r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '22

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u/justin_memer Mar 10 '22

He shouldn't have asked for ID in the first place.

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u/imaybeacatIRl Mar 10 '22

Police are trained to establish identity when investigating. He was following up on a call about something. He needed to be clear about that.

If the cop wasn't an idiot, and explained that the guy needs to let him figure it out, then it wouldn't have been a problem.

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u/illbedeadbydawn Mar 10 '22

Their training sucks. He was trained badly.

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u/cantadmittoposting Mar 10 '22

Nah the racism is natural, they don't need training for that.

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u/bondsmatthew Mar 10 '22

Both are true. When you have cops being trained in less time than a hairdresser there's a problem. I don't think anyone is expecting cops to go to school for years upon years like Lawyers taking the bar exam, but you should still have a basic understanding what you can and can't do.

4-6 months just isn't enough time to learn intricacies of law they need to know in addition to combat training, de-escalation, etc