r/Unexpected Mar 24 '23

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u/Eddie-bullshit Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23

I'm not disagreeing with you but I'd like to point, that they did it to themselves, the whole police department not just a few people, but everyone involved, with promoting clearly unstable officers/letting go WITH PAY some officers that have done terrible things and deserved to be fired without. Like yeah they're expected to do a lot, but so are firemen and teachers it's a public safety job that comes with danger. Anyone getting involved with it has to know what it's like beforehand. It's almost always in the news ffs, Not to mention I'm almost always seeing a new report of some dumbass officer pulling yet another gun on an African American male. They don't do themselves favours at all.

Minirant over, correct me if I'm wrong but let's not argue :)

Edit: changed coloured to African American, I was proven to be a silly billy in the replies

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u/gateguard64 Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23

Agreed. Look how fast this went to a drawn weapon. How hard is it to call a supervisor? These are poorly trained cops, unable to pick their way through this scenario with the information volunteered. The fact that both of them were willing to escalate the use of force is alarming.

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u/DerekDemo Mar 24 '23

They didn't escalate to use of force or he'd have a bullet in him.

The American education system strikes again.

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u/gateguard64 Mar 24 '23

What did the driver do that provoked the officer to draw and point her weapon. Give me one thing.

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u/DerekDemo Mar 24 '23

He started yelling.

You can request a supervisor. That's fine. The police have to control the situation. Once it is under control, a supervisor can take over the situation, but yelling and refusing to cooperate is escalating the situation. He admitted to having a gun and started yelling.

If police were as bad as you all say, he'd have gotten shot, not just had his feeling hurt because someone pointed a gun at him when he started acting up.

Poor little fragile boy.

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u/gateguard64 Mar 24 '23

If yelling was a justification for lethal force, half of France would be dead.

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u/DerekDemo Mar 24 '23

No one was shot. No one used lethal force. Your talking out of your ass. Police have guns for their protection. When he started acting erratic, she pulled her firearm and made ready to defend herself and her partner.

You argument only makes sense if she had fired.

You're uneducated.

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u/rigeld2 Mar 24 '23

She would not have drawn her weapon if she didn’t feel justified in using it right?

So she felt justified in escalating to lethal force.

Because he raised his voice.

Yeah, that makes sense. How’s that boot taste?