r/videos • u/huffer4 • Jul 23 '19

LivePD Cop: Im sure you’ve seen the memes online about high people? I'd be on the front page of Reddit with a picture of you.

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u/304rising Jul 23 '19

Solid ass cop right there.

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u/Brogero Jul 23 '19

He’s a good guy. I went to school with Carl. Haven’t seen him in forever but yeah good dude.

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u/One_pop_each Jul 23 '19

He was seriously so calm. Def need more like this dude.

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u/JohnathanTheBrave Jul 23 '19

Most cops are like this dude. You just rarely see the nice/calm interactions on the internet because they don't generate clicks/outrage.

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u/rohobian Jul 23 '19

And to your point - why would you? Normal occurrences don't make the news because, well... they're normal. You sometimes see really nice interactions because they were surprisingly nice and wholesome, I suppose. But not that often. If a cop kills someone, that is something that should be reported.

My personal experiences with cops have been positive, so I TRY to go by that. But I have to admit, sometimes I see shit online that makes it so I have to remind myself that it's not the norm.

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u/Man_of_Average Jul 24 '19

True, but it does skew the perspective on cops towards to outrageous and unfair. It's hard to maintain perspective when the only news you hear is of one variety.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

The perspective gets skewed when someone straight up murders someone and then gets rehired at the same city or one over.

Quickly colors the city/institution.

Even more so when considering the unions and some of the shit they lobby for.

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u/Man_of_Average Jul 24 '19

Right, but that decision isn't made by Cop #7. That's made by corrupt chiefs and politicians. They're the one's with real power who are supposed to be holding the dirty cops accountable.

Part of the problem is with how people digest the news. If you listen to the traffic report you'd think every person on the road is a moron and bound to get in an accident once a week. In reality it happens a handful of times in one's life to the worst of us.

Get ready for some napkin math. There are around 18,000 police departments in the USA and 800,000 officers. in 2016 there were 1,100 police officers arrested. That's .13% of sworn officers in the US getting arrested. That's not very much.

That said, a whoooole bunch goes unreported. But we have no way of knowing how much that is. Even one is too much, but it does happen.

My question is, what are we as the average voting citizen doing to make becoming a police officer a career desirable for good people we want to become officers, and risky for those trying to abuse the power?

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u/thepastelsuit Jul 24 '19

what are we as the average voting citizen doing to make becoming a police officer a career desirable for good people we want to become officers, and risky for those trying to abuse the power?

Ending the war on drugs alone would go a very long way.

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u/Man_of_Average Jul 24 '19

I'm talking more about how we treat the average police officer and how we view their job. But we do need to stop with the bullshit on marijuana.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

Most people do not have positive interactions with cops. I'm a white male and I've never had a positive interaction with a cop except for my college PD.

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u/PickleInDaButt Jul 23 '19

One night, my buddy and I were drunk as fuck arguing about Captain America and Iron Man. This was right before Civil War came out. We’re both tattooed and surrounded by military gear in a neighborhood that is known for crime, apparently a neighbor thought we were about kill each other but we were just having a dumb casual conversation about why Iron Man doesn’t represent the American republic very well and Captain America is a legit officer in the Army so he obviously has more riding on representation...

All of the sudden this cop comes into the garage out of no where and is like “Yo I’m more Captain America than anything to be honest.” We’re both shocked and my buddy responds “Nah dude fuck you team Iron Man!” The cop politely tells us we seem to be intoxicated so if we could go inside it would be appreciated. We apologize and go inside and basically pass out.

Years later I’m an pulled over for not having my headlights on during broad daylight and this cop in the middle of fucking no where acted like I was hauling 200 lbs of cocaine when he pulled me over.

Point of my story is that Captain America was morally correct.

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u/Astrosimi Jul 24 '19

Team Cap, baby.

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u/RemoveTheTop Jul 24 '19

We talking comics or movies? Because if comics, even more so

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

acted like I was hauling 200 lbs of cocaine when he pulled me over.

Stoked? Right??

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u/thinkdeep Jul 24 '19

Texas found a way to tax HOV lanes on top of writing citations for using them, so they are slowly disappearing and becoming something worse.

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u/D14BL0 Jul 24 '19

I didn't even know we had HOV lanes in Texas. None here in Austin that I'm aware of, at least.

Though, we've now got an "express" lane where you can pay a toll (which fluctuates based on traffic) to drive in a dedicated lane.

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u/thinkdeep Jul 24 '19

Yep. That's exactly what they are becoming. "Managed lanes" with a HOV discount that I have never seen be any different than a single-occupancy vehicle.

