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[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

From the article:

Fourteen staff members at a US animal shelter were hospitalised on Wednesday after the FBI used an incinerator at the facility to burn two pounds of seized methamphetamine.

Staff and some 75 cats and dogs were evacuated from the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter in Billings, Montana, when the building filled with smoke.

The incinerator is usually used by animal control officers to dispose of euthanised animals, but local authorities said it can also be used by law enforcement to burn seized narcotics.

The cats and dogs have been relocated, and the animals which experienced the most smoke exposure are now under supervision.

[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago

"I can firmly and confidently say that, as the Executive Director, I did not know that they were disposing of extremely dangerous narcotics onsite," she wrote in a statement.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 27 points 2 days ago
[–] Raptor_007@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

God damn, this really could have been a scene in Idiocracy.

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

American law enforcement are legitimately one of the dumbest groups of people on the earth. It's incredible how little they seem to understand the world around them. Every single agency, municipality and department is staffed almost entirely by glue eaters. Not only that, like 1% of them can competently handle a firearm. They had some of the most dangerous issues when I volunteered as a range safety officer. If you have ever seen cops train, you would not be remotely surprised by all the accidental shootings.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

The NYPD publicly admitted in a lawsuit that they won’t hire people that score “too high” on the IQ tests they conduct during interviews.

They don’t want smart people. Smart people ask questions. Law enforcement has been militarized for decades, they don’t want questions, they want thugs that will shoot first and ask questions never.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, that “I just woke up who are all these people and where the fuck am I?” look.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Ah, Montana... Idiocy, checks out.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Ah the ol’ F.B.I.

Yeh, yeh, yeh. YEP!

Used to be a semi-competent organization we had there once.

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Please tell me this is Florida…

EDIT shit it's Montana. Ah well

[–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 days ago

You burn it to smoke it. So, let’s just will the sky