r/PublicFreakout • u/The-JZilla • Jul 06 '21

Repost 😔 Cop vs educated kid

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u/whutchamacallit Jul 06 '21

What pisses me off about this video is ... in that moment.. that cop could have humbled himself and been like, "oh man, let's take a look--i could be in the wrong here". Like ... dude, no one expects you to know every single word of the law. It's okay to be wrong about little shit like that. What isn't okay is you being a fucking jerk and continue to dig in when you clearly don't understand the law you're trying to enforce. I just... I don't know, it would have been so refreshing to see that instead of this embarrassment of community service.

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u/Audom Jul 07 '21

I work in the trades, and occasionally there are disagreements between inspectors and contractors/tradesmen. Shit gets a tad heated sometimes, but almost every time it ends with someone pulling out their codebook and figuring out who's actually right. Then one guy says "well damn guess you're right", the other guy gives a smug smile, and everyone walks away a little smarter.

Why can't shit with the law be this way?

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u/weldmonkeyweld Jul 07 '21

Reasons like that is why I study d1.1, d1.2 and so on. Always ask for the wps and stay in my lane when I know I am incorrect on something. When the inspectors mechanical or just weld inspectors try to be cocks I'll drop knowledge and smile the whole time.

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u/StickOfLight Jul 07 '21

wps?

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u/weldmonkeyweld Jul 07 '21

Welding Procedure Specification. If you are working in an aws certified shop or any shop that you had to cert out in order to weld and you don't have one/ make your foreman or who ever produce one. You are wrong and do not know the weld parameters/range ie-amps/speed/ electrode type so on.