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Minor injuries are common and occasionally recruits die

Just ordinary "new job" stuff then. Like any other employer.

The legal action alleges the practice is an unnecessarily violent rite of passage that recruits have to endure to be accepted into the police “fraternity.” It notes that other recruits suffered injuries before Moses started his drills, including one person whose nose was broken.

The lawsuit also claims that training teaches recruits that excessive force is “officially tolerated, and indeed culturally expected.”

Moses’ lawyers, John Holland and Darold Killmer, say that mindset has nurtured a violent police force and led to lawsuits costing Denver millions of dollars.

“Fight Day both encourages Denver police to engage in brutality and to be indifferent to the injuries they inflict,” Holland said.

A culture of violence, bullying, and not caring when they hurt or kill people? Surely not. What an utterly absurd accusation to level against the police.

For a group that wants to distance itself from gangs, it sure doesn't help their case when they jump in new recruits.

If this is what they do to their own, imagine what they want to do to you.

The lawsuit claims paramedics cleared Moses to continue the training on Jan. 6, 2023 even though he was not able to stand or walk to the next round — wrestling. Instead, a trainer came to Moses and got on top of him. The recruit soon said he could not breathe, became unresponsive and was taken to the hospital, according to the lawsuit.

I have to assume this wasn't actually attempted murder because they did take him to the hospital after he became unresponsive... but I can't imagine any other reason to "wrestle" someone who can't stand. Haven't we seen over and over that this leads to suffocation and death?

I thought “barbaric hazing ritual” might be a little clickbaity, but then I read the story. No, it’s completely accurate. Damn.

Minor injuries are common and occasionally recruits die, often because of an underlying medical condition.

What. The. Fuck.

Moses told them he had the sickle cell trait

How was he even cleared for police training in the first place? This is a serious medical condition.

This sounds like an entire chain of lethal fuckery going on

Of course he's black.

Not a single cop I have encountered could fucking endure what was listed here

As some point the USA needs to have a talk about police and their steroid usage.

Because it is a huge drug problem that the DEA refuses to act on for obvious reasons.

This is what you get for joining a gang.

Everyone from their co up to the commissioner should be replaced, hazing only happens when the people in charge ignore it.

The lawsuit also claims that training teaches recruits that excessive force is “officially tolerated, and indeed culturally expected.”

Moses’ lawyers, John Holland and Darold Killmer, say that mindset has nurtured a violent police force and led to lawsuits costing Denver millions of dollars.

“Fight Day both encourages Denver police to engage in brutality and to be indifferent to the injuries they inflict,” Holland said.

Something something leopards and faces.

Seriously fucked, though.

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