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Animal shelter workers hospitalised after FBI uses furnace to burn seized meth (www.bbc.com)
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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 117 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Trump's people seem to have fired everyone competent from the FBI.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nothing but DUI hires left

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

The crazy thing to me is that I've never seen so much noptism in our government. Trump is against merit-based hiring, yet he projects DEI as the very thing he himself is most guilty of.

I don't think any president in the history of the United States is more guilty of ignoring competence.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 51 points 11 months ago

someone with any amount of intelligence might question orders.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

they poisened workers and animals with meth, ffs. Why can't the FBI buy an incinerator? Insane they use a shelter from the start for these operations

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cheaper and easier for the FBI to use a shelter's incinerator than to equip every field office with an incinerator that would rarely be used.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You don't need one in every field office; just one in each region that several nearby offices can transport narcotics to for destruction.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing that adds too much complexity to the whole chain-of-evidence thing.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

'it's too much paperwork' is a pretty weak excuse for exposing the public to narcotics residue. The ashes in those furnaces are often collected and returned to families.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand how this is even possible. Did someone forget to open a chimney flue?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Well, they're cops, and then they fired all the literate ones.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago

Dunno. Many police departments in the US have maximum IQ restrictions for new hires.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

but local authorities said it can also be used by law enforcement to burn seized narcotics.

The incident was caused when smoke was pushed in the wrong direction because of negative pressure, according to Assistant City Administrator Kevin Iffland.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

World's biggest crackpipe.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I guess it’s normal practice to do this, but not normal to be incompetent about it.

Also: hehehe

FBI spokesperson Sandra Barker told CBS News that the agency routinely uses outside facilities for controlled drug evidence burns.

[–] recycle_me_please@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

Double funny because her job is a spokesperson, which is the human way of saying barksdog.