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[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

WHY does NYPD need all that tacticool gear to escort a handcuffed, unarmed suspect?

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

It's literally just as simple as them wanting to look badass for a photo op (which they knew it would be)

[–] prole@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're probably worried about people trying to help Luigi

[–] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Yep. If he did get free somehow, there's like a quarter billion safe houses waiting for him. That makes him an incredibly high risk prisoner

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And why are they allowing a pic that makes him look like a Dragon Ball Z character?

[–] Hexamerous@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

They took the saddest picture they had of him. All the other pictures was just gigachad