Officer on fatal Charlottesville crash: ‘Hahahaha love this’ - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police officer is facing disciplinary action for writing “Hahahaha love this” on Facebook in response to a story about a car striking and killing a counter-protester at a white supremacist rally in Virginia. Springfield Officer Conrad Lariviere later apologized, saying in a Facebook conversation with Masslive.com that he’s a “good man who made a stupid comment.” Springfield Police Commissioner John Barbieri said he received a complaint about the comment Sunday. “I took immediate steps to initiate a prompt and thorough internal investigation,” Barbieri said via email. “If in fact this post did originate from an officer employed with the Springfield Police Department, this matter will be reviewed by the Community Police Hearings Board for further action.” Democratic Mayor Domenic Sarno denounced the comments. “There is no place for this in our society, let alone from a Springfield Police Officer,” Sarno said in a statement. Lariviere had written on Facebook: “Hahahaha love this, maybe people shouldn’t block road ways.” He was responding to a story about the death on Saturday of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was struck by a car that plowed into a crowd of people protesting the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Nineteen others were injured. James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Ohio, was arrested shortly after and charged with second-degree murder. [/QUOTE] [URL]https://www.apnews.com/28f4deb7c4fc46cda27cb965d2868c76/Officer-on-fatal-Charlottesville-crash:-'Hahahaha-love-this[/URL]'

It's almost as if people go out of their way to be the biggest possible asshole possible, I just don't get it. As a cop you'd think saying something like this would likely end your career, or at the very least ruin your personal reputation. While attempting to block a freeway at midnight might be attempting to win a Darwin Award, there was no reason for Heather to have died that night.

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;52572805]It's almost as if people go out of their way to be the biggest possible asshole possible, I just don't get it. As a cop you'd think saying something like this would likely end your career, or at the very least ruin your personal reputation. While attempting to block a freeway at midnight might be attempting to win a Darwin Award, there was no reason for Heather to have died that night.[/QUOTE] We're in a nation controlled by people who demonize the fuck out of the other side. Of course these people joke and laugh if a "crybaby Liberal" gets killed. There is probably millions of people on facebook going "Lol, taught them liberals HA!!!!!"

This guy's probably going to have to end up moving. Springfield is a really crappy town in Massachusetts, and has a lot of gang violence. I have no idea why a cop out of all people would say this when they have a career based in Springfield. Holy shit.

[QUOTE=Uber22;52572814]We're in a nation controlled by people who demonize the fuck out of the other side. Of course these people joke and laugh if a "crybaby Liberal" gets killed. There is probably millions of people on facebook going "Lol, taught them liberals HA!!!!!"[/QUOTE] Honestly the more they behave like that the worse they look. On some level I'm almost relieved that these people are finally beginning to show everyone what they truly are, it makes it easier to prove what scum they are.

Why troll on your real name facebook account. Bad idea from the get go.

[QUOTE=Aman;52573011]Why troll on your real name facebook account. Bad idea from the get go.[/QUOTE] People still can't seem to realize that what they say online might bite them in the ass.

[QUOTE=DerpPie;52572827]This guy's probably going to have to end up moving. Springfield is a really crappy town in Massachusetts, and has a lot of gang violence. I have no idea why a cop out of all people would say this when they have a career based in Springfield. Holy shit.[/QUOTE] cops in bad neighborhoods tend to be more conservative

[QUOTE=Aman;52573011]Why troll on your real name facebook account. Bad idea from the get go.[/QUOTE] it's not trolling. i know people who think exactly like this.

I like that these cretins are finally crawling out of the woodwork and getting promptly kicked in the ass for it

[QUOTE=Jund;52573058]cops in bad neighborhoods tend to be more conservative[/QUOTE] Doesn't that usually end up feeding a vicious cycle of minorities and lower class disliking cops, which ends up causing the cops to dislike the minorities and lower class even more, and it thus repeats itself endlessly?

[QUOTE=Van-man;52573112]Doesn't that usually end up feeding a vicious cycle of minorities and lower class disliking cops, which ends up causing the cops to dislike the minorities and lower class even more, and it thus repeats itself endlessly?[/QUOTE] Surprise! You discovered the almost paradoxical issue of distrust between cops and minorities! But yeah that's pretty much why things are the way they are.

