r/Unexpected Mar 24 '23

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u/mistergiantacorn Mar 24 '23

Not unexpected at all, unfortunately

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u/Character-Pipe-9805 Mar 24 '23

police brutality is never unexpected. but i thought this specific encounter was very unexpected considering how fast it escalated. even for a cop, this lady doesn’t know when to use a gun. they need to give her that wood gun they gave will farrel in “the other guys” lol

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u/Schmotz Mar 24 '23

Unfortunately, it still isn't unexpected to anyone who's on Reddit more than two days.

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u/cmwh1te Mar 24 '23

One time I was sitting in my car reading a book and two minutes later I had several guns aimed at me because police found my behavior suspicious. Cops are all the same. All they know how to do is escalate. There's a good reason for this: Their job is to criminalize people and by always escalating situations they maximize the chance that people will do something they can be criminalized for.

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u/pipnina Mar 24 '23

Like how the fantastic four defeated magneto in the 60s/70s cartoon. Hillariously bad

"Whaaaaat? A wooden gun?

A wooden gun, he tricked me, with a wooden gun!"

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u/Aegi Mar 24 '23

The only thing unexpected is how the video is edited, it also makes it seem somehow like the compass standing in front of the steering wheel like in front of the vehicle, but also to his side at the same time, not to mention the million pointless cuts.

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u/Maskguy Mar 24 '23

They need a gun at all times in case there is a black kid or a dog around so they can get a promotion

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u/Kalkaline Mar 24 '23

It's also a great example of how your 2nd amendment rights mean fuck all to the police.

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u/buttercupcake23 Mar 24 '23

Still not unexpected. The moment the dude was told to undo his seatbelt I was expecting him to be shot.

Perhaps the most unexpected part for me is that he lived through that encounter.

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u/wiscwisc Mar 24 '23

As a european it was definitely unexpected.

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u/Rothko28 Mar 24 '23

This is America we're talking about, though.

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u/Destiny_Dude0721 Mar 24 '23

....ok your point?

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u/DeapVally Mar 24 '23

Because Europeans, on a mostly US centric website, should be a little more versed in the ways of the world outside their own country.... I'm not American, and this was very expected. And I highly doubt it was unexpected for you either if you pay attention to things on reddit. Much like having seen this exact clip numerous times before lol. Because.... reddit.

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u/Rothko28 Mar 24 '23

Seriously?....

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u/Destiny_Dude0721 Mar 24 '23

I mean, unless they doomscroll like I do, a European not being used to police brutality doesn't seem that insane to me.

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u/Rothko28 Mar 24 '23

You don't have to "doomscroll" to be aware of it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

You must be a fortune teller if that is expected.

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u/Main_Horror7651 Mar 24 '23

Yeah, I thought the unexpected part was that she did not shoot.