Capitol Police officer suspended after firing service weapon inside break room

NYPost ^ | 05 03 2022 | Joshua Rhett Miller

[PghBaldy]

I wonder if he was dancing?

[Larry Lucido]

“after they fired their service weapon”

Geez, how many were there?

[Larry Lucido]

That’s what “they” say.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Remember the FBI guy dancing and his gun went off and hit someone a couple of years back???

[P.O.E.]

Reason #1 why I avoid the breakroom.

[em2vn]

Their was used as well. A truly poorly written article.

[TChad]

Either there really was more than one reckless shooter or the author was too lazy to phrase the sentence properly.

Or the non-binary shooter uses the pronoun "they."

Sorry. Do an internet search for:

pronouns they-them

[AndyJackson]

Sloppiness or presumed gender fluidity? One never knows these days.

[98charlie]

It should not be done, but I know of at least two ADs that happened because the person was practicing their draw. I would bet that is what the officer was doing at the time

[Mr. Blond]

“You’ve never done a desk-pop?”

[KC_Conspirator]

“We honor the the flag. And you crap on it when you don’t shoot your gun in the office”.

[kearnyirish2]

It isn’t poorly written; it is to conceal the fact that the perp was female.

[newnhdad]

All I can think of is this... desk pop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U3Ka0ECbPE

[Chickensoup]

Exactly my first thought

[octex]

“A Capitol Police officer has been suspended after they fired their service weapon ...”
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I guess the officer’s preferred pronoun is “they/their”...

[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

There is no such thing as an accidental discharge of a weapon. It is either a deliberate or a negligent discharge.