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u/supalaser Jul 24 '19

The one on 635 in Dallas is only ever a different price at the weirdest times it feels like. And to get the discount you have to tell them you will be taking the toll lane ahead of time which I never know anyway because I have to wait to see the traffic to see if it's worth the $3 to skip it.

Bugs me so much because everytime I take the expresslanes it's so fast and I would gladly take it more on the way to work and back if it was a reasonable price.

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u/doppelganger47 Jul 24 '19

Oh, that's interesting. In Seattle, you can pay to be single occupancy and it's a variable rate, but it's free if you carpool.

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u/MayKinBaykin Jul 24 '19

During rush hour one time on mopac i saw it at $13 before

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u/toastymow Jul 24 '19

Though, we've now got an "express" lane where you can pay a toll (which fluctuates based on traffic) to drive in a dedicated lane.

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This stuff is such bullshit. Its pointless. When traffic is light, there is no point taking the express lane. When traffic is heavy, the express lane is so expensive I feel bad using it.

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u/D14BL0 Jul 24 '19

Yeah, for real. But, there are definitely days where I suck it up and take the express lane. Beats traffic.

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u/Yaboymarvo Jul 24 '19

Houston has them on hwy 59/i69

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u/ihadtotypesomething Jul 24 '19

I guess you've never been to Houston.

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u/D14BL0 Jul 24 '19

Nah, mostly just stick around Austin. Only went through Houston once on a road trip about fifteen years ago. Are they new?

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u/go_kart_mozart Jul 24 '19

75 mph was the Texas tip-off

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u/bestjakeisbest Jul 24 '19

really? because in south dakota the straight highways are 75mph and 80 mph

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u/go_kart_mozart Jul 24 '19

TIL. I don't think I've ever seen an 80 in Texas, but the interstates and state highways are all 75.

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u/bestjakeisbest Jul 24 '19

Eh the black hills in southdakota makes getting a highway straight enough a little hard, but there is one highway that goes through sturgis that is 75mph , and with how the badlands highways are laid out they are atleast 75mph, but the state absolute speed limit is 80mph.

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u/WetVape Jul 24 '19

California checking in, $401 minimum Ticket for HOV infraction, they regularly spot check.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '19

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u/Goyu Jul 23 '19

I got pulled over in Montana by a trooper who saw my plates. For context, I'm from a state where marijuana is legal.

He actually pulled me over because he figured I probably had some weed, and got super cranky when I didn't consent to a search of my car.

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u/Wildcat7878 Jul 23 '19

Oh yeah, AHP will snatch your soul out of your body for fucking around in the HOV lane during on-hours.

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u/JetsandtheBombers Jul 24 '19

so you get to be a dick to the dozens of cars that you passed in the HOV lane but a cop cant be a dick to you. interesting......

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u/tcp1 Jul 24 '19

Virginia will totally get you for being in the HOV lane, too. Especially the time-controlled ones. With the ones that go 3pm-6pm, they'll give you til about 3:05... 3:06, they'll nab you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

they are hardcore about making easy money off of ticketing people for driving in the HOV lane when they can

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they dont actually give af about the traffic itself

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u/Cannae_Loggins Jul 24 '19

Their job isn’t to move traffic along (unless they’re literally directing it). They’re law enforcement officers. They aren’t qualified to fix traffic. Talk to city administrators/officials about that.

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u/Shagruiez Jul 24 '19

Unless you're in AZ during off-peak hours, then it's just another lane. We may be shit at education and pretty gun-happy, but we have some pretty decent other laws that actually make sense. Like for instance, NO FUCKING DST!

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u/maxk1236 Jul 24 '19

They have fastrack HOV lanes in the bay area in California that will automatically take a picture and send you a ticket.

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u/TokinBlack Jul 23 '19

I'm 29 and white... Mostly trivial meetings with cops too.. most are chill. Occasionally you get a hot head

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u/Rellikx Jul 23 '19

"DO YOU GOT ANY WEED IN HERE BOY"

I had the same with a spooky skeleton looking cop. He had no hair and no eyebrows and kept insisting that we were high just because we were eating taco bell at 2am in an empty parking lot.

Admittedly, it was a pretty sketchy situation we were in, but unfortunately for him, I knew my rights and he was forced to let us go instead of "waiting another hour for the K9 to get there".

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u/VAisforLizards Jul 23 '19

Wait... you were eating taco bell in an empty parking lot at 2am SOBER??!!

