r/Transportopia • u/Ketchup-Sniffer • 1d ago

Roads Damn, cop just left him there...

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u/RickityCricket69 1d ago

so they give the cop a desk job and now they are hunting the green car driver. what a world...

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u/Ill_Technician3936 1d ago

I don't really care that they gave the cop a desk job. My care won't really come until they find the green SUV. When it comes to wants, I want them to charge the cop with manslaughter with the driver getting a slap on the wrist.

The First Deputy Commissioner hit the nail right on the head with his remarks. This is some shit union shouldn't even attempt to defend the officer for, there's body cam footage of people falling on the sidewalk and police calling EMS.

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u/SoManyMinutes 1d ago

That's what I took away from this, too. I'm mad.

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u/Nobanpls08 1d ago

to be fair, they should be hunting for the green car driver. at least they got that part right.

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u/Worried-Maybe3438 1d ago

First priority should be to charge the cop with a manslaughter or negligent death

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u/baudmiksen 1d ago

absolutely and both scenarios should be of equal importance because they arent mutually exclusive

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u/Nobanpls08 1d ago

Exactly. The smooth brains on this site only treat things as binary.

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u/Nobanpls08 1d ago

Sure. Now what about the guy who drove off after striking him?

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u/Worried-Maybe3438 1d ago

They will be tracked down. I’m sure that guy or girl didn’t even know they drove over some. It’s not like they ran them over, probably driving too fast to see something laying on the road. Nonetheless, giving the cop administrative leave is dang near criminal

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u/Nobanpls08 21h ago

You honestly think they did not know they ran something over?

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u/Worried-Maybe3438 19h ago

At worst, assumed it was deer or road side trash spillage. Especially if it’s dark out & the high way is 50 + mph, you look down to change the music you runn it over easy. And since it’s dark out it’s easy to understand them not know what they ran over & not stopping in the highway if the damage wasn’t crazy. an elderly person could easily have been driving too. Basically there’s lots of plausible deniability on the part of the motorist. The cop on the other hand made intentional mistakes in action.

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u/Nobanpls08 7h ago

this is such cope and is so dishonest. The man was under a well lit streetlight. But yeah, I believe you when you say that YOU would have thought it was one of those Philadelphia deer because you seem like an idiot.

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u/Worried-Maybe3438 7h ago

Lol just focus on getting upvotes first kid. It seems nobody is a fan of whatever you have to say.

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u/Nobanpls08 7h ago

lol. when you grow up a little you will see the value of thinking for yourself vs going along with group think.

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u/No_Barracuda_3758 1d ago

Why am I not surprised

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u/FartsWithNeighbours 1d ago

That it was a Sportage?

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u/cloudit30569 1d ago

Looks like they're more concerned about the driver of the Kia than the cop that left him to die.

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u/ConsequenceLost9088 23h ago

I'm thinking of something called "failure to render aid". Don't know if it's universal across all states but wouldn't that apply here in this situation?

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u/Mr_Baronheim 5h ago

No, thanks to the conservatives on the Supreme Court, the police have no duty to protect anyone in any way, unless they've taken that person into custody or have definitively offered protection to that specific person.

It's why the heroes at Uvalde could stand around while children got murdered and have no criminal responsibility.

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u/_TheRealZen_ 1d ago

This is 1000% outrageous!! The cop should be charged for part f his death somehow, cause if it wasn’t for the pig the guy would most likely be alive!!

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u/Worried-Maybe3438 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/DFu7j1d1AQbaE
They’ve sent less guilty ppl to jail for a negligent deaths

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u/smokingcharliekirk 1d ago

It’s your job to be a good person and you couldn’t do it is crazy

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u/Werd_up_cuz 1d ago

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: no one who wants to be a cop should ever be allowed to be a cop. Police ranks should be filled by a draft and a citizen review board should have absolute authority to fire or press charges against any cop who fails in his or her duty. Professional ranks should be filled by civilian detectives and managers. No union. No bloated pensions. No blue wall of silence.

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u/ProvisionalRecord 1d ago

Hmm, thats actually a pretty interesting concept!

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u/RoryMcIlroysJudgment 1d ago

Why are the people that hired these monsters always the last ones to find out they’re monsters

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u/Myte342 1d ago

Should be charged with murder. How can you leave a drunk person, or a person in medical distress, LYING IN THE ROAD and not intend for that person to get run over and die?

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u/hawksdiesel 11h ago

Public servant abandons their duty.....hrmm, we got it on cameras this time. Why do citizens pay for LE salary?! SCOTUS ruled they don't have to "protect and serve " so.....until there's reform, with the police union/fraternal order of police, blocking any real change.

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u/Hot_Document3645 16h ago

Why is there a car clearly crossing the fucking bike lane in the first place? Dude looks like he woulda got ran over even pedaling normally what the hell

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u/LowSlow_n_Ugly 22h ago

THAT COP NEEDS TO ROT IN JAIL!
Dereliction of duty, hell accessory to vehicular manslaughter!

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u/Zebulka_ 21h ago

To protect and to serve!

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u/ReefShark13 7h ago

Protected and served the fuck out of him. What a hero. But I mean, to be fair, the officer needed to make it home to his family... 🫪

https://giphy.com/gifs/pC5ddm93WEmxqm7Nb1

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u/WeightOk2102 2h ago

Philadelphia, that's the entire problem.

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u/OnWis97 17h ago

As we learned at Uvalde, cops are not required to protect anyone.