Victor Perez, 17, who also had cerebral palsy, had been in a coma since the April 5 shooting, and tests Friday showed that he had no brain activity, his aunt, Ana Vazquez, told The Associated Press. He had undergone several surgeries, with doctors removing nine bullets and amputating his leg.

The shooting outraged Perez’s family and Pocatello residents, and about 200 people attended a vigil Saturday morning outside the Pocatello hospital where he was treated. Another crowd of protesters gathered outside the Pocatello City Hall building, which also houses the police department, on Saturday afternoon. Police snipers were stationed on a nearby rooftop during the protest, though no violence was reported. Many of the protesters held signs with phrases like, “Do better, PPD” and “Justice for Victor,” and passing cars honked in acknowledgment.

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    so why is that when 5 idiots do something then people scream ACAB all day and night? I am not a cop buy my childhood and current best friend was and he had to go through some fucking shit. he had to deal with suicide by cop, crack addicts just being…crack addicts. idiot people driving around dangerously, bomb threats left and right, angry karens crying about their neighbors and more.

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      It’s ‘ACAB’ because plenty of cops like your friend could be a perfectly honorable and righteous individual, but the policing system as it is deployed incentivizes the use of force and violence. They have developed a militant culture seperating them from ‘civilians’.

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        Then what the FUCK isn’t?! You can’t trust doctors 100%, I’ve been down that road, you can’t trust cops 100%… WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU ALL WANT?! THERE WILL NEVER BE A HAPPY END FOR YOU BECAUSE HUMANS AND EVERYTHING THEY BUILD AND EVERYTHING THAT IS ALIVE IS DANGEROUS!

        YOU! WILL! NEVER! FEEL! SAFE!

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          Why are you yelling at this two month old comment? Yes, life is inherently precarious for all living things, I don’t understand what point you are making. I feel safe because death is inevitable and I live the best I can.

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            Because I hate you all for refusing to give an entire profession the benefit of the doubt.

            I hate humans, but you don’t see me going around telling people that their mild lack of trust is not enough of a lack of trust.

            If this post mattered two months ago but not now, it never mattered. Fuck you assholes.

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              What is the ‘benefit of the doubt’ you want me to give? I’m talking about a system, a bourgoisie state protected by militarized security forces, that is what the police are. Their primary function is the protection of capital and the capitalists in control of the state. Plenty of cops are honorable and wonderful people, it is the state that is the bastard.

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                To me, that’s what you are. You benefit from me not being allowed to hurt you for not being hurt while I suffered for years. Social media, even federated social media, exists to protect people who want me gone because it’s more fucking convenient. I hate you all.

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                  What do you mean? What are you suffering from? I’m not trying to be snarky, I’m not sure what you mean. If you are talking about disabilities I have a disability, I have suffered immensely, only heartless people want you gone. I don’t want you or anyone to have to suffer. I am sorry if what I said was hurtful.

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    The officers, whose names have not been released, were placed on administrative leave.

    Anonymity and a paid vacation for a lead amputation of a neurodivergent teen. And then they add insult to injury by posting up fucking snipers. I can’t say anything else that won’t get me a ban…

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      I can’t say anything about else that won’t get me a ban…

      This is Lemmy, you have to worry less about banning for some stuff. But you do have to worry about things being really difficult to delete (potentially impossible, if any instances are maliciously recording things). And even upvotes and downvotes are public information in a Federated system.