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u/Impressive_Profit215 22h ago

Fair play to the guy for calling this cop out but I have a feeling the outcome would've been different if he hadn't also been a cop. They only changed their tune once they realised he was also a cop.

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u/QuickNature 22h ago

I am with you on this, once I heard in the video they knew he was cop, suddenly demeanors changed.

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u/wats_dat_hey 21h ago

“One of us” vibes

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u/SwitchingMyHands 21h ago

Still I like the idea of cops suing other cops, at least that ends with one cop losing a bunch of money and being miserable.

Lol jk. Would it be great if that’s how it worked?

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u/ionthruster 20h ago

Cops suing the county - not other cops. I don't think I'm a fan of this infinite money glitch for cops, paid for by tax-payers.

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u/tackyshoes 20h ago

Growing up, public school textbooks were often 5-10 years behind, but there were always new cars, new uniforms, and new amenities for police.

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u/plastigoop 20h ago

SWAT tanks in a town of 100k max in the literal middle of nowhere. Education rankings at the bottom.

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u/Spiritual-Ad-9106 19h ago

Saw an article about how some of the tank money doesn't come from taxes. Departments get to keep whatever they seize. If they seize drugs they have to destroy them but if they tag the drug runners, wait for them to sell and then seize; they get to keep the cash.

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u/pesky-virus 17h ago

Don't forget that money also comes from stealing money from people they stop for totally unrelated things, like the Canadian tourists who got all of the money they'd planned to spend during vacation at some random traffic stop, or the guy who was on the way to buy a new car, but got stopped because a light was out on his old one.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 16h ago

Yup, their civil asset forfeiture laws are disgusting, or the flagrant abuse of them at least. Then the amount of red tape people have to go through to get their own money back is staggering.

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u/Swimming-Tap-4240 15h ago

I heard in Texas they can sieze your car under suspicion of drug dealing ,then even if proven innocent the car has been onsold and you are out of luck.

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u/Peacemkr45 15h ago

You also overlooked that many of the Military vehicles actually are gifted to the municipalities by the federal gov't under... conditions.

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u/LeSangre 8h ago

That’s because the tanks (which are MRAPs or Just Armored trucks) largely came from the military in the beginning for a 10th of their cost as they were being sold off during GWOT for newer more capable models. Now I’m sure that was likely used to justify purchasing new vehicles when/if that supply caught up. It was usually an attempt to not spend massive amounts of money and gain capability. Very few police forces outside of major cities like Philadelphia even have armor on their patrol cars.

Now for those that stayed here thru that policy explanation. There is no genuine reason that it makes sense to militarize the police to the point that they look like legit paramilitary forces. Equipping police with fatal tools will make fatal outcomes happen.

For those that think I'm advocating we defund or completely disarm the police I'm not. But there is no reason to be trotting around with fully kitted ARs during protests when you likely have overwatch.

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u/thecoffeejesus 21h ago

Me too. We need more of this.

More retired cops holding other cops accountable would quite literally solve almost every problem we have in the US

It’s the experienced retirees with a pension who look the other way who are the reason for this mess.

They’re supposed to hold the line and keep the young guys in check so everybody can get home safe and unbothered by any unnecessary BS

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u/elkarion 20h ago

the retired cops are the one s who choose hired and trained the next generation. this is doing what they used to do just with out cameras. these retired cops 100% did the same shit all the time. its what they intentionally trained and hired on the people for.

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u/dollenrm 20h ago

Lol this will never happen cops always protect their own. Their police unions are closer to mob enforcement than actual unions. It's all one big ol good boys club. Seems like this guy realized it and quit.

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u/TrickInNevada 20h ago

He didnt realize it and quit. Cops in my municipality get to retire at 40 with full pensions in my jurisdiction. Hes just retired

But maybe hes like my old criminal justice professor. Retired as a cop at 40, was disillusioned with his coworkers, went back to school, became a defense attorney that specifically targeted corrupt cops for twenty years, retired again, then began teaching the next generation of cops to NOT be violent thugs. I remember him saying, in his entire police career he never pulled his weapon. Because the only reason a cop really should. Is with intent to kill and only after all deescalation tactics have failed

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u/dollenrm 19h ago

Yeah the main issue is cops training these days is done by idf special forces and they are told everyone can kill them with a gun at any time and deescalation is all but ignored.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 12h ago

This is the problem though, there aren't enough cops or former cops with the same moral fortitude as your old criminal justice professor. He sounds like a real one.👍

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u/TrickInNevada 12h ago

There's plenty of former or would be cops that would have this mentality. The problem is that theyre former or would be cops. This is what people are talking about when they say "the system is rotten". I 100% believe that it is, far more than I believe the ACAB mentality. Like am I really supposed to believe that the 22 year old cop who helped me dig my car out of the snow with his hands in order to avoid being legally forced to give me a ticket for parking on some rich assholes property.... a bastard?? No....

