JasonCharles
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JasonCharles
3mo ago
"you promise to do the right thing and stand up to evil in exchange for money and prestige and being put on a schedule filled with people who have made that promise."
This is not an adult understanding of LEO.
It is not dereliction of duty. That is a military standard that applies to the military. And it would be impossible to prove he knew in advance that he would behave like a coward once he faced real danger.
He is a disappointment as a human being. That is not a criminal offense. The punishment for being a poor excuse for a person is public shaming. Which this trial caused -- his cowardice and disregard of children's lives was exposed via mass media to the entire world. His face was on every newspaper front page, like he was a depraved criminal. He has been punished with the ultimate shaming; beyond tar and feathers and scarlet letters.
To clarify, your claim was: "So that when an emergency happens, we have people who we can count on to stand up and be the hero because they have made that promise. That's what you've been being paid for all this time."
A job requirement to be a hero is not far from a requirement to give 110% effort when the chips are down. That is not real life. Heroness is not a job requirement, and neither police nor soldiers get paid as if they would all willing to jump on a grenade and blow themselves to bits out of duty.
Some people are exceptional. Most are mediocre. Lots are worse then that. There is no special hero pay that cops receive and they are not all exceptional.
paying soldiers soldier is going to jump on a grenade until there is a real grenade.
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