Florida deputy Jesse Hernandez screamed “shots fired,” and frantically fired his gun after an acorn fell onto the roof of his squad car, making him jump.

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    8 months ago

    During the course of the investigation into the shooting, deputy Herandez resigned from the force.

    Good. So now maybe they should look into their hiring and retention policies to ensure this doesn’t happen again.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    The real title for this is: “Officer attempts to murder unarmed suspect handcuffed in back of cruiser.”

    While Hernandez fired on the car, Marquis Jackson, who was accused of stealing his girlfriend’s car, was in the back of the police cruiser. Officers had searched, handcuffed and loaded the accused into the back of the police car

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    8 months ago

    The best part…

    After hearing the sound of the acorn, the deputy reported that he also felt a “tingliness” all along the side of his body. He then said his “legs just give out” and he fell to the ground, assuming that he had been seriously injured by something.

    We experience what we believe… Our minds are so incredibly capable of deceiving us.

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      8 months ago

      That’s why they also spread the myth of fentanyl overdoses by incidental contact. They see an unknown substance, have a panic attack, and assume they’re OD’ing.

      Ask any paramedic… you really can’t OD from incidental skin contact with fentanyl.

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        8 months ago

        Who is they and why would they need to spread a myth that skin contact with fentanyl would cause an OD?

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            8 months ago

            Drug addicts would be the first to know skin contact with fentanyl doesn’t cause an OD so yeah not sure that’s the answer…

            But, even if they didn’t know I don’t see how drug addicts thinking skin contact with fentanyl causing an OD enables cops to abuse them more?