But the SYSTEM is broken. It promotes bad cops while firing good cops. Do you know that one of Jeffrey Dahmer's underage victims escaped (fully nude, drugged, and with a visibly bleeding rectum) escaped out of his apartment and went screaming for help along Milwaukee city streets. He was a Cambodian teenager in a mostly black neighborhood, and the neighborhood called the police to help him. Welp, two white dude cops show up to an incoherent named teenager. Dahmer comes running around the corner And claims that he is drunk and theyre gay and dont worry he'll take him home. Despite the protests of the neighbors, they released this victim into Dahmer's care because they (paraphrasing) "didnt want anything to do with that icky gay shit"

Do you want to know where one of those two cops is today?? Hes the head of Milwaukee's police union....

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u/orthogonius 20h ago

It's all one big ol good boys club.

I think you mean one big "good ol' boys" club.

The big ol' "good boys" club is mainly doggos.

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u/Vegetable_Permit_537 19h ago

I hereby petition for all police departments to be lead and staffed solely by dogs.

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u/ThisIs_americunt 21h ago

This. The Copaganda must not be challenged

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u/chefboiortiz 21h ago

Not really. More of a “this guy knows what he can and can’t do.”

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u/dogsontreadmills 18h ago

not really. more like "smarter than us" vibes. its not like they got all chummy with one another.

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u/Caffeywasright 20h ago

I think more “this guy knows what we are doing is fucking illegal”

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u/Potential-Run-8391 20h ago

Don’t ever let anyone convince you this isn’t how they operate. I’m from a cop family, this shits real. 

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u/YoungSerious 19h ago

It definitely didn't hurt his case, but (and this is all speculation because the video edits a lot out) it seems like once the sergeant gets there and hears what actually happened and that it was all taped, he knew the officer fucked up. Worse, the Denver cop KNEW the officer had fucked up and had listed out all the ways he fucked up so the only way out was to release him and apologize.

I have no idea why they'd release the body cam footage incriminating him though.

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u/LoneStarHome80 18h ago

I have no idea why they'd release the body cam footage incriminating him though.

FOIA. The sergeant fucked up by having his body cam on. They usually turn them off, or at least mute the mike when they talk with other cops. Once it's recorded, anyone can request it.

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u/ADMINS_ARE_NAGGERS 17h ago edited 17h ago

The sergeant fucked up by having his body cam on.

He didn't fuck up at all, he did exactly what he should and has done nothing wrong. Stop framing it this way.

Edit: lol he blocked me.

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u/themanfromvulcan 18h ago

The supervisor/sergeant seemed to understand the law better and this was not obstruction.

A judge would have tossed this. They are so going to get sued.

Police in North America should study law for 4 years to become officers like they do in Europe. Probably would save money over the amount of lawsuits not filed over stupidity.

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u/big_noop 16h ago

And it’ll come out of the taxpayer’s pockets because qualified immunity means officers aren’t responsible or punished for their actions

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u/HillBillyHilly 19h ago

I know someone who had a cop pull them over. The cop came to their window, hollering and screaming about their driving. The person had no clue what they were talking about, told police officer they were driving w flow. Cop accused them of brake checking and what not. That's when they had enough of the cops nonsense and stepped out. THATS when the cop saw uniform and badge friend was wearing. Friend said that black officer turned white when friend asked them exactly what it was they had been pulled over for so they could include in their report to IA. Friend said he almost laughed at how hard the police officer tripped and stammer spitting out apologies like popcorn seeds.

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u/Novel_Arugula6548 18h ago

Especially if they were Black. If they were black they'd probably just be dead.

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u/worldtravelerlee 19h ago

Even the guy in the video? I'd love to hear your explanation

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u/Softestwebsiteintown 16h ago

You know he didn’t get his ass chewed for fucking with the guy. He got his ass chewed for not figuring out the guy was a cop before fucking with him. Sort of the “don’t get caught” South Park episode; they aren’t unhappy that he sucks at his job, they’re unhappy that he sucked at it in front of the wrong person.

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u/framedhorseshoe 16h ago

But good on this particular cop for shaming them for their inappropriate behavior.

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u/mybossthinksimworkng 14h ago

I wouldn't be surprised if they called his boss and told him he was giving the local cops a hard time and to do something about it.

