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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

RTFA. PCSO said he then used a brick to attempt to break into a resident’s truck.

A witness told detectives they saw the suspect run at deputies with the shears. He was tased twice, but it didn't stop him.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he climbed into the passenger side of a PCSO patrol vehicle, trying to get a deputy’s rifle.

That’s when two deputies, identified as a trainee and his trainer, opened fire on the suspect, killing him.

Judd said Schultz had a lengthy criminal history that included several arrests for methamphetamine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

If the story is accurate, I have to say the cops were justified in this case.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

That headline was a better story arc than Last of Us season 2.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Indeed, one whacked out MAGAt.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We need more Florida Man stories.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=florida

Nobody seems to have created a dedicated Florida Man community as of this writing, but there is [email protected].

EDIT: Oh, wait, yes there is. Just no banner. [email protected]:

  • Florida Man Arrested For Having Three Wives In Different Counties After Dating App Scam Uncovered

  • Man in Florida 'shoots two Israelis he thought were Palestinian

  • Florida attorney allegedly strikes slimmer man with a dinner plate at the meat station after his daughter cuts in front of him in the buffet line

  • Florida Man eating 6-9 pounds of butter and cheese a day develops ‘cholesterol hands’ while on carnivore diet

  • Florida Clown School Student Who Tried to Smuggle Gold-Plated Pistol into Australia Claims Google Said It Was 'OK'

  • Sarasota man drove stolen car to Mar-a-Lago to talk to Trump in Palm Beach, police say

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Real life being more GTA than actual GTA.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Assuming what is said in the article is true, this is a rare case where I think the lethal force is justifiable. The dude was probably on meth and their tasers where doing nothing as he attempted to take one of their rifles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

God bless Florida.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 days ago

Classic cop shit. Show up after all the drama is over. Makes it worse.

There is only one bigger waste of money than cops. And that's the Military. We have nukes. Fuckin' try it. Go 'head. I'll pull the fuckin' temple down on all of us.

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