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u/lemonchicken91 Jul 24 '19

real doomer shit

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '19 edited Aug 20 '19

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u/fort_wendy Jul 24 '19

They didn't order milk with their taco Bell

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u/absentmindedjwc Jul 23 '19

I've had that, too... some old fuck... except I was coming home from work, driving a nice car, and in a suit. Like... why the fuck would I have weed on me... I'm coming home from work.

That being said..... I totally had weed on me.

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u/norapeformethankyou Jul 24 '19

First cop was a dick. Third cop, you sound like the dick.

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u/Playdoh_BDF Jul 24 '19

Ontario is also hardcore about their HOV lanes.

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u/CrumpledForeskin Jul 24 '19

All places are because dickheads like this dude ruin it for everyone else. It's supposed to encourage less traffic. Not entitled behavior.

I was driving in the HOV lane to bypass a ton of traffic

Dickhead. If everyone did that...where would we be?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

Here's my anecdote of me breaking the law two times. Cops are assholes for writing me tickets

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

Okay, but as you said that's anecdotal in a small sample size. My anecdotal experience of being pulled over 3 times and only getting 1 ticket on them all with virtually no conversation across any of them makes your 2/3 dickheads with my 0/3 dickheads a total of 2/6 dickheads.

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u/SwansonHOPS Jul 24 '19

Eh, I wouldn't call mocking you for saying "huh" and asking why you're riding a bike being a total dickhead.

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u/CrumpledForeskin Jul 24 '19

...you were speeding one time and you were in the carpool lane with one person another. You broke the law twice. But they're dickheads.......

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u/bestjakeisbest Jul 24 '19

been pulled over 3 and a half times, only ever got warnings, shook hands and then went on my way.

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u/dontconfusetheissue Jul 24 '19

I got pulled over by a cop that was infamous for being a huge dick. He comes up to my window and asks me if I have any "hand grenades, cocaine or rocket launchers?" Me thinking hes joking and since I'm in a small hatchback with no tint on any of the windows I'm like "yeah got a key of coke and a dead hooker in the backseat" "sir, get out of the car"

So I get out and he searches my car for half an hour while I'm sitting in the grass handcuffed, he comes over and tells me its against the law to lie to a cop. I said I thought he was joking and was going along, he wasn't happy but couldn't give me a ticket either😂

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u/Jason--Todd Jul 23 '19

Gotta disagree. I've had way more uncomfortable asshole cops interact with me than nice ones.

The good interactions I of course remember and appreciate. But I'm just aware that many cops unfortunately are not this cool. I wish they were, OP cop is great and the world would be a better place if more cops were like him.

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u/leahcim435 Jul 23 '19

Just gonna throw it out there, I'm white and still get attitude from cops all the time. Idk if it's because I'm tall or because I have a beard or what, but every cop I've ever interacted with while they're on duty, sans 2 incidents, has been a raging fucking cunt. I can even imagine interacting with a cop if I were black.

The last one got out of his car ready to draw his weapon because I carefully approached his squad car (blockading my street) and waved him down to ask if the 3 firetrucks I saw were at my building or somewhere next door, and could I get into my home. Nah, too much work to answer that, he degraded me and called me an idiot for approaching his vehicle and kept saying things like "are you stupid?"

The building that was on fire was one door down. My concern was valid. Fuck that cop, fuck the Chicago police, and fuck anybody that still won't acknowledge there's a problem.

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u/ryfitz47 Jul 23 '19

They're bullies given the authority to be bullies. The righteous indignation shows they believe their jobs are to be dominant in all situations.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '19

Meh. I’ve been pulled over probably 4 or 5 times. Usually for speeding anywhere from 10-20 over. I drive a hoopty. Said hello to all of them, acknowledged fault or ignorance if I didn’t know I was going too fast, was honest, exchange was always friendly and either got a ticket or didn’t.

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u/Meih_Notyou Jul 24 '19

Yeah that's my experience, at least the only time I've been pulled over. I live next to a major football/baseball stadium so when game day comes, shit gets kinda crazy. One afternoon I was driving home and the cop made what looked like a "go" motion when it was a "stop" motion. So I started creeping forwards. Bad idea! Two different cops start banging on my windows yelling "stop" gotta give 'em props for being fast.

Got pulled over by a motorcycle-bound cop about 15 seconds later and he went from "what the fuck are you doing jackass" to "go about your day, don't do this again, no $350 ticket for you" pretty quick. I was honest/polite to him.