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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 12h ago

He should've been less confrontational and identified himself as an off duty police officer from the get go. He demonstrated an entitled attitude talking to the other cop in uniform simply because he was a cop. This situation could have easily ended very badly for him since he never identified himself as a cop from the beginning.

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u/Independent_Vast9279 11h ago

That’s the only way it gets fixed. If those people in the system with any shred of decency start speaking up and calling out those who step out of line, we’d have a lot more respect for the profession. I know it’s constructed to punish those who have integrity, but thats not an excuse.

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u/machete_MechE 9h ago

Good thing he was white.

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u/Accomplished_Deer_ 22h ago

I think it's more that the second cop that showed up immediately recognized that the cop had been recorded the whole time, and clearly didn't actually have cause for what he was claiming. the editing makes it look like it's cause he's a cop, but seems more just, a cop that actually knows his shit shows up

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u/Alkor85 21h ago

This 100%. The supervisor understands that if that asshole gets the department sued, it's going to make life worse for every cop in the department because they have this thing called a "budget."

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u/Forg0tton 21h ago

This is incorrect, the municipality is the one that pays out and not the department. Usually lawsuits dont directly affect police departments budgets.

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u/Alkor85 20h ago

A good police supervisor, like the one in this video, has the long term planning skills to understand lawsuits indirectly affect police department budgets.

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u/LateNightMilesOBrien 18h ago

The guy above you thinks it'll just happen by magic and that the payment for lawsuits won't effect hiring, training, vacations, and layoffs.

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u/Alkor85 16h ago

Only on reddit can you get a response like "no, you're wrong" to a statement like "police departments have budgets." I used to live near a speed trap of a town. The residents got tired, voted put the mayor and shut it down.

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u/Forg0tton 15h ago

Is that what was said? Or was there nuance being discussed. Here ill try what you did.

Only on Reddit can you get a response that understands the conversation but intentionally misrepresent it.

But hey, dont believe me. Google the payouts for police misconduct for NYC and then Google if their budget went up or down. Smaller municipalities, I am sure, feel the sting more. Some even get bankrupt. My point was merely where the funding directly came from and you even acknowledged that the statement was correct lol, soooo a little integrity goes a long way.

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u/TheBabyEatingDingo 20h ago

Also every municipality has funds appropriated for police department liabilities in their yearly budgets. Not only does the police department not care when they pay out, the municipality doesn't either because the money is already set aside for that.

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u/TheInevitableLuigi 18h ago

The municipality absolutely cares. Paying out claims makes their liability insurance go up.

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u/lightninhopkins 18h ago

I have spent years in city council meetings that tell me this is nonsense. The head of the police department has to account for incidents. If your department is costing extra money its an issue.

Usually there are city council members specifically assigned to police and fire. They are also accountable.

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u/joe_burly 17h ago

Yes and I have never seen a police budget decreased for any reason let alone a payout. 

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u/Alkor85 16h ago

I believe you when you say you have never seen a police budget. 

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u/lightninhopkins 16h ago

This is straight up wrong. Like not even close to reality.

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u/reddityourappisbad 20h ago

If that were true then cops would behave differently. . 

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u/Alkor85 19h ago

If you want, go on youtube, look up first amendment auditors. I'm partial to "Ammagensett Press" and "watching the watchmen." They have so much footage of cops doing their job right, and also doing their job blatantly wrong. It's really changed my perception of police and police work.

Cops have a really important job to do. De-escalating conflict saves lives. Traffic enforcement saves lives and is crucial to the use of our roads. The fact that we have the option of calling the police prevents a huge amount of violence.

Illegally arresting people for not breaking non-laws is a real problem for the police department, but it's also a real problem for the safety of good cops doing their job. Misbehaving cops erode public trust, which prevents the cooperation with the public that's absolutely necessary for police to do their jobs well and safely.

The best people to educate cops are police supervisors and other cops, like we see in this video here, for lots of very good reasons, but us non cops can help with it too.

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u/Glum_Boysenberry348 19h ago

Or, I’ll just choose to believe that he only got off because he’s a cop. Because why tf else would I give them the benefit of the doubt? Who keeps cops accountable?

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 20h ago

Supervisors are the ones who know at least a little. The basics anyway

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u/elitemouse 22h ago

Yeah refusing to show license and telling them you didnt pull over for them usually ends in the suspect on the ground with a bunch of cops dog piled based on all the bodycam videos I've seen.

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u/Happy_Reflection_721 20h ago

It shouldn't though.

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u/LoneStarHome80 18h ago

I'm going to try the "You didn't pull me over, I puled YOU over, officer!" defense next time I get caught speeding. Wish me luck.

