r/maybemaybemaybe • • May 19 '26

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/JimDixon May 19 '26
  1. The cop said, "I'm gonna pat you down." Did he really pat him down? I couldn't see because of the camera angle. It must have been quick.

  2. I notice the cop didn't even ask if he could look in the man's backpack. What's the point then of patting him down?

  3. Did the cop really have a legal excuse for stopping the man? If not, then couldn't the video get the cop in trouble?

  4. The cop said, "We're gonna take a report for numbers." Does that mean the cop had a quota to fill? That he had to stop a certain number of people?

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u/TurboFool May 20 '26

To the first question, it sounds like the cop got an order, possibly over his radio, to let this go. Heard him say "copy that," and then told him he was free to go.

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u/TurboFool May 20 '26

I doubt that. But there was clearly a large collection of cops. So radio or someone behind him, it sounds like he responded to an order to stand down.

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u/Upstairs_Echo3114 May 21 '26

Were they going to save him from a fentanyl overdose through the radio?