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What does make this more than just Hypocrite + Cop? And/or Moral Myopia?
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Don't make me get the stale bread out Dan. That's a good question if this were a ykttw. Right now it's Lost And Found, as in "do we have this trope?"
^ Because you proposed a nonexistent trope name that I'm thinking you're potentially gonna make one.
And no, we don't probably have that one specifically. Moral Myopia sounds good enough already though.
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Anybody other than Dan willing to offer up any input?
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Edited by FuzzyWulfe
Went thru Cops and Detectives, didn't find it.
Hypocritical Cop. The police are always telling people not to take the law into their own hands, let justice work, if you see a crime report it and testify, etc. However when it hits themselves or someone close to them they don't follow their own instructions. Somebody shot you? Don't tell what happened, just say "I don't remember." Then track them down and take them out. Wife/husband/son/daughter/etc. witness a crime? Make sure the perp confesses by any means neccessary, or again take them out, to keep your loved one from being forced to testify. Etc.
Overall, has shades of Vigilante Man, Killer Cop, Cowboy Cop, and perhaps others; but not quite matching any of them.
Edited by randomsurfer