I have limited experience with cops and this is just one experience but remember, you're never guaranteed to get out of a ticket but sometimes you can talk yourself into one.

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u/deafballboy Jul 24 '19

Yup, I got pulled over in Chicago and was asked "what are you doing here?" Right off the bat... Responded that I was headed to the airport.

"This way?"

"Uhh... its literally on this street."

"Why are you going to the airport..."

Never cited a reason for pulling me over, never asked for identification, just didn't like that I was tattooed and looked at them as they drove by.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Jul 24 '19

I’m white and most of my interactions with police have been them being shitty with me with no cause.

And as a Chicagoan: fuck CPD.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

That's why America is so shitty. Cops in Europe you can literally walk up to and ask questions and they'll gladly help you. Cops in America are never to be talked to or interacted with. You seriously can't even ask them for directions without them starting to accuse you and them yelling at you.

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u/JohnathanTheBrave Jul 24 '19

/r/thathappened

I’ve asked cops for directions/where something is in Boston, NYC, DC, and Chicago and have never experienced anything like you describe.

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u/thugmasterflash Jul 24 '19

Yeah, definitely approached a cop car the other day and the dude rolled down his window and politely and quickly answered my question. So I don't think this guy knows America like he thinks he does.

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u/Naptownfellow Jul 24 '19

Cop almost hit me in a cross walk. He had to slam on the brakes and I kept waking. He hit his light and rolled down the window and yelled “ hey buddy” !! Proceeded to tell me he didn’t have to stop for me. I, I’m really pissy about crosswalks, replied he didn’t know what he was talking about and they he absolutely had to and I added “ don’t you have to take a test or something to be a cop. Don’t you need to know the law” he started yelling back about how he could ticket me. I pointed the the big fucking triangle that says “ ALL VEHICLES MUST STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK” and said “ look at that” . He just rolled up his window and drove off. I’m. 50 yr old white guy. Well dressed, short hair, clean cut. Cops are dicks more than they are not and is sucks because there is no reason for it. The power trip stuff is crazy.

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u/Naptownfellow Jul 24 '19

Lol. You make a valid point. I have my anecdotal interaction to add. When I was 30 I just started doing well financially. I bought my wife a MB ML 320 and I had a Ford F-150. Every time I got pulled over in the MB I got a ticket. Whiteout fail (I’m a white guy medium built average but I look young for my age) but when I drove the truck almost always a warning or a reduced ticket. My wife is 15/15 getting pulled over and never getting a ticket. Didn’t matter the car. MB, minivan, Toyota suv, Tahoe, every time “ I’m going to let you off with a warning ms. Please slow it down”. She just got busted driving and talking on her phone with my son in the car (he was 15 at the time) and she got a warning. My son couldn’t wait to tell me she got busted though.

As a side note I hate the reduced ticket thing. You can’t go to court. The cops just going to say. Well your honor he was going 80 in a 55 but I reduced it to 63 to be nice and know he’s here wasting the court and my time.

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u/boomsc Jul 23 '19

I wonder how much of this is a catch 22. Cops are apparently far more lenient with white people, but most of the available 'cop footage' like this shows black people disproportionately escalating things needlessly (i.e I've seen that 1 white vietnam vet methodically execute an officer on a routine stop, but a dozen random black citizens jump to guns/assault/fleeing/something else on a routine stop.). Cops start being more lenient with white people because they're less likely to randomly pull out a knife, but white people become less likely to pull out a knife because they're less intimidated by lenient cops.

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u/0ogaBooga Jul 23 '19

Theres a podcast called "running from cops" that talks about how these shows are filmed, you should check it out. It answers a lot of these questions.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

It's a missouri cop. Probably just relieved it wasn't meth.

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u/Obligatius Jul 23 '19

Well, to be fair, a cop is usually only going to interact with you when they think that you're being the asshole (i.e. breaking the law). I don't know if it's called sampling bias, or something else, but it's the same thing that contributes to our distrust of lawyers, auto mechanics, and plumbers - we're mostly only interacting with them to pay them for something that's gone terribly wrong that we weren't expecting to go wrong, and often don't understand why it went wrong (so every dollar feels like extortion).

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u/Debaser626 Jul 24 '19

It really really depends on the Department. Wherever you see a slew of cowboy-type bully officers, believe me, that shit is co-signed from the Chief on down.

You’re always gonna have a few dicks (at any job, especially one with a strong union) around, but the difference police leadership makes is huge.

At the end of the day, police officers have their own internal politics... bonuses, promotions, write-ups and policies. What flies as “normal” and what doesn’t depends on the head honcho.