[QUOTE=Van-man;52573112]Doesn't that usually end up feeding a vicious cycle of minorities and lower class disliking cops, which ends up causing the cops to dislike the minorities and lower class even more, and it thus repeats itself endlessly?[/QUOTE] well yeah these types of cops tend to thoroughly entrench themselves in us vs them mentalities and style themselves as members of a "brotherhood of stalwart defenders" against endless "hordes of thugs" instead of actually trying to serve their community or fixing the divide. just take a look at the news about the recent baltimore PD scandal most cops aren't like this but these circles tend to be frequent in the worst american neighborhoods. they're rarely locally sourced and the veterans weed out liberal leaning officers who try to change things. i'd say it's the biggest contributing factor regarding police and minority tensions [url]https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/most-police-dont-live-in-the-cities-they-serve/[/url]

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;52572805]It's almost as if people go out of their way to be the biggest possible asshole possible, I just don't get it. As a cop you'd think saying something like this would likely end your career, or at the very least ruin your personal reputation. While attempting to block a freeway at midnight might be attempting to win a Darwin Award, there was no reason for Heather to have died that night.[/QUOTE] cops have this thing where they turn to dark humor to cope. all sorts of first responders do the same thing, as do doctors, nurses, and members of the military. sometimes they take it too far. making a career out of looking at mangled corpses messes you up. he shouldn't lose his job over making a comment anyone in his shoes might make.

[QUOTE]Springfield Officer Conrad Lariviere later apologized, saying in a Facebook conversation with Masslive.com that he’s a “good man who made a stupid comment.”[/QUOTE] Since when is laughing at an innocent person dying not mutually exclusive with being a good person? I must've missed the memo on that.

[QUOTE=butre;52573644]cops have this thing where they turn to dark humor to cope. all sorts of first responders do the same thing, as do doctors, nurses, and members of the military. sometimes they take it too far. making a career out of looking at mangled corpses messes you up. he shouldn't lose his job over making a comment anyone in his shoes might make.[/QUOTE] "Dark humour" isn't laughing at a video of innocent counter-protestors being maimed and outright killed (you know, dead, permanently?) by a dickhead Nazi in their car. The fact you're even trying to justify this is pretty fucking abhorrent, but I'm honestly not surprised with some of the outright shit you've posted on this forum. Dark humour isn't making jokes at the expense of others, it's making light of otherwise grim situations in general. You can have a giggle at some absurd deaths or whatever due to the circumstances surrounding it (usually by trying to walk back how the hell the absurdity happened). But "hahaha love this" isn't that, and will never be that. It's just a cop (<- this is pretty important) laughing at people people hit by a car.

[QUOTE=butre;52573644]cops have this thing where they turn to dark humor to cope. all sorts of first responders do the same thing, as do doctors, nurses, and members of the military. sometimes they take it too far. making a career out of looking at mangled corpses messes you up. he shouldn't lose his job over making a comment anyone in his shoes might make.[/QUOTE] i think he should deffo, deffo lose his job for being a-okay with a gracious handful of pedestrians, regardless of what they are doing, being run over by an asshole (which is a CRIME mind you, one more heinous than "walking in the road") and one dying. it's not that he's made a joke about it, it's that if he sees people getting killed, his first response isn't "the person who killed those people is a criminal" but "the person who killed those people is justified."

[QUOTE=butre;52573644]cops have this thing where they turn to dark humor to cope. all sorts of first responders do the same thing, as do doctors, nurses, and members of the military. sometimes they take it too far. making a career out of looking at mangled corpses messes you up. he shouldn't lose his job over making a comment anyone in his shoes might make.[/QUOTE] murder is funny if the victim is a liberal :)

[QUOTE]“good man who made a stupid comment.”[/QUOTE] no he's a piece of shit, fire him.

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;52572805]It's almost as if people go out of their way to be the biggest possible asshole possible, I just don't get it. As a cop you'd think saying something like this would likely end your career, or at the very least ruin your personal reputation. While attempting to block a freeway at midnight might be attempting to win a Darwin Award, there was no reason for Heather to have died that night.[/QUOTE] The worst part is that he's not alone in this view. One of my conservative friends posted some dumb-as-fuck meme where they showed the people being run over, and then cut to a frame showing George Washington in that commercial Dodge did a while back, as well as others posting along the same lines of "lol if ur in my way i'mma run u over u dum fuckr". It's astonishing that people are this openly disgusting on social media, and they would probably blame everybody but themselves if they lost their jobs as a result.

