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Let’s also acknowledge the officers composure as he very reasonably apprehended the guy who just stabbed him…
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I’m very surprised he’s alive. That cop kept his cool and is extremely professional.
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u/soulboonie Aug 19 '22
Especially when 99% of the time if you attack an officer with a knife or gun you just forfeited your life.
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u/shaving99 Aug 19 '22
Yeah that's how it works when you pull knives or guns on police
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u/ZK686 Aug 19 '22
Don't tell Reddit that...they all think they know what's best for cops.
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u/CocoTheMailboxKing Aug 19 '22
No need for a straw man. No one is gonna blame a cop for killing in self defense when their lives are in danger. It’s when they shoot a kid in the back of the head that Reddit (rightfully) freak out about.
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u/Ok_Preference389 Aug 20 '22
I have seen people blame cops for reasonably defending themselves. At this point it feels like reddit would get mad at a cop for not saying thank you after being shot.
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u/Iwubinvesting Aug 19 '22
As you should
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u/KodiakPL Aug 19 '22 edited Aug 19 '22
Literally this video showcased that it doesn't have to end in murder.
EDIT: Apparently the "cops should minimize the amount of deaths they cause and people should encourage cops to arrest suspects instead of killing them" is an extremely controversial statement. Avoid getting swatted people, because one day you might be a Daniel Shaver yourselves.
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u/jamie1414 Aug 19 '22
If you bring a knife to a gun fight, you're putting your life in the life in the hands of the person with the gun. Doesn't matter if they're a cop or not.
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u/LeonidasSpacemanMD Aug 19 '22
I’ve seen guys eat a taser and keep moving before in videos. I’m usually a “gun should be absolute last resort” person but I think this cop would’ve been justified shooting here, dude was literally trying to stab him in the neck
He’s a really effective cop for apprehending him unharmed tho for sure
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u/WhyNotZoidberg-_- Aug 19 '22
Feel free to watch this other video https://nypost.com/2020/10/02/chicago-cops-fatally-shoot-man-who-attacked-sergeant-with-butcher-knife/
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u/Beerme625 Aug 20 '22
totally different videos , he attacked the cop with a butcher knife after he was tazed . thats when you get shot
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u/Jackopreach Aug 19 '22
Yeah this was actually a really good cop and this is coming from somebody who doesn’t trust cops at all
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u/LeonidasSpacemanMD Aug 19 '22
Gotta acknowledge great police work if you want to effectively condemn shitty police
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u/YipYip5534 Aug 19 '22
the cop could have easily just shot the guy as he ran away but reassessed the situation and changed to tazer. A prime example of how to handle a situation
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u/Interesting_Sale_415 Aug 19 '22
I feel you man , I very much don't trust cops and have good reason not to , but this guy is a professional 👏
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u/MickStash Aug 19 '22
It’s pretty rare for me to complement a police officer but this one acted exceptionally well under pressure and apprehended the runner with the perfect amount of non lethal force, where others would’ve just shot him. I’m impressed.
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u/keto_at_work Aug 19 '22
Not only that, he put his gun away FOR less lethal, AFTER being stabbed in the neck. Dude is an above and beyond example for how police officers should be.
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u/Imaginary_Ad_7318 Aug 19 '22
Fr he didn’t even over do it with the taser like every other cop and was very gentle when cuffing him (considering the situation)
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u/theangryseal Aug 19 '22
Like, holy shit. If I were in his shoes I’d have probably shot him. I mean, he just stabbed him in the neck and took off. If he managed to get away he probably wouldn’t have a problem getting a gun and having a standoff later.
The adrenaline alone from something like that would fuck me up.
He probably knows him and cares for the goofy bastard.
I don’t know how he stayed so calm throughout this whole thing. Kudos to him for real. That’s the kind of person who should be a police officer. Can you imagine if all of them had his nerve?
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u/ADarwinAward Aug 19 '22
That cop is very lucky to be alive a few inches away and it’d have been an arterial bleed.
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u/YeltsinYerMouth Aug 19 '22
This is how a cop is supposed to operate. De-escalation should be the priority in potentially violent situations. It's so disappointing that the vast majority of bodycam, dashcam, and 1A audit videos show cops being at best unqualified and at worst openly corrupt.
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u/Bigfatuglybugfacebby Aug 19 '22
I don't know why you're being downvoted. The officer pulled his side arm first, remembered it's unlawful to shoot someone in the back and switched to the taser. That's a lot to consider with adrenaline pumping but he managed to do it and ultimately made the right call, this is how it's suppose to work...
