I can just hear it. That’s going to be the reaction to the rightful excoriation of the cops who showed up at Robb Elementary School only to hassle parents and mill around with dumb looks on their faces. If only poor Ulvade had good cops like we do!
But here is the thing – NO. Our cops aren’t any better. Our cops are just as lazy, and lie just as much when ass covering is required. It’s part of the “thin blue line” culture. Why the hell else can’t they ever get rid of the “few bad apples?”
How Many Lies?
What will it take before journalists stop pretending they don’t know that “cops lie” is the default setting?
Cops don’t just lie, they’re *lazy liars*, because unlike politicians, “no one” ever bothers to check or pretend to give a shit when the facts contradict their stories.Not that politicians or their flaks are always treated with appropriate skepticism, either, but there’s at least a chance!
If they want to keep changing the details we can let them and focus on what clearly happened: the shooter killed a bunch of kids, the cops did nothing to stop him for at least 45 minutes, and instead spent the time violently harassing the desperate parents and concocting their hilarious cover story.