According to WHIO, who obtained an “investigative file” and communications within the office, Rodgers said he was prescribed sleep aids and that his ‘out of character’ actions were a “documented side effect.”
Ah, the classic Roseanne defense. Most people don’t start spewing hate under the influence of medication if they don’t normally use that kind of language when they’re sober.
Alcohol doesn’t change people, it just makes it easier to bring their true selves to the front.
People that say this either don’t understand alcohol or haven’t been around it much.
Edit: I cannot believe that people need clarification of this is 2024. Alcohol modifies someone’s personality through its effects. If you’ve ever heard of a happy or angry drunk, that’s why. It can cause mood swings in people, increased aggression, and at the same time makes them act irrationally. That isn’t the “real person” underneath. The part of you that alcohol takes away is part of you.
And when you take away the ability to reason and make good decisions, you say all sorts of stupid things you don’t mean. That isn’t the real you. A drunk person will mostly just be telling you their impulsive subconscious thoughts that they aren’t in control of at all. That’s not a real person at that point.
People who say this obviously don’t drink. The drunker I get the more friendly I get and to be honest annoyingly chatty. My friends who get angry were just better at hiding it when sober.
What are you talking about? Alcohols ability to lower inhibitions is well known and studied.
Fire this fool and make an example of him. Dude is the reason we don’t trust the police.
The department told the outlet that they apologize for his behavior and that Rodgers has received “received a written reprimand for a violation of the department’s social media policy and will remain on duty.”
Oh, he got a reprimand. Well that should take care of everything. I’m sure he’s learned a valuable lesson. Public trust restored.
Joke’s on him, I don’t ever expect cops to protect anyone. Just property.
God damn, I feel so much shame for the way the Haitians there are treated. They first had to deal with a former president turning them into dog eaters and now have a police department that seems ready to watch them die. The only union that needs busting in this country is the police one.