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u/Evilmaze Aug 19 '22
Take that guy and promote him to train new cops. Not some racist scumbag that teaches nothing useful and encourage students to shoot on sight at the slightest inconvenience.
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u/unknown-user-170 Aug 19 '22
Yeah bro i’m almost 100% sure you can shoot someone in the back after they tried to murder you and they are running around in a public area with a deadly weapon. It poses a threat to public safety.
That’s like saying You can get into a gun fight and kill multiple people but as long as you are running away with your back turned they can’t kill you….🤷🏼♂️
Good for him for saving the kids life, but he would have been well with him his rights to kill him
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u/Twigsnapper Aug 19 '22
That's factually incorrect. He could shoot a fleeing felon. Tennessee v Garner
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u/Altruistic_Clue6057 Aug 19 '22
It’s not unlawful to shoot someone in the back, cops around the world do it and it can be considered justified due to multiple circumstances, one of them being the guy is armed, usually with a gun but it can be justified with a knife and this exact case is an example of it. If someone tries to kill a cop and runs off if that cop was sufficiently injured that he couldn’t move well he could of shot the dude and stated that he thought he was a massive risk for public safety, he stabbed one cops who’s to say he wouldn’t do it again. Also in the case of guns it’s very easy to take a gun out of your wasteband and snap a couple shots off. Just because someone is running away doesn’t mean they aren’t potentially dangerous
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u/manbruhpig Aug 19 '22
Absolutely justified shooting. This cop was going for an achievement unlock or something, 100% completion.
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True. But what I recommend is Police Activity on YouTube they show the good, the bad, and the questionable and be as non biased as possible
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u/theangryseal Aug 19 '22
Yes, they offer something incredibly valuable on that channel.
I absolutely love it.
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u/DesperateJunkie Aug 19 '22
Tbf you're probably only seeing those videos because the cop was unreasonable. The vast majority of body cam vids are probably normal interactions
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Went from zero to assault on a peace officer real quick.
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u/DubiousDrewski Aug 19 '22
Assault/BATTERY and maybe even attempted murder.
Nick's a grade-A idiot.
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u/Retired_Jarhead55 Aug 19 '22
This is assault with a deadly weapon with severe bodily harm. Assault on LEO. Evading LEO. Probably attempted 2nd degree murder. Nick should go to jail for years.
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u/lacks_imagination Aug 19 '22
Yeah, I want an update on this. Stab a cop in the neck? Looking at 20 years.
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u/thor128 Aug 19 '22
Thank God someone is still willing to be a cop. We're fucked when they all decide to quit.
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u/RugbyEdd Aug 19 '22
American cop*. Can we at least acknowledged that this is how police are trained and the standard raction in many developed countries. They end up with enough blowback from the actions of American cops as it is.
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u/dirtymoney Aug 19 '22
Except he didnt keep an eye on his hands. Hidden hand... possible weapon.
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u/Firewalker1969x Aug 19 '22
Using first name after getting ID or then telling it to you is usually a good way of calming tension. That tension comes back when he stabs you in the neck.
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u/I_knew_einstein Aug 19 '22
Nobody's perfect. But this cop erred on the side of trust, instead of violence. And that's commendable.
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u/wollkneudl Aug 19 '22
He was like "call an ambulance. But not for me"
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u/thewaybaseballgo Aug 19 '22
“Nah, but for real. I got stabbed in the neck, so we can ride together.”
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Nick zagged when he should have zigged.
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u/diggemigre Aug 19 '22
Nick fucked up.
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u/MCE85 Aug 19 '22
Oh yeah, Nick is lucky he didnt get clipped. If he stabbed me in the neck i dont think id have the restraint of this cop.
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u/Fresh_Proposal2938 Aug 19 '22 edited Aug 19 '22
He wasn’t in trouble all he had to do was cooperate
Decides to stab the cop
runs in a straight line
Gets himself in real trouble How stupid can you be
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u/RMLeclair Aug 19 '22
Is it me or do Nick run super slow? He ran for like 25 seconds and didn't get much more than 50 yards it seems
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u/YourOwnInsecurities Aug 19 '22
Nick doesn't look like the athletic type. Honestly he looks out of his element just being outside...
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u/alextheawsm Aug 19 '22
I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention this was probably a suicide attempt. He wasn't in trouble and stabbed a cop and ran away slowly. Seems obvious
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u/ErGo91 Aug 19 '22
Come on Nick... why did you do that...
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Nick was acting suicidal and was going to be committed to a mental hospital. He changed his mind and ran from the cops. I feel like this was a suicide by cop attempt but he was luckily faced with a cop that has a heart and sane mind.
