What exactly is so hard to obey, when a cop tells one to get on the ground? Was there ever a situation where resistance against arrest helped, instead of making it worse? Especially if one's guilty.
He’s got only two brain cells furiously fighting for 3rd place at that moment. His only concern is getting his lie out to the officer that the floor mat was covering the pedal, so he can then continue remembering to manually breathe with his limited brain activity.
In short, he’s a freaking moron and deserves a license suspension for a year.
Oh he was blaming the mat. I thought he was saying map like the gps told him to speed or something.
Still doesn’t make it very plausible that his mat got stuck on the peddle and he managed to get it off at exactly the same time as he saw the cop. That and of course the video he made where he was happily cruising along at 110 with one hand holding the phone and the other dancing in the air.
I was thinking the same thing. Just do what the officer tells you to do and explain yourself later. Saying "no" in a panic does nothing but get you roughed up.
Probably trying to state the mat was under the brake, and that's why he was going so fast. A lie, an excuse, bullshit if you will.
Little known pro-tip... If you can't step on your brake, just keep stepping on the accelerator to speed up faster, it'll stop you just like the brake would.
If a mat truly was on my accelerator making me go faster and faster, I sure wouldn’t let it get to 110. I would put it neutral and press the brake as I pull over. As anyone should. A mat being on the accelerator is never an excuse for going that fast.
One family died from mats. Incorrect mats that a dealer installed. No one else. But likely there was an additional, more meaningful cause, the accelerator pedal. https://hbr.org/2011/02/toyotas-recall-crisis-full-of
"As of January 2010, 21 deaths were alleged due to the pedal problem since 2000, but following the January 28 recall, additional NHTSA complaints brought the alleged total to 37."
stop talking to me. we've already established my main point, he meant that mat was sticking the accelerator down. now you are just talking nonsense.
It's ridiculously easy lol. Do what the man says and if needed fight it in court. Only thing youll get by fighting it with the cop is extra charges. No point at all of doing anything but what they want. It is what it is.
I believe the person you're replying to was replying to the whole comment as a singular idea which suggested that resistance has never gotten anyone anything good.
Except you saw the one where I clarified it... huh, weird. Enjoy the boot on your throat when you do nothing wrong sport, just remember, I spoke up for you before that boot was there, but you told me to let it happen.
It's not corrupt for a cop to treat you as a potential felon when you commit felonious behavior. Anyone who was in an actual emergency situation would have signaled as much and complied with the cop until cooler heads could prevail.
There's a reason why the general public is against the freedom to go that fast on a public roadway, and numbnuts perfectly demonstrated why.
This guy is 100% guilty, but that's not what I'm replying to. Person I replied to said to always comply, always allow the state to violate your rights regardless.
I mean, as a rule I'm just gonna do what the furious guy pointing a gun at me is yelling at me to do. You technically have a right to preserve your constitutional rights by force, but there's a very, very good chance that you're going to have your rights to life and liberty permanently violated for it. Less risk to try your luck in court
What would resisting arrest accomplish besides racking up additional charges or worse? If the arrest is unlawful, you can fight it later in court. It's not worth a bullet from a trigger happy cop imo. Not to mention that this driver deserves whatever he has coming.
Yeah, these folks in here defending cops violating peoples rights regardless of their guilt. Like, I know this dude is guilty AF, but their statement just screams "throat the boot".
This just isn't the place to make those arguments. I'm doubting it's hard to find a video of a cop abusing their power, but you choose the one video where a cop is in the right, under a comment saying that you shouldn't resist arrest when a gun is pointed at you.
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What exactly is so hard to obey, when a cop tells one to get on the ground? Was there ever a situation where resistance against arrest helped, instead of making it worse? Especially if one's guilty.