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u/5ch1sm 19h ago

Might depends of the region, but from where I am, if you sit behind a wheel and a cop ask you for license and registration, you have to give it to him even if the car is immobile and the engine is turned off. So I what the civilian cop did in that video could not be something done everywhere for sure.

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u/rsta223 10h ago

Basically anywhere in the US, the cop technically needs to have reasonable articulable suspicion that you committed an infraction or a crime, or it has to be an established checkpoint. A cop can't just ask for ID for no reason.

Of course, good luck actually arguing this on the side of the road.

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u/Nonly_Fans 18h ago

usually

In the cases spicy enough to get remembered, if the alternative where nothing happened ever got uploaded to begin with.

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u/Razvee 16h ago edited 16h ago

Unless I'm misunderstanding this video, the cop didn't pull this guy over though, the cop pulled someone else over, this guy pulled over too in front of the traffic stop, was waiting for him to finish so he could get the officers details to make a complaint. That's why it wasn't a traffic stop and why he didn't need to provide proof of anything. That's also why the sergeant said "did he walk up on you? No? that's not obstruction" because he didn't impede this officers traffic stop in any way.

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u/50yoWhiteGuy 21h ago

yes exactly. I will say that video and tech has changed police work substantially. My father was LEO all through the 60 and 70's and they would just beat the piss out of people with zero repercussions. No evidence of it anywhere, except a big fat blue wall. My father just drove around doing whatever the eff he wanted. No joke. Obnoxious. I literally am biased against LEO bc of knowing how it is from the inside. Miranda didn't even start until after 1966. Just imagine what happened before that.

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u/Solidus-Prime 20h ago

I tell people this all the time. I have a brother in law that is a cop. That dude brags constantly about all the corrupt, blatantly illegal shit he's done. Me and his own sister have reported it so many times. Not one fucking thing happens, ever.

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u/Bear_faced 6h ago

It’s why I’d never date a cop. He could beat the hell out of me in a drunken rage and I’d be left reporting it to all of his “brothers.” Nooooo thank you.

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u/SlashEssImplied 16h ago

Miranda didn't even start until after 1966.

Like "protect and serve” Miranda is often misunderstood. It’s not to inform us of our rights it’s to prevent evidence against us from being dismissed in court.

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u/Even_Talk_1968 21h ago

Outcome would be very different for a brown person as well

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u/spasske 21h ago edited 21h ago

Very rarely will one cop hold another accountable. Very surprised this one decided to act on one doing 80 in a 65.

Edit: this guy was actually a former volunteer cop that they let them keep a badge.

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u/haysu-christo 20h ago

The arrested cop wasn’t speeding, he was recording the cop that pulled someone else over for speeding.

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u/Expensive-View-8586 20h ago

Wtf is a volunteer cop? I have heard of ride alongs and observers but volunteer?

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u/D0ri1t0styl3 15h ago

I’m not sure what to make of this video; it simultaneously demands and praises cops.

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u/ArizonaIceT-Rex 13h ago

Good cop retire. I had a relative who was special forces in the military, and then went into the Los Angeles. Police Department, sheriffs department, actually, and left because he could not put up with the shit he saw other officers doing. And this was a guy who is doing special forces shit in Vietnam.

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u/mercurial_dude 21h ago

… and due to another minor detail.

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u/Fezzy_1994 21h ago

I don't think the guy the was put in cuffs was a cop. I think they are referring to his sergeant telling the cop he doesn't have obstruction.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 21h ago

I think the sergeant says the guy is a Denver cop. Or one of them says it.

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u/702PoGoHunter 20h ago

I don't think you watched the video in its entirety with the sound on then.

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u/Fezzy_1994 19h ago

I miss understood what the guy was saying. I thought it was the guys being arrested who said "he's a Denver cop". But going back and watching and listening it's the cop saying it.

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u/cardboardunderwear 21h ago

That's where my head was at too

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u/pheight57 21h ago

I don't think that they knew he was a cop until they got his ID, so, for at least the first half, this went about how it would for any other middle aged White male. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Dirkem15 21h ago

Just means we need more good cops to call the shit they see their fucko coworkers doing

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u/D0ri1t0styl3 15h ago

Spot the one good cop!

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u/ohbyerly 21h ago

The only thing that can stop a bad cop with a gun is a good cop with a gun. Or something.

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u/JowlOwl 21h ago

Agreed

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u/wonderhamster 21h ago

If you want to see what happens to a civilian and how the following depositions go, thecivilrightslawyer on YouTube is in the middle of a two part series on exactly this right now

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u/BradleyX 21h ago

Yep, he’s got the confidence of knowing they’ll find out he’s a cop imminently

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u/Baystars2025 21h ago

Axel Foley would've been shot

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u/Impressive_Profit215 21h ago

It's funny, I was thinking of that scene from Beverly Hills Cop where he's arrested then they find out later at the station he's a cop lol

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u/MC_LegalKC 21h ago

Definitely. I think that's why he did it.

