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[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 127 points 10 months ago

Unethical life pro tip: want to kill yourself but left something for your family? Buy a life insurance policy, call the suicide prevention hotline and wait for the cops to kill you. Isn't technically suicide, so the life insurer can't deny your family claim!!

[-] Sprokes@jlai.lu 36 points 10 months ago

You think the cops wouldn't mark as a suicide?

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Suicide by cop is a real thing.

[-] Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

In all seriousness does the insurance still pay it if it's suicide by cop?

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Probably not, most insurers love to have every possible exception in the contract (e.g. taking part in illegal activity), to get out of payment

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago

It was suicide. Claim denied!

But he had a heart attack.

We have a receipt that shows he ate McDonald’s 3 years ago. This is clearly suicide by food.

[-] AbackDeckWARLORD@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago

At least in Canada life insurance will still cover you committing suicide, but it has to occur 1-2 years after your plan starts.

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Same with my policy in the US. Already have it seasoned past the mark, so I joke with my wife that I can make her a millionaire.

[-] pulverizedcoccyx@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago

Insurance companies hate this new easy trick.

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[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 79 points 10 months ago

Can't die from suicide if you die from homicide first

[-] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Can't go to hell from suicide if someone kills you

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago

True but unfortunately his pants were 2% elastane so he will, in fact, still be going to hell

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

That's why I never wear pants at all! See?

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[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

Oh sht. The cops were the good guys all along. They're angels sent by God to take us all to heaven 🙏🙏🙏

/s (I'm going to vomit from having to type that)

[-] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Truly a big brain move by god

[-] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 78 points 10 months ago

I guarantee his death is listed as "suicide" in the official report.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

I mean, without context it's hard to tell, but suicide by cops is a thing, some people take advantage of the trigger happiness of cops and make them kill them.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"make" them

cop drops two mags into a non-threat

HE MADE ME DO IT!

reloads for a third mag

gotta be sure

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

"It's coming right for us!"

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[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

This comment is elsewhere in this post with exclusively upvotes but you getting down voted for some reason lol

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 63 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

saved himself a quarter by not usin one of them fancy suicide booths

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

That is why you put the quarter on a string

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[-] thann@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

He reportedly yelled "killsteal"

[-] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago
[-] casmael@startrek.website 11 points 10 months ago
[-] Algaroth@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Swedish. I remember when this was on TV.

[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

That could have been the poor man's plan all along. Suicide by cop. Local PD is just providing a free service. If only there was another way.

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 31 points 10 months ago

Never call cops to solve a problem for you because then you have TWO problems.

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

pro tip: Whatever problem you have, just throw a molotov cocktail at it.

now you have a totally different problem!

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

The good place! Amazing show

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

I can't find a single source or article about this. I think this a scare meme meant to frighten people away from using the new 988 suicide prevention hotline number.

This is a very irresponsible post that can harm a lot of people.

[-] wafflez@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I think it was this but he gets shot by a state trooper, not the SWAT team. But SWAT members were called to try to help negociate. He had a gun and was intoxicated, which is kinda expexted with being suicidal anyways. It doesn't show in the article him threatening anyone.

https://news.yahoo.com/suicidal-man-calls-crisis-hotline-220712118.html

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

another article for this incident, guess he came to the door during crisis negotiations, cop saw him with a gun, shot him. Did you think he'd be threatening to kill himself with an eggbeater, there, 15 year vet cop Sgt Jessie Hartsock?

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/fatal-police-shooting-carroll-county-under-investigation/44093015

[-] CaptainProton@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Trained, qualified police doing quality police work keeping dangerous people with guns off the street, got it.

[-] berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Why the hell would you send a SWAT team to someone suicidal? O.o

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Guess he called hotline saying he's gonna take someone else's life before his own?

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[-] lugal@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago
[-] JustinAngel@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Is this like door dash for saddies?

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Curb Your Suicide

[-] bmsok@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

To anyone who's feeling down around this time of year, call 911 or 988. Nothing is better than having you around.

Edit:

I really feel strongly about this and I misworded my message. Get help if you need it.

You matter to me. I mean that with all of my heart.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago

Nothing is better than having you around.

I get what you're saying here, but it strikes me as funny that this sentence could also be read to mean that having nothing around is better than having you there.

[-] bmsok@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Oh, wow. That's a different take that I hadn't considered. I'll be anyone's something. Even for a single comment... and that's way better than nothing.

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[-] pixeltree@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Uhhhhhhhhh, very funny to recommend calling the police in the comments on a post about a man getting killed by the police because he called for help.

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

Given the context of the post, might not be the best idea

[-] Skates@feddit.nl 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Please don't suggest that people call 911. Not in the replies to this article.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I don't know if this claim is real or not but similar things (not involving SWAT) can happen. I suggest you check out the Safe Hotlines initiative.

https://translifeline.org/safe-hotlines/

If you need to use a suicide/crisis hotline, just make sure you are aware of the possibility of having police called on you, but please still reach out to a hotline if you need to.

[-] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

My make your dreams just dreams

[-] ridethisbike@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

You ok, bud?

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