Black man dies, crying for help, after hotel guards pin him down, video shows: Milwaukee police are investigating the killing of Dvontaye Mitchell, whose death has drawn comparisons to George Floyd’s
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Sorry guys, rent-a-cops don't get the same murder privileges. Imagine going to prison for a hotel chain.
A lot of rent-a-cops are regular cops off-duty, so I wouldn't be so sure.
i wouldn't say a lot. you'd be amazed how massive the private security industry is. it's mostly shit jobs that pay pile 15/hr for you to watch cameras and occasionally scan little wall dots to prove you walked down a hall.
my old roommate did this kind of security for a different building in Milwaukee. none of his coworkers were cops, nor were they trained in any meaningful way.
Not much different than regular cops, then.
I knew a guy who had masters degree in philosophy that worked as a security guard. Turns out that the job market isn't great for philosophers.
Why didn't he teach philosophy, continuing the cycle?
I'm surprised he didn't get a marketing or communications job, philosophy is a no brainer in those fields. I guess it depends on the undergraduate degree too.
Our security guard spends most of his time chasing away fentanyl addicts shooting up inside our elevator and cleaning up poop from them after they devour tubs and tubs of ice cream (they poop in our parking garage stairway every single day).
Also, calling the police and helping to coordinate cleanup in the daily car break ins we have at the office. My boss had his truck windows smashed 5 times since 2021.
So yes, some security officers actually do real work. Ours doesn't even carry a gun and said he would not physically interact with anyone unless someone's life was on the line.
I would say their qualified immunity shouldn't apply to their off-duty actions, but I wouldn't be so sure, and also I'm not American.
Off duty cops get a waaaay higher wage than regular security guards. Most security guards are paid around $14-$20 an hour from what I've seen in my state.
A lot of companies are too cheap to pay for the off duty cops.
I wonder if the trying of investigating LEOs escapes them?
If that rent a cop was ever a member of the FOP hes going to slide like a bobsled.
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Fraternal Order of Police
The charges won't stick. See: Teflon Don
Thank you.
FOP = Fraternal Order of Police
The other comment is stating that with the potential of a hypothetical FOP connection (aka the thin blue line), the issue would be swept under a rug.
Edit: just because it’s funny…