Root

An American living in Canada. Yes it's as bad as you hear, and still sliding. Still here for the memes though. The ends justify them. No DMs

[Root @1960Root]

@fwmarqix When I curse my enemies, whom I hate with the heat of a thousand Al Gores, I will now also wish for their socks to be slightly damp, always.

[Bazooka Joe ™️ @bazookajoeOG]

I’m so old they had us glazing ashtrays in kindergarten. 🚬

[Giggling Ganon @GigglingGanon]

Deputy thinks an Acorn hitting the roof of his car is gunfire so he unloaded his firearm at his own car that had an unarmed suspect inside. This is next level incompetence.

​The incident took place in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Deputies from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call regarding a man named Marquis Jackson.

Jackson’s girlfriend had called the police, accusing him of stealing her car and sending her threatening text messages.

​Deputies located Jackson, detained him, handcuffed him behind his back, and placed him in the backseat of a standard patrol vehicle for questioning.

​Deputy Jesse Hernandez, a trainee at the time, was walking back toward the patrol vehicle where Jackson was being held. As he approached the passenger side of the car, a small acorn fell from an overhead tree and struck the roof of the vehicle.

​Because of the metallic thud it made on the roof, Deputy Hernandez misidentified the sound as a muffled gunshot from inside the vehicle. What followed was a massive cascade of panic:

​Hernandez immediately fell to the ground, rolled, and began screaming, "Shots fired! Shots fired! I'm hit! I'm hit!"

​Believing he had been shot in the torso and that Jackson was actively firing at him through the car windows, Hernandez drew his weapon and fired multiple rounds into the patrol car.

​Hearing her partner’s screams and weapon fire, Sergeant Beth Roberts—who was also on the scene—assumed they were under fire. She drew her weapon and also opened fire on the vehicle.

​In total, the two officers fired more than 20 rounds into the patrol car.

​Despite the patrol car being riddled with bullets and shattered glass, Marquis Jackson was completely uninjured. Because he was handcuffed, he could only lean away and press himself as low as possible into the floorboard/seat crack of the vehicle to avoid the gunfire.

​Deputy Hernandez was also not injured. After the dust settled, medical staff confirmed he had not been shot; his belief that he was hit was likely a psychological reaction to intense panic (often referred to as a phantom injury).

​The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office conducted an extensive internal investigation into the shooting.

The investigation concluded that Deputy Hernandez’s use of force was not objectively reasonable. While Hernandez genuinely believed he was under threat, the investigation found no evidence of any weapon on Jackson, nor any reasonable justification for mistaking an acorn for a gunshot.

Sergeant Roberts' use of force was found to be legally justified under the "fellow officer rule," as she was reacting to what she reasonably believed was her partner being shot.

Deputy Hernandez resigned from the sheriff's office during the investigation, effectively ending his career in law enforcement.

​ Sheriff Eric Aden publicly released the bodycam footage and issued a formal apology to Marquis Jackson and the community, stating that the department failed in its duty to protect a suspect in their custody.

​Ultimately, Jackson was cleared of any wrongdoing regarding the shooting, and the event remains a textbook example used in law enforcement training regarding hyper-vigilance and the dangers of misinterpreting sensory input during high-stress situations.

[Pascal Anglehart @DemosKratosCA]

I'm willing to bet the number is even higher here in Canada with the TFW program.

[Rebel Scum @hejwych]

"What do you mean leftist discourse is just us pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible?"

[Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate]

X is the everything app.

[Fifty Marie @ShadesOfPunky]

What the fuck!?!?! DOXXING A WITNESS ON TELEVISION!?

@CBS @jdmiles11 @CBS11

[Inevitable West @Inevitablewest]

🚨BREAKING: Miguel Bosé, the biggest Spanish-language pop star of the last few decades, has just released a video taking a knee and putting his hand over his heart in honour of Henry Nowak

This has now spread like a wildfire. Europe has never been more UNITED! 🇪🇸🇬🇧

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

BREAKING: Elon Musk just told his 240 MILLIONS Followers that the only way to Save Democracy is to pass the Save America Act

“The only way to save democracy in America”

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE 💯

[Bonchie @bonchieredstate]

Do you think she realizes the broader implications of what she’s saying?

Or nah?

[The Global Letter @TGLetter]

INDIA JUST PUBLISHED THE EXACT LIST OF WHAT THEY WERE SELLING TO GET INTO AMERICAN WORKPLACES

Not vague fraud. Not "some bad actors." NAMED CREDENTIALS. SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONS. Field by field.

🇮🇳 Medicine — fake medical degrees sold to applicants seeking hospital jobs in the US, UK, France, and Canada
🇮🇳 Nursing — counterfeit nursing certificates with fake seals, fake holograms, fake registrar signatures
🇮🇳 Engineering — forged engineering credentials specifically engineered to pass employer verification
🇮🇳 One institution — 36,025 fake degrees sold while awarding only 5,455 real ones
🇮🇳 Price per fake credential — as little as $1,400
🇮🇳 Total seized — 100,000+ counterfeit certificates from 22 universities
🇮🇳 Suspects arrested — 11, across multiple Indian states
🇮🇳 Estimated fakes still in circulation — 1,000,000
🇮🇳 H-1B approvals going to Indian nationals — 71% of all approvals in FY2024
🇮🇳 H-1B holders who ended up in junior or entry-level positions — 83% during Biden's term

💀 11 arrests
💀 22 universities implicated
💀 ZERO of the credentials targeted military bases or government facilities
💀 100% civilian workforce infiltration — hospitals, engineering firms, tech companies

Every credential on this list was designed to place someone in a job that requires skills they never actually proved they had. Not contractors. WORKERS IN AMERICAN WORKPLACES.

Ken Paxton's investigation is still running. These are the credentials it was built to find.

I'll keep you updated. Turn on notifications. 🚨

[TheLastRefuge @TheLastRefuge2]

I'm not sure this account understands the word "play", because if they did this behavior would not be permitted at all.

[Emily Zanotti 🦝 @emzanotti]

In fairness, he’s not the first Nazi to lose the Battle of the Bulge

[Root @1960Root]

@Gormogons Never hurts to be prepared.

[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

Funny

[Jon Gabriel @exjon]

Here’s how to keep the new Bears stadium in Chicago.

[Melissa O'Connor @Melissa_in_CA]

Funny how same-day election results by 8:53 p.m. are possible when it’s 2021 and the whole state is voting on whether to recall Gavin Newsom.

[Reno Morley @Reno_Morley]

Well this exploded over night… 👀🤯
#SaveStargate

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

Fun fact: If Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt were both in third place Wednesday morning, they would've stopped counting ballots and certified the results!

[Magills @magills_]

Hi. I’ve worked construction since I was 17. I know the poster below has never worked a day of physical labor in his life or he would know that if you brought up “class position” on a job site everyone would call you a ‘faggot’.