She told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day.

Body camera footage shows the moment an LMPD officer hands a woman in labor a citation for unlawful camping as she waits for an ambulance.

    • Woht24@lemmy.world
      19144·
      6 days ago

      People really have no idea the meaning their words convey.

      It’s not proof, it’s a sample size of 1 and I’d say it’s much more a display of delusion and hate than ‘cognitive damage’.

      You think you’re helping, but you aren’t.

      • BertramDitore@lemm.eeEnglish
        521·
        6 days ago

        It’s okay to let people be angry about things that should enrage everyone with a pulse. Their sentiment is 100% accurate even if their words aren’t perfectly precise.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        40·
        6 days ago

        and every other cop on that force will back this asshole to the blue.

        ACAB doesn’t mean that every cop is running around raping and extorting sex from everyone; or that they’re all running around killing black kids. ACAB does mean that the ones who are “good” are also protecting the ones who are bad rather than arresting them and treating their fellow cops as they would any one else.

        if you show me a cop who isn’t, I’ll show you a cop whose not been on the job long enough to find out.

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          210·
          6 days ago

          if you show me a cop who isn’t, I’ll show you a cop whose not been on the job long enough to find out.

          So MCAB or AACAB?

          (Most / Almost All)

          Was just discussing in another thread, referenced the Sith dealing in absolutes instead of using a phrase like “Policing Enables Bastards” in an attempt to be more accurate and harder to dismiss.

          • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
            9·
            6 days ago

            Nope. Cops know what they are pretty quick. It’s practically impossible to last more than a week or two without becoming a bastard.

            The blue wall is real, and they don’t allow people who might break rank stick around.

            Corruption in police is an everyday occurrence and you either chose to ignore it or not be a cop.

            • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              13·
              6 days ago

              Thanks for your response.

              Interesting you give that timeline because when I hear ACAB, a hypothetical officer comes to mind who joins a department on a Monday, blows the whistle on something corrupt and evil on Tuesday, and is forced to hand in their badge on Friday.

              I want to broadcast to my fellow Americans that if:

              • you are not corrupt, and
              • you will not stand for corruption, and
              • you want to try to be the change

              …I will not insult you for having a disparate strategy compared to mine or the average person’s on this site.

              Maybe 720,651 out of the 720,652 full-time cops in the US are baddies, but that last one who’s on probation because of some good in their heart - I choose my words carefully for them. They necessitate the three-letter acronym.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
        293·
        6 days ago

        Nah bruh you the one not helping if you trying to provide apologetics for this kind of behavior. It deserves no charity, and making the argument it does means you are the bad guy.

      • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        6 days ago

        the fact it happened and she wasn’t helped instead shows you all you need to know. cops are dog shit. fuck them all, unempathetic ass hole bullies.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        92·
        6 days ago

        Agreed. Call it what you will, but this is not “cognitive damage”. These pigs aren’t retarded, they’re doing shit like this on purpose.

  • Sludgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    6 days ago

    Sen. Whitney Westerfield, a Republican from Fruit Hill who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, was one of the bill’s more vocal opponents. When he learned of the citation against a woman in labor, he called it “deplorable.”

    A Republican showing compassion? Is that allowed?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      422·
      6 days ago

      There’s always a “Republicans shocked to discovery what they vocally campaigned on would come to pass” headline in-between election cycles.

      • Khanzarate@lemmy.world
        121·
        6 days ago

        This Republican was a voice against it, however.

        There is a minority of Republicans that have actual republican values and are being drowned out, similarly to the socialists within the democratic party.

        Its rare to see one, they have to hide now, leaving the typical “Republican” as a far right soulless thing. But this might be an instance of it.

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        6 days ago

        It’s also important to note that state parties are different from the national party - as an example Vermont Republican Governor Scott is pro-choice and supportive of trans rights… a lot of state politicians aren’t there to grandstand and instead work to solve local problems. Now, that bullshit politicking has been making it’s way more often to the state level so that is changing but it’s usually good to read up on politicians at the state level.

          • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
            5·
            6 days ago

            Oh yeah - WA GOP is fucking insane - they’re basically just assholes that bought into the same bullshit that’s thoroughly infected Idaho.

            Man, Idaho is fucking scary.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          Vermont Republican Governor Scott is pro-choice and supportive of trans rights…

          That wasn’t particularly uncommon back in the 80s/90s when “Pro-Life” was more of a regional religion moniker than a partisan brand. We had Texas Republicans like Kay Bailey Hutchinson who were Pro-Choice and Delaware Democrats like Joseph Robinette Biden who were Pro-Life. Same with Log Cabin Republicans and DOMA-voting Democrats, straight through the Bush Jr administration.

          Scott’s a classic “fiscally conservative, socially liberal” Republican that used to be all over the New England area a generation ago. He loves tax cuts for his buddies in business and private charity schemes that let philanthropists hog the limelight without obligating them to spend more than they feel like and small-government rhetoric that plays well with liberal libertarians. He’ll sign bills that loosely mandate the purchase of private insurance and cap property taxes that fund local schools, but shies away from a truly public health care or higher education system.

          it’s usually good to read up on politicians at the state level.

          They’ve got different masters than their national counterparts. But you’ll find just as many deplorables at the state level.

    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Definitely. Egregious lack of foresight they the police office didn’t write two tickets. One for her and one for the child she was carrying. Life begins at conception so that fetus is as guilty as she is.

  • Jesus@lemmy.world
    15·
    6 days ago

    No one’s crueler to the needy like the “Christians” from America’s Bible Belt states.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    6 days ago

    Anyone that would be that stupid to pull that act has got to be an idiot … and to know that all of it was being actively recorded on a body camera that could be accessed and requested later on … this has got to be the dumbest idiot in a uniform to date.