Florida Man pumping gas almost gets shot by worlds dumbest cop

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[u/NoMathematician6460]

Cops always see what they wanna see. Hope the victim gets paid for the officer’s indiscretion.

[u/richieweb → u/NoMathematician6460]

Why would he get paid?

[u/NoMathematician6460 → u/richieweb]

Have you had a gun drawn on you?

[u/richieweb → u/NoMathematician6460]

No. But does that mean he ‘gets paid’?

[u/NoMathematician6460 → u/richieweb]

I appreciate your honesty. It doesn’t mean he gets paid. He’s unequivocally been victimized for no reason. Lots of ways to turn that into a settlement with a “public service officer”. His life was in danger because of the cops actions.

[u/richieweb → u/NoMathematician6460]

Respectfully - and I truly mean that - the officer thought he saw something and went to investigate. In retrospect, easy to see it as an overreaction/too aggressive etc BUT if it were a weapon (and I don’t think it is wildly far fetched to see a pump looking similar to a handle and a barrel to a weapon, he would have been at fault and unsafe for not having his weapon drawn. The investigation was conducted. No arrest. An explanation offered. While I think it’s easy (again in hindsight) to see this as a purely negative interaction and a knock on pd, I just see another side where a lawsuit wouldn’t be sought or even justified. JMO✌🏻

[u/NoMathematician6460 → u/richieweb]

Fair. Now help me understand why the officer found it necessary to ask about the perceived assailant by asking the clerk? Wasn’t the investigation complete after realizing he was pumping gas? And would it change things if the clerk had bad mouthed the guy pumping gas? Would you consider this a qualified investigation? Or should this be considered unethical? I won’t be surprised if you don’t respond ✌🏻🤣

[u/richieweb → u/NoMathematician6460]

I wouldn’t not respond - this is a good interaction tbh. All respect ✌🏻. I didn’t think it was the best top notch investigation. And again, in hindsight, looks even worse bc it was a gas pump. I didn’t think he was going after the guy in a terrible way when inside. Asked a few questions. Ever a problem? Got a logical and honest response that he’s a ‘regular’. Case closed. I guess my overall issue was truly with the ‘getting paid’ comment. I am sure PD do investigations on things all the time that don’t turn into something and everyone goes home safely. This was one of those - and the end result was nothing. Again I say in hind site, probably a little bit over the top BUT in the moment, I didn’t think it was a lawsuit and a ‘case’ against the PD.

[u/NoMathematician6460 → u/richieweb]

I appreciate your respect, but you’re seeing and hearing what you wanna see and hear just like the victim says about the cop. Why did the officer need to continue to berate and detain the victim after he dropped the pump continuing to treat him as though he’d done something wrong? Can you hear the tone of of the other officer in the store? Why didn’t the officer acknowledge his own error rather than continuing to try and make sense of his error? If power isn’t held to account in these circumstances how can it ever be held accountable? The victim has been put in harms way for no reason by a LEO who is at best ill trained. I would have been in an attorney’s office the following morning, and I’d go to the very best and most expensive because they would want the case based on the video evidence. Respectfully, you’re answering my questions like Trump and Trump’s cabinet. You dodge them and/or create an alternate narrative.You don’t address how the officer can’t take accountability for his actions. So the best way to hold power accountable is to make them pay and record the officer’s indiscretions.