Kentucky cop who killed Breonna Taylor — now deputy in a different county — rams car and pulls gun, witnesses say
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Cops do what cops do. Would be nice if the US had real policemen and -women, like civilized countries do, instead of just cops.
Missed dad-joke
“Instead of this cop-out”
Can we find a better term? I like the 'gypsy cops' concept, but the word 'gypsy' is considered to be offensive by the Roma people it initially and still often describes.
Perhaps nomadic?
Not bad. We could also do 'traveling cops,' sort of like 'traveling nurses' but with a lot more violence.
How about "vagrant cops"?
I particularly like it because the definition I found online described a vagrant as "One who lives on the streets or constitutes a public nuisance" which is strangely fitting.
And vagrants don't generally stay in one place all the time. It also turns the term back on them. Very nice!
Carpetbagging cops
Mercenary cops.
I've always heard "wandering cops." Makes me imagine someone having a pleasant stroll on a sunny morning, maybe whistling a tune, chewing a doughnut, looking for someone to beat up or kill.
USA, tactic of quietly relocate so far used for:
killer whales of SeaWorld
pedophile priests
cops who should be arrested
America likes to recycle it's trash.
As he passed their trailer, one witness heard him shouting "leeeeroyyyyy jeeeenkins"
Damnit Leroy!
At least I got chicken.
America's most honorable heroes! /s