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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 31 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Cops are some of the worst people in the world. Cowards.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

It's a fast track to power over others without having to first gain significant knowledge/wisdom to wield responsibly.

A surgeon is a allowed to cut you open and rearrange your insides because they have been through the intense trials and scrutiny to be trusted to do so.

Cops are just a few weeks of training. Who does this fast track to power without commensurate burdens of responsibility attract? BULLIES. The kids that stole your lunch money are the ones handing out speeding tickets and on drug dealer bribe takes.

That's the paradox of power, the harder someone seeks it for its own sake, the worse a candidate they are to possess it. Maybe if Law enforcement were part of some kind of mandatory national service where everyone has the option to hold it for a year or two would help, but this sociopathic place is too selfish for such ideas.

[–] PurpleSkull@lemm.ee 135 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Not a legal expert, but sounds to me the entire case has been mishandled and all charges are to be dropped immediately.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 8 points 2 hours ago

That’s exactly how it would work if he’d shot a poor person.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's surprising it worked. It's a really well-known tactic, owed to being on every cop show ever. Pretty sure it's totally above-board, though. Anything you leave behind (trash, crumbs, maybe a bit of saliva) is fair game. Unfortunate.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Please don't let any of my hairs fall out while in custody.

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Only the root contains DNA, so you might make it okay

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 66 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Let this be a lesson, if ever arrested. Keep your mouth shut and don't accept anything that the cops give you.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Ask for water from a bottle only, then drink without letting it touch your lips.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

But only if you're wearing gloves

[–] shadshack@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They'll take your fingerprints when they book you. They'll hold your hand down and force it onto the reader / ink pad if they have to.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Ah yeah true, forgot that this was an arrest and not just questioning

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 32 points 20 hours ago

Well he is a bit of a snack.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

If you're arrested for a felony in CO you have your DNA collected via swab. Is that not standard? They don't do that in PA?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

They don't usually collect until after you're convicted, if I recall correctly.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

In CO a felony arrest gets you swabbed.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

Sucks for CO

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I'm kind of surprised he fell for that

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 38 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

He didn't murder anyone. He's clearly just someone the cops framed. Who walks around with a confession in their backpack after murder?

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Someone who is a perfect example of the "I didn't think I'd get this far" meme. For you to believe he's a scapegoat, you also have to believe that the cops found a guy who looks like the killer, wore the same clothes as the killer, was in the same area as the killer, and had motive to kill the ceo of uhc basically within hours of the murder, because that's when the media started running the pictures from the hostel. The, this hypercompetent police force who found a perfect patsy in no time lets him float in the wind for 5 days for... No reason.

There's a lot of shady elements, this is not one of them.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Different clothes, different backpack. Same person? 🤔

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Your mind is gonna explode when you find out that people can change clothes and own more than one backpack. My point is Luigi was identified at the hostel, then basically tracked on cctv continuously until the shooting. Unless you think the guy at the hostel was actually the shooter and Luigi is just a fall guy, then it becomes TRIVIAL to provide an alibi for literally any of those given days when he was allegedly in New York.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

wore the same clothes as the killer

This was your argument.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Alright, if you're assuming the hostel guy isn't Luigi, that's a fair point. Now explain the ~~rest.~~ last bit. If it really wasn't him, there will be plenty of evidence he was somewhere else.

[–] Lekip@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

I understand why he did what he did as much as anyone but this conspiratorial thinking annoys me.

Maybe someone who sees the online reaction to their action and expects to become a martyr when found carries a confession with them?

Police in the US is beyond fucked up but if this is a cover up I'll eat my shoes

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like little risk as far as this alleged crime goes, if there's any semen on the scene, it's likely mine.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

The blood is mine and it was consensual.