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LA Cop drafted to IDF after shooting journalist (chaser.com.au)
submitted 1 day ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social
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A member of the Los Angeles Police Department has announced a major career change, saying they have been drafted into the IDF. This comes after the cop was seen on camera shooting Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi.

“They’re a natural,” said a representative for the IDF, “they’ll fit right in, as long as they stop using those rubber bullets.”

“Plus they even got the media to use a passive voice and not identifying who did it despite doing it on camera. They have the exact skills we look for in a soldier.”

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These writers are getting lazy. This is barely satire.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 5 points 1 day ago

Sign of the times: the jokes write themselves.

[–] three@lemmy.zip 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man, I took an enthusiastic bite of this one.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fascists don't want the public to know that LA is resisting. The fascist owned corporate media in the US won't show it but they can't control the foreign media so they take a page from the fascist playbook and just shoot non-fascist propagandist journalists.

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org -4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is a 4 fascist post.
I counted!

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Call a fascist a fascist. Trump is a fascist. The GOP is full of fascists.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“They’ll only target bad people. I’m not bad people so I’ll surely be fine!” –dbtng while being dragged away jackboots

[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Oh my. That's a bit harsh. Do you feel better now?

Edit ... Jebus. You're acting like this in The_Onion comm? Why? Wow. At least I understand you now. This is edgelord crap, right. Way to go. You win all the points.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 day ago

This one fuckin got me. I was like ‘yeah, I believe that unquestioningly.’

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 day ago

hugs the onion you beautiful bastard never stop being you

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Context video for those out of the loop

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The whole thin line between happy and sad tears is eroding

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Heartwarming news violent cops have found a new means of job promotion.

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Posted on Lemmy first (see the meme in the OP text)

https://sopuli.xyz/post/28479761

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I think it is the same article, but that OP did get the screenshot of the article first. I came accross it elsewhere tough.