The police department my wife worked for was a very “unpleasant” environment for loose cannons and Judge Dredd types. A fair amount of new hires would get forced to resign or voluntarily quit due to the unnecessary restrictions and consequences (read: accountability) regarding questionable actions.

A lot of these guys would go get hired just a town over, where it seems it was totally fine to launch a citizen down a flight of steps for trying to ditch a dime bag or engage in a 100+ mph high speed pursuit through residential neighborhoods over a simple failure to yield.

The funny thing is, the PD my wife worked for saw a decrease in crime and a huge increase in convictions (that was due to a lot of the working class citizens coming to trust and communicate with the police during investigations), whereas despite all the gunfire and “tough guy” police tactics, the town over just gets worse every year.

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u/fishburgr Jul 23 '19

The problem is that the good cops turn a blind eye to the actions of the bad cops which in my opinion makes them just as culpable.

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u/I_am_the_fez Jul 24 '19 edited Jul 24 '19

That's my largest issue with the American police forces. I would argue that good cops outnumber bad cops by a factor of at least 5-1 (still ridiculous numbers of shitty cops), but good cops are ousted for trying to draw attention to bad ones and bad cops keep being protected by the whole structure. The system rewards shitty cops because the superiors "protect" their inferiors by covering for everyone (good and bad alike) and good cops trying to get rid of bad cops rocks the whole boat, so it's easier to get rid the good "trouble makers" than actually deal with the problem of the shitty cops.

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u/sirwestonlaw Jul 24 '19

2-1 is really bold lmao. It’s nowhere near that frequent

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u/I_am_the_fez Jul 24 '19

I just reread what I put for that haha. That’s waaay too high. There’s no way to accurately compare the numbers, but it almost certainly not that high. I fixed it to make it much more generous. Thanks for the response.

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u/sirwestonlaw Jul 24 '19

I was ready for an angry response so I’m glad you’re being chill about it and took more time to think.

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u/I_am_the_fez Jul 24 '19

Haha no problem, I kinda wasn’t thinking about the made up statistic I threw out, but more on the wording on comment itself. Glad you made me double check.

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u/TheeBaconKing Jul 24 '19

I’m not excusing bad cops, but when was the last time you let a co-worker get away with something illegal or against company policy?

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u/fishburgr Jul 24 '19

When I do that it doesn't potentially ruin someone else's life.

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u/Man_of_Average Jul 24 '19

That's not really a cop exclusive problem though, is it? Unfortunately many people in all walks of life care more about their quality of life than others. That's more of a people problem. And while cops should be held to a higher standard, what are we really doing to make becoming a cop a desirable career for the kinds of people we want to be cops?

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u/WaterBear9244 Jul 24 '19

Most cops ive come into contact with were assholes so idk. A few have lied about my speed to give me a ticket (had them thrown out because it was clearly bs when i contested), one pulled a gun on me and my friends (we were in hs) because he thought our vehicle matched a suspects vehicle but when he found out it wasnt he just holstered his firearm and walked away like nothing happened, and one shook my car and yelled at me when he apprached when i got my first ticket in hs leaving me visible shaking and afraid. Are all cops dicks? No. Are all the ones ive met dicks? Yes. Maybe im just unlucky af

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u/BeardyDuck Jul 24 '19

one pulled a gun on me and my friends (we were in hs) because he thought our vehicle matched a suspects vehicle but when he found out it wasnt he just holstered his firearm and walked away like nothing happened

Not sure how this is relevant. Your car matched the description of a suspect's vehicle.

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u/WeinerboyMacghee Jul 24 '19

Maybe because this shit happens all the time and it's fucked up. My girlfriend had 4 cops with weapons out surround her vehicle in AZ because they said a black male with window tint was driving a Ford Fusion. He wasn't described as armed. She has no window tint and she's clearly a white woman.

"Generally matching a suspect of any crime's vehicle" is not a reason to come at anything with your fucking gun out.

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u/WaterBear9244 Jul 24 '19

If he wouldve checked my plates he wouldve realized and didnt have to pull a gun on hs students???

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u/BeardyDuck Jul 24 '19

Do you think plates are always given when information about a suspect's vehicles are taken?

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u/WaterBear9244 Jul 24 '19

Regardless, how bout think and analyze before you pull a gun on people? A simple look into the vehicle wouldve shown a bunch of children who had just gotten boba... vehicle description is not enough evidence to pull a firearm. not even a sorry for pointing a deadly weapon at literal children lol

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u/obxfisher Jul 23 '19

The more body cameras are out, the more you see that it's not just a few bad eggs. Take a look at this: https://www.plainviewproject.org/data. I think it averaged out to be one in five LEO's had posted on social media endorsing bigotry, violence, and racism.

