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[–] AGD4 3 points 3 weeks ago

Man, the most refreshing part about this article was how justice was at least partially served.:

After getting his narrative shot to shit by investigators, the deputy finally admitted the truth: he had been looking at porn on his phone when he crashed into a car and, apparently, almost crashed into a school bus. But rather than take what was coming to him, Macomber resigned and presumably hopes some other law enforcement agency won’t do a bit of Googling while considering his job application.

Perhaps the best part of this debacle is that pretty much every news agency covering this has refused to sugarcoat the truth. Here’s the headline from the Express Tribune’s coverage:

Police officer crashes car while watching porn