A Cincinnati Reds fan is in the midst of being tased by a police officer after running onto the field.

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    “Ah yes, someone interrupting the sportsball game. Let’s use a weapon on them that is sometimes fatal. That is an appropriate escalation of force.”

    —that policeman probably

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      Your comment assumes that there is a reasoning mind inside that uniform, instead of mindless knee-jerk brute force.

      And that mindlessness also goes for whoever decides to pull these “I might get tased for this” pranks or dares, just to be a blip on local television for a second or two.

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        Sorry for my off-topic comment/question but I have been curious about this for a while and never got around to asking.

        I see you’re on a Mastodon instance but are commenting on a Lemmy post. How can you see Lemmy from your instance? Maybe I need to play with the web interface more, but I usually use my mobile device/apps to access Mastodon (Tusky app) and Lemmy (Boost app). Maybe my apps don’t support seeing Toots from Boost, and seeing Lemmy posts from Tusky.

        Is it only possible via a web browser and if so, how? I’m not too familiar with the web interface.

        Thanks in advance for any advice you might have on this off-topic!

        Edit: I just thought about a possibility… you might be using your Mastodon login in Lemmy (does it allow that?) so when you use lemmy it looks like your browsing from Mastodon but you’re really in Lemmy with a Mastodon account. Is that how it works?

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          @irreticent I’m only on Mastodon/in the fediverse via browser so I can’t comment on app options, sorry.

          In my Home feed & Live feed, I see posts from all over and can reply, boost, and/or bookmark w/ only the one login. I can find & follow folks from other instances via basic search, with @ or a name if I know it.

          Mastodon dot social has very active moderation. I’m sure posts & instances exist that I will never know about. Hope this helps!