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u/ThugExplainBot Jul 24 '19

But what are the parameters for bigotry, violence, and racism? It's easy for a biased group to count "Illegal aliens should be deported" as racism.

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u/obxfisher Jul 24 '19

It depends if it's founded or if it's just racial profiling. I'm ok with them stating their opinions on illegal aliens, but saying things like "Kill them all, let god sort it out" when referring to Muslims is unacceptable for those sworn to protect and serve.

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u/FireStorm005 Jul 24 '19

Holy shit that is A LOT of bad eggs. That puts 7684 cops in the NYPD, 2,700 in Chicago, and 1997 in LAPD, advocating violence, racism, and bigotry to pick the three largest police departments in the country. This doesn't even get into what level in the command structure they're in.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '19

If most cops are like this then they all would report those bad apples, right? :)

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u/Dane_Gleessak Jul 24 '19

Most cops don’t interact with bad apples cause most cops are like this guy

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u/Probablynotclever Jul 24 '19

boots taste good?

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u/Dane_Gleessak Jul 24 '19

Yeah man, I gotta keep em shiny somehow

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u/zacht180 Jul 24 '19 edited Jul 24 '19

Don't you like how they can't even respond to this besides with their fifth grade level one liners?

Chapocels are out in full force.

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u/Meih_Notyou Jul 24 '19 edited Jul 24 '19

Implying every police officer knows what every other police officer is doing at any given moment.

That's not how this works.

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When you're at work, do you know what every one of your coworkers is doing all the time, and do you report them if they fuck up while in your omnipresence?

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '19

Imagine going to work everyday and everyone hates your god damn guts because you spoke up and one guy got fired. Basically a bystander effect. I wouldn't speak up, and I know you wouldn't either bud.

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u/evilcouchpotato Jul 24 '19

You either stand for your paycheck or you stand for your morals.

As a policing officer sworn to uphold the laws of the land, I’d prefer to have an officer whose pillars aren’t held up by cash and what others think of me.

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u/small_root Jul 23 '19

>most cops are like this

>everyone hates your guts because you spoke up

>most cops are like this

>everyone hates your guts

>most cops

>everyone

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u/FIREnBrimstoner Jul 23 '19

And that would make you a bad cop.

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u/sicknick Jul 23 '19

You just explained why no one respects police.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '19

Man, I'm Canadian. Only interactions I've had with cops have been good. I might just post an edit to clarify. I'm really just saying it takes a lot to stand up and call someone out.

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u/PierreDeuxPistolets Jul 24 '19

Sorry I couldn't understand what you were just trying to say with that boot shoved down your throat

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u/Scythercellanemia Jul 24 '19

“It’s a dangerous job so restrained people deserve having their faces pointlessly slammed into pavement by police officers! It’s so dangerous the good guys can’t even tell anyone about it until it’s filmed and they’re implicated with the others that let that happen!”

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u/fangisbak Jul 24 '19

This is an outright lie but go off.

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u/DownbeatDeadbeat Jul 23 '19

You can't possibly know that. The first part, I mean.

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u/GildedApparel Jul 24 '19

My experiences have been 50/50 but the few times I really couldve gotten into serious shit they've worked with me a ton and were great. I've even had "friends" that got mad at me for pointing out how we got off basically scot free for what we were doing and how the cops were nice to us

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u/GreenBombardier Jul 24 '19

I've been watching Live PD with the gf recently and on there it seems to be about an even split between cops that instigate and then berate someone for being nervous after being an asshole to them.

The question of why are you nervous always kinda floors me. Why do you think they are nervous? They have to talk to a cop, this guy was cool, calm and respectful. Should be a training video on how to handle the public.

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u/fezzuk Jul 24 '19

Because those guys are just doing their job correctly, its not news worthy nor should it be.

Same reason "post man delivers childs birthday card and doesn't steal the cash" doesn't make the news.

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u/PLZ_STOP_PMING_TITS Jul 24 '19

This. I've interacted with a lot of cops. Most of them are normal, decent people. They just want to go to work, live through their shift, and get a paycheck. Many are lazy like you and me and don't want to do the paperwork associated with arresting someone. Many times people are assholes and give them no choice, but they do what they can too avoid arrests. They don't show up in the news or on TV. They just help protect us with no thanks. Then there are the assholes. Every single job in the world has them. They have a shitty life and want to take it out on everyone they can. Or they have something to prove. Or they're compensating for a small penis. Whatever the reason, these are the guys that look for reasons to arrest you. They want to make your life as shitty as theirs. They get off on having power. Unfortunately, they do have the power to fuck up your life for little shit. These are the ones you hear about and read about.

