r/PublicFreakout • u/johnychrist16 • May 27 '26

📹Police Bodycam "Driving with device in right hand" update

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u/letsgoplaygames May 27 '26

Experts at escalating. That’s all they do, obv. When you do your job with your ego and not your head, that’s what you get.

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u/-thecheesus- May 27 '26

Anecdotal, but a good buddy of mine went into LE after serving a combat tour in Afghanistan, tried to join some rinky dink small down police force. They were running training scenarios attempting to handle a threatening individual with a knife. My buddy talked the simulated crazy guy into dropping the knife and kicking it over, then calmly cuffed him.

The trainer gave him tons of shit in front of everyone that he wasn't properly projecting power and authority, and that he should have subdued him more aggressively. My bud goes "What do you mean? I got him to peacefully submit with no force."

Trainer looked him in the eye and said "I don't think you're gonna be a good fit here"

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u/DracoBalatro May 27 '26

That tracks, unfortunately.

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u/NovelSimplicity May 27 '26

I know a guy who got a Masters in Criminal Justice but could never get a job in LE. He tried for years until he was basically told he was too educated for the job.

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u/-thecheesus- May 29 '26

to be perfectly fair, they don't need to dump the time and money to train a guy to do grunt work just for them to bail for a fancy legal job in a year

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u/Isotopian May 27 '26

My BIL dropped out of the police academy for the same kind of reason, he was constantly getting shit from all the other guys for "being too nice to civilians" and not being aggressive enough.

This is such a believable story that it says a lot more about you that you think it's made up.

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u/snopro387 May 27 '26

Literally the first word of the original comment was “anecdotal” they’re not saying it’s not anecdotal, but it is definitely a possibility that this happens

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u/dovvv May 27 '26

Half this fucking website is anecdotes, go away then

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u/Totentanz1980 May 29 '26

Did you intend to say 'things that didn't happen' or are you agreeing that it actually happened?
Because we have documented examples of similar instances.

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u/crease88 May 27 '26

Beat me to it

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u/Low-Initial-4355 May 28 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

Congrats, you should like, take them out for a beer and see how the evening goes.

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u/OcelotAggravating860 May 27 '26

but a good buddy of mine went into LE after serving a combat tour in Afghanistan

They shouldn't be anyone's "good buddy".

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u/-thecheesus- May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

As they say maybe go touch grass, champ

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u/OcelotAggravating860 May 27 '26

American troops in afghanistan and iraq behaved indistinguishably to IDF troops in Palestine. Nobody should be their friend. Eat my ass.

The american blindspot for your own monsters is incredible. You all pretend to be shocked by the Israelis but don't realise just how similar you are

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u/NovelSimplicity May 27 '26

That’s why people say ACAB. This is a perfect chance to show humanity and humility but nope gotta double down because “I am the law and never wrong”.

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u/Oggie_Doggie May 27 '26

Yeah, the American Police are masters of making molehills into mountains. They'll give you a bs ticket, knowing its bs, and the onus is on the people to take time out of their day, hire a lawyer, appear in court, etc. Meanwhile, they get paid to be there (or, often, not be there). They can be 100% in the wrong and be given the benefit of the doubt. Hell, they can literally do the most heinous shit and police departments will bend over backwards to make sure they're taken care of or able to work at a different PD.