https://x.com/Jaybefaunt/status/1878482335236001939

And in case you want to read the article without giving the NY Post any ad money: https://archive.is/h8SHL

Here’s some mind-bending stuff from the article:

Luckhurst, 42, now serves as a cop in Benavides, about 150 miles from San Antonio, according to Benavides Police Chief Andre Hines, who said the 2023 hiring “reflects the department’s commitment to honesty and accountability.”

[…]

Bizarrely, that same year, [note: not 2023] Luckhurst was accused of defecating in one of the San Antonio police department’s female restrooms before wiping a brown, feces-like substance on one of the toilet seats, reported the San Antonio Express-News. He reportedly never denied being behind the bathroom incident.

[…]

Hines said Luckhurst’s record in Benavides “has been exemplary, with no complaints or issues reported, and said “a thorough background check” helped ensure “all aspects of his history were carefully considered.”

Apparently “honesty and accountability” is when you harass women and the homeless with your weird poop fetish.

  • Walican132@lemmy.todayEnglish
    96·
    10 days ago

    Why the fuck don’t cops have a license registry similar to RNs. You can’t kill someone in one hospital and get a job easily in the next for example.

    • Benjaben@lemmy.world
      15·
      10 days ago

      Here’s the reason, it’s actually hard to hire “qualified”, decent cops.

      My daughter got to be friends with another girl, we ended up getting to know the parents just a bit. Both law enforcement lifers, only got to know the mother. Works at a prison, now.

      She described, in our area, a total inability to hire people she’d want to work with. She talked about rejecting several individuals once, and then eventually admitting them when they tried again, because there were no other real candidates, for long periods (year or two+). She talked about how leaving the position unfilled is its own disaster, and she really struggled with filling positions with people she knew were badly suited to it. She’s a rare one who gives a shit, really does, but the only people applying are psychos and losers. Bad mix.

      Look - ACAB - I won’t flinch from saying that until they change their approach and stop protecting the worst among them. No sympathy either, really, ACAB because every department has their monsters, swept under the rug. Fuck em, they’ve never helped me once.

      On the other hand, decent people trying to turn that ship basically can’t, and we have no solution for them. I don’t know what to do about that.

      • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        10 days ago

        Make crime less opportunistic and generally unnecessary by improving everybody’s quality of life through provisions like education, healthcare, minimum basic income, a sense of community, etc.

        It statistically lowers crime. Which would lower the need for as many law enforcement agents. Which could lead to better hires. Etc. etc. etc.

      • Zement@feddit.nl
        31·
        10 days ago

        If someone served in the military, they already proved some abilities which overlap with police.

        A psychological screening and a shortened training could work. I mean most soldiers I talked to seemed way WAY more stable than police.

        “Poopy mc poop smear” would probably have a hard time in today’s military (they had scandals too but learned from them afaik… or at least try. The police is like the opposite way around)

        • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 days ago

          I mean most soldiers I talked to seemed way WAY more stable than police.

          Aren’t most (a lot) cops ex military?

    • pedz@lemmy.ca
      91·
      10 days ago

      What makes you think that bullies would accept any kind of accountability?

      • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        They wouldn’t need to. It would be on the department and employees, and it would apply to the people in that sphere. Nothing to do with their feelings on the matter.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
      8·
      10 days ago

      Because you don’t need training and education to be a cop. No one really wants to be one anymore because they ruined their reputations so they have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get anyone.

    • Delphia@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 days ago

      Ive said for a long time that a FEDERALLY ISSUED “licence to perform Law Enforcement” would go a long way to improving the situation in the US.

      You fuck up bad enough or deliberately abuse your power or take actions in bad faith… you’re done.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
    252·
    10 days ago

    🍞💩🍞

    That’s fucked up yo, dude should be on the sex offender registry, or something like that…

      • HowAbt2morrow@futurology.todayEnglish
        15·
        10 days ago

        If that unhoused dude couldn’t smell the main ingredient, he must have had long covid. And if he was allergic to peanuts or corn, that could’ve been his last PB&J.

        • boonhet@lemm.ee
          2·
          10 days ago

          I’ve had two bouts of covid (that I know of). Didn’t lose any senses with the first one. Second time, some of my favorite fruits, at least in beverage form, started tasting like analog TV static and apparently multiple shower gels and deodorants that used to be decent, just smell disgusting now?

          Fuck covid.

  • Sabre363@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    10 days ago

    Is it illegal to have a shit-filled sandwich delivered to one particular bastard, accidentally of course . . .

  • dumbass@leminal.spaceEnglish
    2·
    10 days ago

    You ever seen the opening scenes with the kid of the 2000s video clip for the band The Offsprings song Original Prankster? That.