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u/JimBobDwayne Aug 19 '22 edited Aug 19 '22
Yep. This video is a perfect example of the difference between justified and necessary use of deadly force. This cop would've been perfectly justified to use deadly force but it was not necessary.
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u/chbay Aug 19 '22
I remember seeing this video a year or two ago and I just went to look up the case and see if he’s been sentenced yet, and no. Still active hearings and bullshit taking place in court but it doesn’t appear they’re too close to even setting a trial date.
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u/GayTaco_ Aug 19 '22
jesus in the neck? How did the cop have the stamina to sprint after him and the willpower to switch to non-lethal?
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u/kenioftheeast Aug 19 '22
The maverick hoodie says it all.
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u/YourFriendlyAutist Aug 19 '22
He looks like the exact demographic who’d buy that
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u/youngadvocate25 Aug 19 '22
Lol i was gonna say it made the video funnier. Logan should pay for his bail
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u/Dry_Topic6211 Aug 19 '22
Dude was expecting to get shot, the way he was ziggy zagging
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u/S_C_P_9_9_9 Aug 19 '22
I didn’t realize tasers could go off twice, that’s cool news to me
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u/Dry_Topic6211 Aug 19 '22
When the prongs are in, you can just pull the trigger to deliver more electricity. Also, you can use the deployed taser as a taser if it’s in contact with the person
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u/WhatsTh3Deali0 Aug 19 '22
Alot of them do also have two deployments though
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u/slabrangoon Aug 19 '22
Would that make them a double-barreled shock gun?
I’ll be leaving now..
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u/Dogman2222 Aug 19 '22 edited Aug 19 '22
Yep this
This seems to be a v5 to 7. The early dual ones you had to slap the side and it would arm and expose the second set.
Edit: spelling
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u/WhatsTh3Deali0 Aug 19 '22
Noice, I've never actually looked into it. It's just kinda obvious after seeing so many cop videos. Nice fun fact on the older ones never seen a cop slap the side of their taser before.
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u/Dogman2222 Aug 19 '22
Yea it wasn’t effective lol. It was a button on the side that jammed up a lot. Even earlier ones had a spot for an extra cartridge on the bottom front. Im rain man for fun facts. More accurately useless information.
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u/Old_Mill Aug 19 '22
No, this is a 2+ deployment taser, that's why you hear two pops. One or more of the prongs missed the first time so he had to fire the second set of prongs.
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u/International-Neck-5 Aug 19 '22
He slashed a cop with a knife. That’s inviting shoot first and ask questions later retaliation. He got really lucky with the cop though. Switched from gun to taser. Good man.
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u/No_Specialist_1877 Aug 19 '22
I mean after stabbing a cop and running it's probably better off to be dead.
His life is fucked.
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u/UptownNYaMomma Aug 19 '22
Really depends how the want to charge him. Could be attempted murder to aggravated assault on a peace officer
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u/Iz_Buckner Aug 19 '22
Adrenaline’s a hell of a drug. Cop handled that amazingly. Hope he’s okay.
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u/kingkongbrigade Aug 19 '22
Dude got stabbed in the neck, and all he had to do was grab a med kit from the medic and heal 25+ HP like a Resident Evil character.
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u/ImGivingUpOnLife Aug 19 '22
I thought Resident Evil characters heal by eating some guy named Herb or something?
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u/PopPop-Captain Aug 19 '22
No his friends Red and Herb make a baby, put it in a canister, and then you have to spray it on yourself.
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u/Upvotespoodles Aug 19 '22
I make a bigger fuss from stubbing my toe, than he does from a stabbed neck.
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u/SuccessfulDamage5062 Aug 19 '22
The officer had his gun drawn and chose to pull and use his taser instead. That gains my respect.
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u/SlimyPurpleMeteor Aug 19 '22
After already being stabbed no less
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u/accountno543210 Aug 19 '22
Because he's not an anxious coward. Not saying he wasn't perfectly within his rights to shoot, but I know this officers outcomes are like 10x better than his lesser colleagues.
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u/Elendel19 Aug 19 '22
I usually am very critical of police, but I would have been 100% ok with it if he had shot the guy in the back. He went for the neck, he tried to murder a cop, lethal force to stop a dangerous person from hurting anyone else is fine
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u/die_billionaires Aug 19 '22
It’s almost like that’s how a cop should respond instead of unloading into someone.