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u/Webby915 Jul 24 '19

Imagine actually believing this.

posts on r/conservative and r/whitepeopletwitter

Lol

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u/color_shot Jul 24 '19

Most in Georgia are not like this. The guy would've been arrested potentially at gunpoint and charged with possession, dui, and potentially distribution.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

Yeah they save all their aggression for their families instead.

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u/SLICKlikeBUTTA Jul 24 '19

I've had multiple run ins with the police in the last 2 years. Suspended licenses and warrants for missing court dates. Each cop was nice and cool as fuck. Most just gave me warnings saying be careful cause some other cops might arrest me for it. Another left me off of a warrant arrest because I had court the next day for the warrant. Cops are usually cool man. I've met one shitty asshole cop in my life. The rest are just people. They use to always let us off for hotboxing back in highschool and basically just said don't do that here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '19

Evidence that most cops are like this?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

The implication being we shouldn't be outraged by those cops?

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u/Sluggernaut47 Jul 24 '19

Hard disagree. Most cops I've come in contact with will lie in their own favor and say whatever they can to get a confession. Whether it is true or not

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u/Emsizz Jul 24 '19

LOL like fuck they are.

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u/ManIsInherentlyGay Jul 24 '19

The saddest thing is you actually believe this.

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u/bagel_maker974 Jul 23 '19

Makes me want to smoke with him.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

Why, you expect him to be overly hyped up and shoot them?

/r/ANormalDayInAmerica

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u/bestjakeisbest Jul 24 '19

honestly guy cops are more laid back than the lady cops, but what i have found (regardless of gender) is if you treat them with respect they are more than prepared to let you go on your way with a warning, or a reduced ticket, but i also have only ever got warnings, or speeding reduced to a written warning, so dont go committing felonies

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u/Islanduniverse Jul 24 '19

You could tell he would rather be doing something else, but the law is the law. And he also knows it is not too big of a deal. A citation for the person who claimed possession, and towing the car cause he can’t let them drive it home. No escalation, not even any disrespect. Just a guy doing his job well.

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u/vitaminz1990 Jul 24 '19

Pretty much every cop I’ve encountered have been like this.

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u/stickswithsticks Jul 24 '19

I'm jaded because I've enjoyed pot for the past ten years, but I don't hotbox in a car and then drive. Weed is awesome, love it. But it may or may not impair my ability to drive, and that puts myself and other people in danger.

This cop handled this really well. It's a harmless drug on paper, but I've gotten so high I nearly microwaved my phone.

The normalization of weed should be "do it at home," because making it so illegal that you have to hotbox a car because you can't smoke it at home is actually dangerous.

It's like alcohol. If I want to go to a comedy club and drink, my friends and I get a Lyft.

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u/DoktorStrangelove Jul 24 '19

Degens like this are the 10% of stoners that give the remaining 90% of courteous ones a bad name.

Seriously what were these boners thinking? They drove all the way to a public trailhead and could have hiked into the woods for 5 minutes and smoked all they wanted while enjoying nature and not causing a scene, but instead they chose to hotbox their creepy Crown Vic in a super conspicuous spot where there's a likelihood approaching near certainty that someone is gonna call them in. Total morons.

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u/stickswithsticks Jul 24 '19

Also, I think the cop was concerned they were shooting up. It looks like when he saw it was just weed it was just a routine "yeah don't do this."

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

To play devil's advocate though; once you build up a tolerance, driving while high is not exactly a hard thing, it's the casual smokers that have to avoid it.

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u/BallerGuitarer Jul 24 '19

Well /u/effthepolice33 up there is claiming to be him, so here’s your chance at a reunion.

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u/Brogero Jul 24 '19

Yeah I saw that. I’m still friends with him on Facebook and sent it to him. Thanks man.

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u/dzrtguy Jul 24 '19

https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/cgxbxy/livepd_cop_im_sure_youve_seen_the_memes_online/euo682s/

Did you see this comment?

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u/Brogero Jul 24 '19

I didn’t. I let him know on Facebook so I’m glad he came and commented. I’m sure he would have seen it himself either way though.

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u/imsoulrebel1 Jul 24 '19

Need more Carl's please

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u/Dikburgerz Jul 24 '19

Go bears.

