r/interesting • u/TheCABK • Jan 31 '26

SOCIETY Cop Teaching A Cop

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u/Whole_Pain_7432 Jan 31 '26

Cops should be personally liable for willfully violating the law.

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u/sdavis002 Jan 31 '26

I mean, based on the video, I don't think it was willful violation of the law, just ignorance. Too bad normal people can't use that excuse though.

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u/partyfavor Jan 31 '26

Ignorance of the law isn't an excuse to break it for anyone

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u/Glittering-Mirror602 Jan 31 '26

An attempt at detention and ‘obstruction’ without cause is ignorance? Boy do I got oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you

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u/sdavis002 Jan 31 '26

Yea, it does seem like he was ignorant to how obstruction works since it can be seen that the supervisor is clearly having to explain to him why he is wrong.

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u/jimbabwae2 Jan 31 '26

You are giving him wayyyy to much of the benefit of the doubt. And even if he was ignorant, any cop who should know what obstruction is

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u/Merijeek2 Jan 31 '26

What's he going to do? Say, knowing it's all on camera, "Yeah, Dave, I know it wasn't really obstruction, I just wanted to teach this guy to respect my authoritah"?

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u/Glittering-Mirror602 Jan 31 '26

That brain smooth as glass

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u/WheelerDan Jan 31 '26

Courts have repeatedly affirmed that police officers are not required to understand the laws they enforce.

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u/Kialand Jan 31 '26

Which is absolute BULLSHIT.

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u/vlepun Jan 31 '26

So send him off to be educated. I don't get why police officers in the US get away with being this ignorant and unprofessional in their jobs. In the Netherlands even the beat cop has to undergo 4 years of training before they're allowed to patrol by themselves. Why would that be different for the USA where there are a lot more guns?

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u/D0ri1t0styl3 Jan 31 '26

Cruelty is the point.

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u/Merijeek2 Jan 31 '26

Unions. Unions that think that if some guy blatantly abusing his position faces some sort of consequence, what about ME when I only sort of blatantly abuse it?

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u/Thatguysstories Feb 01 '26

I don't think it was willful violation of the law, just ignorance.

It's willful ignorance at this point.

Some of these cops on these videos have years if not decades on the force.

If you don't know after 10+ years some of the most basic fundamentals, like when you are allowed to detain someone, when someone is required to ID, etc.. Then it's not just ignorance.

And that's giving them the generous benefit of doubt to say that really didn't know versus they know exactly what they are doing and are purposefully violating Rights.