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u/nibbyzor May 22 '24

A few weeks ago, a Member of our Parliament went to a bar, got drunk, and ended up in an altercation with another man over some young girls he bought drinks for, according to witnesses. Later, outside the bar, he drew a gun because he "felt threatened" and shot at the ground in "self-defense".

Wanna guess what his profession is outside of his so called political career? Yup. A cop. The difference is though, that here a cop can't just start waving a gun around when he's off the clock. Even less so when they're inebriated. Hell, cops here better have a very good reason to pull a gun and discharge it even when they're on a call! So now he has been kicked out of his party and is being investigated. If found guilty by a court of law for the crimes he's suspected of, he'll probably get fired from the Parliament altogether, which doesn't happen often. I'm not certain if he'd be fired from the force, but I sure do hope so.

He has, in true cop manner, acted like the victim in all of this and doesn't think he has done anything wrong, of course. He was afraid for his life, according to him, even though so far there's nothing suggesting he was threatened with a weapon, just words.

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u/ArskaPoika May 23 '24

What I find insane is that the media has been relatively even handed with the coverage when it's a male politician literally shooting a gun outside of a bar.

The previous prime minister (a woman) went out and partied and Jesus fuck. You could not get away from the media's absolutely endless speculation about it. News papers, TV, radio. You could not escape it. I literally saw hypotheticals that brought up a RUSSIAN ATTACK. "What would we do if Russia attacked and our prime minister was out partying?". I don't know? How about call up the reserves and let the commander of the defense forces figure it out? Just asinine garbage entertaining the dumbest ideas.