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LA Cop drafted to IDF after shooting journalist (chaser.com.au)
submitted 1 week ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social
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A member of the Los Angeles Police Department has announced a major career change, saying they have been drafted into the IDF. This comes after the cop was seen on camera shooting Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi.

“They’re a natural,” said a representative for the IDF, “they’ll fit right in, as long as they stop using those rubber bullets.”

“Plus they even got the media to use a passive voice and not identifying who did it despite doing it on camera. They have the exact skills we look for in a soldier.”

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

These writers are getting lazy. This is barely satire.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 8 points 6 days ago

Sign of the times: the jokes write themselves.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

The whole thin line between happy and sad tears is eroding

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

Heartwarming news violent cops have found a new means of job promotion.

[–] three@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man, I took an enthusiastic bite of this one.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

The fascists don't want the public to know that LA is resisting. The fascist owned corporate media in the US won't show it but they can't control the foreign media so they take a page from the fascist playbook and just shoot non-fascist propagandist journalists.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 week ago

This one fuckin got me. I was like ‘yeah, I believe that unquestioningly.’

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 week ago

hugs the onion you beautiful bastard never stop being you

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Context video for those out of the loop

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Posted on Lemmy first (see the meme in the OP text)

https://sopuli.xyz/post/28479761

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I think it is the same article, but that OP did get the screenshot of the article first. I came accross it elsewhere tough.