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Washington Post: Journalists Beginning to Consider Possibility That Cops Lie About Everything

Suckas, liars, get me a shovel.

“The basic [journalistic] principle should be, treat the police like any other source, with the same degree of skepticism as you treat any other source,” said Susan Chira, the editor in chief of the Marshall Project, a digital news site that focuses on the criminal justice system and avoids breaking crime news.

“ ‘Police said’ is not a shorthand for truth,” she added. “You don’t give up your obligation to verify and corroborate” just because the source wears a badge and a gun.

Can you imagine what it’s like to be as stupid as this person? Think it hurts? Maybe it’s more like bliss.

Cops Kill Men

Buzzfeed:

On The Day George Floyd Died, Police Across The US Shot And Killed At Least Five Other Men

Police in the US have not gone more than two days without fatally shooting someone since 2015.

“Justin was shot at least twice.

“His death started like so many other fatal encounters with the police: after a stop for a minor infraction. A BuzzFeed News review of police killings during the month of May found that 15 of them began with anything from a broken taillight to a call for police to break up an outdoor barbecue to a plea for help from a man who told the police he was starving.”

Ain’t That Something?

Here’s some footy of the giant star we orbit. 1 second = 1 hour, so it’s a total of ten years worth shown in an hour (is that right?).

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