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Kurt Eichenwald @kurteichenwald
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1. Spoke with a bunch of doctors. Without identifying names, they all said ALL of their patients who are police officers are on anabolic steroids. Some report that their captains order them to use steroids. In other words, folks who are supposed to make calculated....
2...decisions on the use of force are also using drugs that can impede the ability to make a calculated decision on the use of force. Rage, excess aggresiveness, paranoia and more are associated with steroid use. EVERY time a coo shoots an unarmed person, or beats up a civilian..
3...they should be checked for steroids. If police officers want to “beef up” in a way that puts innocent civilians at risk, they should face consequences. I care more if cops are in roid rage than if some baseball player is.
4...and the doctors I spoke to are not the ones giving them the steroids. They are the ones trying to get them OFF of the steroids because of the severe health damage they can cause.
5....since plenty of people are responding to this with an intellectual “NUH-UH!!!” Search police and steroids. This is apparently a widely known issue. officer.com/investigations…
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