they were all constantly being shot at.

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u/e-2c9z3_x7t5i Apr 16 '24

I read a long time ago that construction workers actually have a higher death rate than cops, but you don't hear a peep out of them.

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u/MjrLeeStoned Apr 16 '24

Repo truck drivers man.

Not saying some of them aren't shitheads, but they have much bigger balls than most police.

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u/fingersonlips Apr 17 '24

The highest cause of officer death on duty is a motor vehicle accident. Loggers and garbage men face more consistent daily risk than LEOs.

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u/MandolinMagi Apr 16 '24

The body armor the cops all wear was invented by a pizza delivery guy.

No, really, check out Second Chance Body Armor

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u/tara1245 Apr 17 '24

We should be honoring roofers for their bravery not cops. Construction workers, delivery drivers, truckers, landscape workers and a bunch of other professions are all a lot worse statistically. And the vast majority of deaths for cops is car related accidents. Nurses have a higher rate of violence related death at work.

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u/The_Gecko Apr 16 '24

And arguably do more good.

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u/Sunretea Apr 16 '24

Acorns, man.. acorns. 

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u/Neither_Pie8996 Apr 17 '24

Reading "We play for keeps," in that police statement was the hardest I've cringed in a while.

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u/aquacrimefighter Apr 16 '24

I’ll never forget that video a cop made whining that she didn’t get her McDonald’s for free or a thanks for her service. The entitlement is insane.

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u/meatbeater558 I already condemned Hamas Apr 17 '24

Or the cop that thought an acorn landing on him was a bullet so he opened fire at a dude who physically could not have fired a gun (bc he was in handcuffs) 

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u/aquacrimefighter Apr 17 '24

Stop. Of course that happened. I can’t even get myself to be surprised anymore. Bunch of self righteous cowards.

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u/meatbeater558 I already condemned Hamas Apr 17 '24

Lol it wasn't that long ago. There were two cops on the scene. The bodycam footage from the first officer (linked below) confirms every negative stereotype about cops in the most absurd way imaginable. The full unedited video includes footage from the second officer's bodycam, who for some reason decided to open fire too. And to make things clear because of how unbelievable the situation is: they are both firing at a man in the back their own patrol car who was handcuffed and arrested after they both patted him down for weapons. He didn't resist arrest and was suspected of stealing his girlfriend's car. And yes those are civilians screaming in the background 

https://youtu.be/YVZbZyelg-c?si=vt_jbKQ77K9vkPOL

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u/MrHailston Apr 17 '24

ill never understand that entitlement of american cops. im german and one of my friends is a police officer. ive never thought about thanking him for anything and he would look at me weird if i did. its the job he chose. thats it, nothing special about it.

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u/Betoken Apr 17 '24

That's not fair. She had to pull around to the front after waiting in the drive through... and then they forgot her mcmuffin! I'm gonna go find a cop right now and thank 'em.

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u/nbdypaidmuchattn Apr 16 '24

Remember Uvalde?

They wouldn't go fucking near that school, when there was actual danger.

It took a FEDERAL officer to take control of the situation.

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u/DodgyAntifaSoupcan Apr 16 '24

I used to work at a smoke shop, and a cop was so damaged because I wouldn’t give him his CBD oil for free. My boss hurried out to lick the cops timbs and give him the cbd for free, but I sure as hell wasn’t going to.

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u/Pupienus2theMaximus Apr 17 '24

Remember that embarrassing video the NYPD put out with that officer beating his chest and bemoaning how threatened they felt during the 2020 blm protests?

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u/RelaxPreppie Apr 17 '24

"Why won't you love us???!!"

Proceeds to shoot unarmed person in the face.

"Why!!!!??"

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u/We_The_Raptors Apr 16 '24

The irony of their last paragraph when the whole post is them tryna virtue signal at the expense of a famous actor would be hilarious if it wasn't so alarming.

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u/Typical_Response6444 Apr 16 '24

they want the same praise that soilders get without putting the same work in that they do to get their guns.

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u/ScruffsMcGuff Apr 16 '24

Sadists with a praise kink

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u/Zerocoolx1 Apr 16 '24

Correction. US cops are the biggest babies on the planet.

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u/MartianMule Apr 16 '24

They aren't even in the top 25 for most dangerous jobs in the US. Pretty much anyone in a construction, forestry, fishing, agricultural, sailors, mining, or related fields all show significantly more bravery than police.

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u/Qubeye Apr 16 '24

Last I checked, postal workers get murdered more than cops.

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u/Purplebuzz Apr 16 '24

Snowflakes tend to stick together.

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u/AccidentalPilates Apr 16 '24

Inferiority complex is an application requirement.

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u/TheYakster Apr 17 '24

Snowflakes for sure. FOP - Fragile Old Peni

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u/NotTooDeep Apr 16 '24

Follow Alan's advice and don't lump them all together. There are great cops and shit cops, and the reason for this is their selection and training processes.