[QUOTE=hexpunK;52573931]"Dark humour" isn't laughing at a video of innocent counter-protestors being maimed and outright killed (you know, dead, permanently?) by a dickhead Nazi in their car. The fact you're even trying to justify this is pretty fucking abhorrent, but I'm honestly not surprised with some of the outright shit you've posted on this forum. Dark humour isn't making jokes at the expense of others, it's making light of otherwise grim situations in general. You can have a giggle at some absurd deaths or whatever due to the circumstances surrounding it (usually by trying to walk back how the hell the absurdity happened). But "hahaha love this" isn't that, and will never be that. It's just a cop (<- this is pretty important) laughing at people people hit by a car.[/QUOTE] I'm not defending what boils down to a hate crime, I'm defending the officer for having a coping mechanism. I dont see how joking about a death isn't making light of a grim situation. obviously the person who ran them over should be drawn and quartered but all the cop did was make an off-color joke.

[QUOTE=butre;52574400]I'm not defending what boils down to a hate crime, I'm defending the officer for having a coping mechanism. I dont see how joking about a death isn't making light of a grim situation. obviously the person who ran them over should be drawn and quartered but all the cop did was make an off-color joke.[/QUOTE] Thats not just making an " off color joke " thats actively mocking the dead which is disgusting and I hope this officer loses his job.

[QUOTE=butre;52574400]I'm not defending what boils down to a hate crime, I'm defending the officer for having a coping mechanism. I dont see how joking about a death isn't making light of a grim situation. obviously the person who ran them over should be drawn and quartered but all the cop did was make an off-color joke.[/QUOTE] I personally expect a fairly high standard of professionalism from people who work with the community on a daily basis, and, assuming this is dark humor, I expect this crude vulgar humor to stay within the boundaries of coworkers and not plastered on social media for the community you have to work with to see.

Coping mechanisms don't excuse poor behavior. If he really needs to be that unfunny, there are plenty of ways to do that without delivering your message the friends and family of murder victims. Besides there are so many more therapeutic endeavors.

[QUOTE=butre;52574400]I'm not defending what boils down to a hate crime, I'm defending the officer for having a coping mechanism. I dont see how joking about a death isn't making light of a grim situation. obviously the person who ran them over should be drawn and quartered but all the cop did was make an off-color joke.[/QUOTE] I think you should look up definitions of "joke" and "defend" because you clearly have no idea what you are talking about when you refer to him "joking" (jokes are supposed to have a smidgen of humor in them that more than one person can find funny). [editline]15th August 2017[/editline] calling this a "coping mechanism" is laugjable and really the only joke I see in this thread. try again.

[QUOTE=butre;52573644]cops have this thing where they turn to dark humor to cope. all sorts of first responders do the same thing, as do doctors, nurses, and members of the military. sometimes they take it too far. making a career out of looking at mangled corpses messes you up. he shouldn't lose his job over making a comment anyone in his shoes might make.[/QUOTE] Imagine trying to justify someone openly mocking terrorism victims.

[QUOTE=butre;52574400]I'm not defending what boils down to a hate crime, I'm defending the officer for having a coping mechanism. I dont see how joking about a death isn't making light of a grim situation. obviously the person who ran them over should be drawn and quartered but all the cop did was make an off-color joke.[/QUOTE] everyone who says vile shit is just joking i promise

[QUOTE=butre;52573644]cops have this thing where they turn to dark humor to cope. all sorts of first responders do the same thing, as do doctors, nurses, and members of the military. sometimes they take it too far. making a career out of looking at mangled corpses messes you up. he shouldn't lose his job over making a comment anyone in his shoes might make.[/QUOTE] Regularly reading posts like this would make anybody adapt dark humour

[QUOTE=butre;52574400]I'm not defending what boils down to a hate crime, I'm defending the officer for having a coping mechanism. I dont see how joking about a death isn't making light of a grim situation. obviously the person who ran them over should be drawn and quartered but all the cop did was make an off-color joke.[/QUOTE] Making fun of a person who just wanted to go peacefully protest getting killed by some neo-nazi fuck is not a goddamn "Off-color joke".