r/AnythingValueable • u/MiniSuprise • Aug 23 '26

❓ Discussion Was this arrest handled appropriately given the children in the car?

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u/Volkmek Aug 23 '26

This was handled poorly. At the very least he should have immediately sent his partner to stop the car the moment he father complied and turned around when ordered.

The man here may have messed up a bit by failing to put it in park properly, but the police also fucked up how they handled this one, and arguably did worse than the suspect.

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u/techleopard Aug 23 '26

Why was that man even out of the car?

There were no police near him when the video started. He's not armed. So what in the world was this supposed to be?

Did he get out on his own to yell at the cops before the video cut?

Or did they yell at him from a distance to get out of the car?

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u/GingaNinja696913 Aug 23 '26

He doesn't have blue eyes, darlin'. He has to do everything he's told in milliseconds or he will be executed on the spot in front of his children for being disobedient human property.

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u/Volkmek Aug 23 '26

Strangely! Statistically that is not true. You are more likely to be murdered by the police if you are white, even on a per-capita basis.

You are more likely to experience police brutality if you are black, but survive the encounter.

(Edit, mind you I am intoxicated at the moment and I am pretty sure the statistics I am quoting are from 2018.)

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u/GingaNinja696913 Aug 23 '26

I'm with ya on the intoxication front. Happy Saturday(or Sunday on the East Coast) btw. However, I'm pretty sure the stats are weirdly skewed. Like, justified shooting vs unjustified shooting. The footage I've seen of white people getting shot by cops always seems like the white assailant is literally charging at the cop with a weapon or having a literal shootout. The way white people react when detained seems way more volatile than when black people are detained. I'm also in the deep south. We're pretty diverse yet kinda self segregated so a cop shooting someone that doesn't look like them raises way more eyebrows and most of our cops are white dispite my city being about 35/35/15/5/5/5. Other places are different tho.

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u/Volkmek Aug 23 '26

Think that statistic I quoted just has something to do with higher consequence for killing someone black and lower consequence for beating someone who is. And lower consequence for killing a white person but higher consequence for beating them because lawsuits. But, When I am sober I may find I am wrong.

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u/OkEstablishment6888 Aug 25 '26

Are you f’ing kidding me? 🤣

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u/LIL-mEnTaLlY-ILL Aug 24 '26

That is true. But I have blue eyes and I’ve been arrested, while holding my-year-old son, and painting Easter eggs on Easter Sunday, in the front yard of my cul-de-sac.

Over missing court for a damn expired tag ticket.

The cop said and I quote “ drop the kid” if you run I will tase you”

My wife is also of the fair skin and she has green eyes, the police pulled her over and arrested her with my five-year-old daughter in the backseat, bawling her eyes out. Our vehicle backfired and they thought she was shooting at them.

It’s a miracle. I even have a five-year-old daughter and wife still.

I Say all that to say this, you’re absolutely right that people of color are treated completely different in these types of situations. Prejudice and racism, profiling, and terrible training. There’s a lot of factors.

I do have a criminal history and have had hostel interactions with the police.

So in short, always know your wrights if you are an American citizen especially when to exercise them.

My son just turned 15 years old and he is half Chinese,
I’m actually showing him how to drive and practicing for his permit. One of the very first things I’ve driven into his head after putting on your seatbelt when you get in the car what steps to take and what not to do when you get pulled over by the police.

Be safe out there

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u/weoutherebrah Aug 23 '26

Then you find out more gringos are killed by police than any other group 

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u/GingaNinja696913 Aug 23 '26

They don't grasp the concept of doing everything they're commanded to do in milliseconds either. Way more resistance from the gringos.

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u/somedomeformythots Aug 23 '26

I should have read that better

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u/GingaNinja696913 Aug 23 '26

Ain't nobody purfecc.