But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.

  • AzuraTheSpellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I’m retrospect, we can calmly reflect on the situation and imagine how we’d respond. But in an impromptu “this is happening right now, and I didn’t even fully process that she’s lacking a hand or that I made a mistake” situation, his silly behavior doesn’t seem implausible at all.

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      Of course it doesn’t seem implausible that a cop would act this way. But any normal person who would accuse someone of something and be met with this kind of conclusive evidence prima facie would probably not do this.

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          Really giving that “boys will be boys” energy, are we? There’s no “heat” here, what are you even talking about? As a cop, surely they’ve seen more “heat” than this. Armless lady being the heat, rofl