"Holding a phone that says "who else was just 'following orders'?" up to a riot cop is hard as hell."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Mark Misoshnik 🏴
‪@misoshnik.bsky.social‬

Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell

November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM

Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell

— Mark Misoshnik 🏴 (@misoshnik.bsky.social) 2025-11-11T06:18:36.871Z

[AverageOldGuy]

1. I suspect . . .

Most of the cops failed high school history and have no idea what the message means.

[NJCher]

2. This isn't a school lesson

It’s cultural.

But we do keep repeating it.

He knows.

[Orrex]

3. Probably thinks the Nazis got a bum deal at Nuremberg

[Abstractartist]

5. Yeah well guess what?

This time, we want Jack Smith to prosecute. He will make the first Nuremberg trial look like a carnival ride. I really would love to see that fucking “perp walk”… maybe Jasmine Crockett can be co counsel for the US. How about Jamie Raskin be in charge of leading the traitorous ilk into the whitless… sorry whitness, ugggg WITNESS box…. Seems my auto correct is quite Freudian….😆. Of course some won’t be there… you decide how they meet their demise…

[Wednesdays]

7. Probably thinks the message is more appropriate

...to the person holding the phone.

[sop]

4. For today's law enforcement the phrase "I was just following my training" has replaced "I was just following orders."

[aggiesal]

6. Why are University of California Police in S.W.A.T gear? ...

When I was in college, the University Police were usually people in their early 20's gaining experience to get into the city police department.

[Wednesdays]

8. Yeah. At my college, they were little more than meter maids. nt

[MurrayDelph]

9. Or couldn't make it as a real cop

50 years ago, I was both a student and for a while during and after worked for UCLA. I remember one of the uni-cops pulling me over for a phony stop sign violation. When he found out that I worked there and would be willing to take the time to fight a phony ticket* he let me off.


*This is before cities started charging you administration fees for processing the ticket (and if you fight and lose they charge you double).

[aggiesal]

11. If I beat the ticket & get charged a fee, I would sue the police for bringing me to court! n/t

[MurrayDelph]

12. Nope

And that's why we moved out of Los Angeles.

[IronLionZion]

10. They don't want students learning certain nasty parts of history

because they are hell bent on repeating those parts