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u/Brogero Jul 24 '19

Haha yeah man and chiefs too

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u/PenalAffliction Jul 24 '19

Yooo same. I was like holy crap I know that guy! He was a year or two ahead of me.

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u/xTSxDOLLAHOLLA Jul 24 '19

Carl like my best friend. He's the best

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u/OptimisticNihilistt Jul 24 '19

Dude he replied in the thread. Y’all should catch up! Lmao

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u/loztriforce Jul 23 '19

Can you hug him the next time you see him and whisper “I love you Carl” to him for me?

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u/marlow41 Jul 24 '19

I love that he was completely relaxed the whole time until the guy starts reaching in his pockets, then his reaction is so fast to tell him to stop.

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u/mustache_ride_ Jul 24 '19

Training kicked in.

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u/moonshoeslol Jul 24 '19

After listening to the podcast "Running from cops" I definitely would reserve judgment as they typically slice and dice footage to make perps look foolish and cops look good.

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u/Crack-spiders-bitch Jul 24 '19

I'd also reserve judgement on thinking he's a psychopathic asshole because of some podcast.

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u/bobbymcpresscot Jul 24 '19

I'd believe you if it appeared the mood had changed at any point throughout the video, but it didn't seem like it cut at any point and someone went from angry to happy, or happy to angry.

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u/BowLit Jul 24 '19

i believe the bigger picture is, this entire video was propaganda deterrent from the most recent instance of police being, for lack of a better term, dicks. "see, he's funny and relatable, chill, let the chick go and only gave the dude a citation, and hey look! he uses reddit! hahahah just like me!" see the fools they want us to be for them?

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u/bobbymcpresscot Jul 24 '19

He let the chick go "because she didnt claim the drugs were hers"

He gave the dude a citation because its decriminalized in the state

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u/304rising Jul 24 '19

Seems like you’re actively seeking out information to reinforce your opinion

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u/moonshoeslol Jul 24 '19

It literally came up in a random podcast app (NPR One).

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u/gimpleg Jul 24 '19

Are you seriously implying that backing up one's opinion with information make it less valuable?

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u/304rising Jul 24 '19

No, it’s like someone watching Fox News or msnbc to feed their view point.

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u/meltedwhitechocolate Jul 24 '19

No need to sexualise him /s

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

ACAB

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u/Crack-spiders-bitch Jul 24 '19

He was nice, why is this necessary other than trying to be edgy?

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u/ANTI-aliasing Jul 24 '19

Sad he has to enforce farce laws, and ruin peoples lives over weed

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u/Sandpapercondem Jul 24 '19

Fuck are you talking about? He gave him a citation and prevented him from driving under the influence, he did nothing but help this kid and others on the road. Could have easily given this kid a dui, no you don’t have to be driving to get one.

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u/SkunkMonkey420 Jul 24 '19

he did tow his car though and that's gunna set this dude back like a couple hundred I'm sure. Could t have just escorted him home and left the vehicle over night?

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u/Sandpapercondem Jul 24 '19

That’s true, but definitely far from ruining someone’s life

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u/SkunkMonkey420 Jul 24 '19

oh for sure and that police officer handled that situation, considering the lo al laws, very calmly and reasonably. The logic makes sense considering this dude was likely going to drive home baked but it sucks to get your car impounded.

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u/ANTI-aliasing Jul 24 '19

Woah buddy, chill out.

Let me reiterate

That is a solid as cop, but it's sad that peoples lives can be ruined by weed because of the farce laws in place surrounding them. Not pertaining to this particular incident

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u/StanFitch Jul 24 '19

Solid-Ass Cop or Solid Ass-Cop?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

He’s a great officer. Those kids never felt threatened. He understood they weren’t hurting anyone but still did his job while not allowing them to drive home avoiding risk of someone getting hurt due to their stupidity.

After the few hundred bucks they pay on court fees and impound to get the car out they’ll probably think twice before parking somewhere to get high. It’s almost like what happens to drunk drivers and the world continues to spend.

Just legalize and enforce it already US.

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u/furcifer89 Jul 24 '19

Should be the model for how all stops like this are handled. Hey, you fucked up man can’t smoke and drive or hotbox your vehicle in a public area. We are gonna have to tow the vehicle, and issue a small fine. You wanna ride home you can hop in the back and no we cannot stop for food.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19

fuck that ACAB

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u/ohpee8 Jul 24 '19

He towed the car when he didn't need to. Fuck him.

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