as a police officer wherever you are wouldn’t you automatically help people?
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But they are not being attacked for helping out at the scene. They are being attacked for being at the scene (their bosses are asserting that they weren't given the proper permission to be there on duty.
I bet the people they helped are happy they were. And being punished in this case is totally suspect. Unless they legitimately broke protocol and went there 'on duty' when they weren't authorized.
I think our community here has a natural bias against authority figures abusing their power, but until more facts come to light, we shouldn't necessarily just leap to conclusions because they are compatible with our biases.
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But they are not being attacked for helping out at the scene. They are being attacked for being at the scene (their bosses are asserting that they weren't given the proper permission to be there on duty.
I bet the people they helped are happy they were. And being punished in this case is totally suspect. Unless they legitimately broke protocol and went there 'on duty' when they weren't authorized.
I think our community here has a natural bias against authority figures abusing their power, but until more facts come to light, we shouldn't necessarily just leap to conclusions because they are compatible with our biases.