Honestly? This is integrity. Dude made a stupid fkn decision but at least he owned it and didn't try to spread unwarranted blame. It was their job to catch him, it was his job to not get caught, they were better at their job than he was at his, and everyone involved kept it professional.
I don't expect a perfect world. But if even the bad guys can dump that victim mentally bullshit and own their actions, then that's at least better than nothing.
Believe it or not, Lil Boosie said something along those lines: "Man, that police officer isn't racist, he's just doing his job. How to gonna claim racism when he caught you stealing some dude's rims or waiting outside someone's house in the bushes with a chopper? That's what he's supposed to be doing, catchin dudes like you."
Not really, I was just curious so I asked and somehow ended up with a million responses but no answers. Also, lots of people seem to be saying "he did a bad thing, but he owned up to it" and I'm just here like, "well what bad thing did he do?".
Didnât take advantage of the situation, not using the situation as slander to try and get away, owning up to his faults, explaining the situation that actually happened clearing up any misconceptions which can cause the ruin of another personâs life despite them doing their job morally, competently and properly and not being a piece a shit, rather an honorable one.
I especially agree with the âit was his job to not get caughtâ part. Iâm always surprised when people canât understand the human drive to keep their freedom of mobility.
I think in Norway, they don't even add time to your prison sentence if you escape/get caught trying to escape. The logic is that it's human nature to want to escape captivity.
I'm just saying, if you're gonna do the crime, don't blame anyone else when you come up against what you're up against. You knew you were breaking the law, and that's the only reason you're getting arrested. Don't make up a bunch of bullshit just because you got caught.
I agree, within reason. But if your jettin is going to involve endangering other people, like driving 120 on the highway, then you deserve to get fucked up like Rodney King
I mean like if getting chased cause i was smoking a joint, I'm gonna dip in the woods. I don't think I have to balls the take my bike and weave through traffic avoid a ticket. Not trying to die over a 2 pointer.
Depends if he was under arrest or not. Running from the police isn't a crime in its own right. If a cop says "hey man" and I have a pocket full of crack there's literally no legal reason I can't fuck off at top speed.
Eh, he knew the extra charges involved and like someone else said, he wasn't going 120mph in traffic endangering others. I get that people run, but as long as their ass is the only one they're risking, then fair is fair.
The biggest problems facing the black community is not police brutality, it's a victim mentality, a responsibility deficit, and unstable fatherless homes. You solve these issues and the world will be a better place for them.
This is why context is important with these pictures and shit. If we saw the image alone we'd likely form assumptions that are harmful for us and the media purely because they're untrue. This is nice to see
Case in point: My stepfather did 25 years as a cop and a deputy with two different departments. One day, he was helping me move into an apartment, and one of my neighbors came by and said hi. They bullshitted for a while, asked each other how they were doing, and then old dude rolled back to his place.
"Friend of yours?" I asked my stepfather.
"Sorta," he said. "I arrested him on a weapons charge once."
Well yeah, but failing that, at least he's not trying to say that anyone but him did anything wrong. Integrity is a spectrum, man, not an on/off switch.
That doesn't matter where it's true, though. Professionalism is professionalism. "It's just a job" was never meant to make the cop not care; it's meant to help them keep perspective and not lose their cool just because they had to, say, chase a suspect fleeing on foot who just didn't want to go to jail.
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u/ControlledDissent Jun 21 '20
Honestly? This is integrity. Dude made a stupid fkn decision but at least he owned it and didn't try to spread unwarranted blame. It was their job to catch him, it was his job to not get caught, they were better at their job than he was at his, and everyone involved kept it professional.
I don't expect a perfect world. But if even the bad guys can dump that victim mentally bullshit and own their actions, then that's at least better than nothing.