Embracing the "to Protect and Serve" motto, officer Pike applies sunscreen to a group of students (2011)
Embracing the "to Protect and Serve" motto, officer Pike applies sunscreen to a group of students (2011)
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I wonder what the pig is up to now? In a cushy chief of police job I'm sure. I tried a quick search but only found info on the incident.
43 0 ReplyHoly shit. I read this yesterday and tried to find out and I stumbled across quite the fucking article.
Excuse the multiple pictures, it was behind a paywall and I was screenshotting it piece by piece before the pop up blocked my view lol
What an insanely asinine article. Holy. Shit.
24 0 Reply"when you mildly inconvenience people you shouldn't be surprised if they retaliate with chemical weapons" is peak conservative thought leadership
23 0 Reply"Maybe he got that pepper spray can for Christmas and was dying to use it."
WTF?! Please tell me this is satire.
11 0 ReplyImagine the sort of person who reads this and thinks, "I should pay for this fine journalism!"
10 0 ReplyTo quote batman:
"The Fuuuck?"
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I think he received a settlement for distress from the consequences, but I have no source.
17 0 ReplyHe got $38,000 and lost his job, the protesters who were sprayed got $30,000 each, which paid for one year at UC Davis.
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Never forget
28 0 ReplySad this is a classic. We live in such shitty world, I remember what I was doing when this happened
25 0 ReplyOff the pigs
4 0 ReplyIt was an excellent meme
4 0 ReplyHa, yeah my favourite was the DOOM cover with him pepper spraying the demons. So good.
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Inb4 the takedown request.
8 0 ReplyLol
6 0 ReplyThanks Officer Pike! Very cool! Always love to see a good cop reminding us what it's supposed to mean to wear the uniform.
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