{"id":215614,"date":"2016-01-12T16:28:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=215614"},"modified":"2016-01-12T16:28:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:28:17","slug":"twitter-uses-ifiwereacop-hashtag-take-jabs-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/twitter-uses-ifiwereacop-hashtag-take-jabs-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter uses #IfIWereACop hashtag to take jabs at law enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

#IfIWereACop is trending, and it is providing equal parts humor, wish fulfillment and social commentary to Twitter users.<\/p>\n

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Twitter account @WorldOfHashtags created the hashtag as its part of its weekly event.<\/p>\n

Many took the opportunity to criticize police, accusing them of being unaccountable and behaving violently toward innocent suspects, particularly minorities.<\/p>\n

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#IfIWereACop<\/a> I’d be fired and blackballed from the department within the first week for whistleblowing.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Matt Manzella (@MatManz) January 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Others expressed their support for police officers, noting arising from situations on the job and from the current climate of public scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Though the entertainment value of the social media phenomenon was eclipsed by tweets demonstrating allegiances to political causes, some users tweeted from a lighter angle. Perhaps ignoring the rigors and responsibilities of the position, many users tweeted about their fantasy scenarios they\u2019d like to have as cops.<\/p>\n

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#IfIWereACop<\/a> I would demand free donuts from all stores.
\nJust kidding, Id just ask for a discount on them.\u00f0\u0178\u008d\u00a9\u00f0\u0178\u008d\u00a9\u00f0\u0178\u008d\u00a9<\/p>\n

\u2013 Shane Hemmings (@shanefrazier13) January 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Others just played the hashtag for laughs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Via RT<\/a>.\u00a0This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#IfIWereACop is trending, and it is providing equal parts humor, wish fulfillment and social commentary to Twitter users. Twitter account @WorldOfHashtags created the hashtag as its part of its weekly event. Many took the opportunity to criticize police, accusing them of being unaccountable and behaving violently toward innocent suspects, particularly minorities. #IfIWereACop I’d be fired […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-215614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}