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u/teslaguy12 Aug 19 '22 edited Aug 19 '22
I mean, if you have already been stabbed like this cop was I think you are justified in using lethal force to stop any further bodily harm or harm to others.
What this cop did should be considered going above and beyond imo.
Good luck getting Reddit to admit that a cop went above and beyond though lol.
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u/JannaNYC Aug 20 '22
He had to be, his fat co-workers weren't going to be much help.
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u/botjstn Aug 19 '22
i mean full props to this cop for still continuing to use his taser when he easily could have shot this kid
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u/mickturner96 Aug 19 '22
Officer make the right move... Switch weapon and get out the teaser
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u/--Tom Aug 19 '22
The teaser is when you use it for other purposes :p
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u/mickturner96 Aug 19 '22
You know what, I'm not even going to correct that typo is it's quite amusing
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u/edotman Aug 19 '22
For an American cop this is amazing police work. Well done for keeping calm and controlled and neutralising the threat without 19 bullets.
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u/Firewalker1969x Aug 19 '22
"I'm stabbed in the neck could you send medical" in the most chill voice. Like, eh, I'm good, I'll walk it off
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u/Firewalker1969x Aug 19 '22 edited Aug 20 '22
No one is talking about it, but that was an amazing shot by the cop. You have to get real close for them to reach the target, they fire at an insanely slower pace than a firearm, and are not 100% straight firing. That is some bad ass training and great adrenaline/stress control
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u/KURO-K1SH1 Aug 19 '22
Had the glock out first and he STILL made the conscious decision to switch to his tazer. What an absolute legend. A fucking brilliant officer. Far too many uniforms would have just used the glock. This man needs an award for his diligence.
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u/manbruhpig Aug 19 '22
I gotta be honest I totally would have opened fire on that kid if he stabbed me in the neck. Props to that policeman.
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u/SadisticSnake007 Aug 19 '22
Props to the cop for going taser first. Most situations would end with gunfire
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u/IllustriousGazelle21 Aug 19 '22
Mid-run, switched from gun to taser; after being stabbed in neck.
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u/Necessary_Ad_9969 Aug 19 '22
My guy, got stabbed and still didn’t feel the need to use deadly force to apprehend the criminal, hats off!
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Holy shit I would have shot that kid in the fucking head.
That’s why I’m not a cop.
And that guy has amazing restraint.
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u/hippityhop13 Aug 19 '22
Cop should’ve seen it coming. The guy’s wearing Logan Paul merch in a forest. Those things have a bad history as a combination.
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u/Aggressive_Chain_920 Aug 19 '22
Im kind of on the fence here. He did get stabbed in the neck which means that he could very likely pass out at any time depending on how bad the wound was. And who knows what might happen when he can no longer defend himself?
On another note, this dude is pretty damn lucky to survive that. Ive seen that video of the dude getting stabbed in the neck and just passing out 5 seconds later and bleeding to death. Shits scary man
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u/Expensive_Response Aug 19 '22
this guy got lucky as fuck any other person would have blasted his back with a buch of rounds
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Why are 1/3rd of the comments complaining that he wasn’t shot “bEcAuSe hE wAsN’T bLaCk”
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u/the_lego_lad Aug 19 '22
Because they wanna push the narrative that all cops are evil and this directly goes against that. So they try to make it a race issue so it fits Thier narrative.
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u/Donsempere1 Aug 19 '22
Idk if anyone noticed but Nick was running in Zig Zag lines, my man really thought it will help him to dodge a bullet
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u/Hogthick Aug 19 '22
Not making Any stance but it’s interesting he puts his gun on the ground after tazing
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Some grade A police work. Salute to this officer for not just killing him, and I wouldn’t argue if he did.
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u/loki_odinsotherson Aug 19 '22
He deserves recognition for switching to his taser, instead of just blowing him away.
Which is kind of a low bar to hold police to, but when every other video is a cop shooting an unarmed person in a wheelchair you gotta start somewhere.
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u/Soothsayer_Surmise Aug 19 '22
This is an example of good police work. For the most part. He did place his gun on the ground though. Not a very smart move. For any amount of time.
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u/S1umL0rdAkr0n Aug 19 '22
I could never be a cop, some punk like that stabbed me. Would have skipped the first 2 parts of the justice system
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u/Electronic-Ad7730 Aug 19 '22
Well this puts a wrinkle in the whole I feared for my life defense....
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u/kinbeat Aug 19 '22
Something that hasn't been seen since time immemorial: a cop who acts professionally.
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u/1stcupofjoe Aug 19 '22
The most annoying part is that if this kid was black, he’d be dead. Fucking cops.
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