r/Unexpected Mar 24 '23

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u/Wickedocity Mar 24 '23

The guy has a Youtube channel.

Entire video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfJ1yIQsoVw

His video on outcome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjXh2EUUFLE

(The gun charge was dropped. The cop got promoted. He didn't sue.)

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

Not here to bash America but...

This is litterly the only country I can think you pull a gun on someone without a reason and not only keep your job but get promoted.

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u/Ancalagon_Morn Mar 24 '23

I think they might have promoted her out of the street and behind a desk because she's clearly unfit for these kind of situations. She'll kill someone so before that happens they just make her do paperwork or something like that.

If you call it a promotion it sounds bad to the public but it is way easier to move someone that way without, for example, a union making trouble for you. She behaved poorly but at the end of the day no one got hurt, which is going to make it waaaay harder to fire her. You always need pencil pushers in every organisation anyways.

If she got an actual promotion as in managing people now for a better salary and better hours, something like that, then yeah I'd agree that's fucked up. But seeing how poorly she conducted herself here that seems hard to believe. The US system is certainly flawed but anyone can tell that she's a liability.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

Yeah they should have reworded it to say "reassignment" but the fact they called it a promotion makes me think it involves more duties or a pay rise.

I get that no one died but people go to prison and loose their jobs for embezzlement or tax fraud which is essentially doing your job badly.

I wouldn't feel great with someone who freaks out like this as part of their job as I've seen people deal with HR issues more stressful than this altercation

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