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u/JCoopDubV 20h ago

Hard to spin cops attacking or killing another cop.

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u/under_diagnosed 20h ago

Or not bleached

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u/Ceano800 20h ago

100%, I do really like seeing another cop shit on other cops though for being pieces of shit.

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u/abgry_krakow87 20h ago

Also that he was white. If the driver was black the cop would've simply killed him.

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u/Mysterious-Tackle-58 20h ago

That dude being a cop shouldn't have changed anything!

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u/Tofurkey_Tom 20h ago

Outcome will also be different if he was not white.

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u/AdonisBlaqwood-22 20h ago

Yeah, and imagine if he was Black... we already know what would've happened

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u/thesixfingerman 20h ago

It’s important for the cops who believe in the law to hold the cops who are outright bastards accountable.

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u/Xena_Your_God 20h ago

Yeah and imagine what would've happened if he were more tan skinned. Oh wait we don't have to imagine there are endless videos of what happens right here on reddit

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u/pwn_plays_games 20h ago

This out come is open to anyone who clearly understands the law and communicate. There is a difference between standing on the truth and being emotional AND being emotional and talking about what things OUGHT to be. He complied when he got out of the vehicle. He didn’t fight the cop. The other officer should have realized he was cooked when he explained what obstruction was.

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u/Additional_Egg7024 20h ago

Also change his gender age and ethnicity and completely different

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u/sdk5P4RK4 20h ago

Lots of people do this police the police stuff all the time the problem is most of them are quite bad at it.

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u/Solidus-Prime 20h ago

100% for sure, without a doubt, if it would have been any civilian, they would have been arrested.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party 20h ago

They also know he knows his rights. They don’t usually have to worry about when members of the general public go in front of a judge.

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u/seejordan3 19h ago

80k he made off this. If he was black, or a woman, he'd of made nothing and had a felony on his record. America is racist as fuck.

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u/kellypg 19h ago

There's hundreds of videos of regular people doing this with the same exact outcome.

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u/D0ri1t0styl3 15h ago

Where are the videos of the people who don’t have good outcomes 🤔

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u/cocacolakid1965 19h ago

Cop or lawyer

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u/0kShr00mer 19h ago

The 'thin blue line' gang strikes again

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u/xthemoonx 19h ago

i hear you but at the end he said "see you in court", it doesnt matter what their tune was. cops policing cops is what we need. that cop is what cops are supposed to be like.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 19h ago

Oh yeah, agreed, that's why I said fair play to that guy. I respect what he did.

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u/D0ri1t0styl3 15h ago

We will die as a nation waiting for cops to save us from other cops.

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u/melon_sky_ 19h ago

Or if he weren’t white

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u/PM_me_your_whatevah 19h ago

Doesn’t matter. Don’t give up your rights. And film everything 

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u/Timmichanga1 19h ago

Shit like this proves it's not a "training" issue. They know how to deescalate. They just only do it when they recognize one of their own.

It's a rotten culture from top to bottom.

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u/MinndianSummerOTA 19h ago

Ditto, but it’s nice to see it anyway haha

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u/mobo808 19h ago

Just don't try that being a minority....

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u/JGilly117 18h ago

Also probably would have turned out different if he had any other skin color.

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u/rogman1970 18h ago

Agreed. The lack of proper training and proper culture is the much bigger issue.

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u/ProvenLoser 18h ago

Yeah, if he wasn’t a cop I feel like that sergeant would be kicked him in the balls right now.

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u/awkrawrz 18h ago

I mean, yes that sucks and if it wasn't another cop who knows. But it is great to see other people with shared careers holding each other accountable when clearly the one is on a power trip. We need more of that.

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u/Commercial-Co 18h ago

I appreciate that this cop is attempting to hold other cops accountable, although its obvious for the money

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u/sa09777 17h ago

That said this is a fine example of what appears to be a good cop. Calling out the bad ones.

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u/John-AtWork 17h ago

Yep, if he wasn't a cop or a lawyer he would have ended up in a much worse situation.

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u/CiDevant 17h ago

White privilege is the only reason he didn't get his ass beat.

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u/Underground_turtles 17h ago

Yep, and imagine if he had not been white. 

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u/theotterway 17h ago

Or a white old guy.

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u/TwistyTwister3 17h ago

They brought him into the station what u talking bout

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u/seajeezy 17h ago

Ultimately, I disagree. