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LA Cop drafted to IDF after shooting journalist (chaser.com.au)
submitted 1 month 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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[–] three@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Man, I took an enthusiastic bite of this one.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month 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.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These writers are getting lazy. This is barely satire.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 8 points 1 month ago

Sign of the times: the jokes write themselves.

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

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

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

hugs the onion you beautiful bastard never stop being you

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

Context video for those out of the loop

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The whole thin line between happy and sad tears is eroding

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month 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 month 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.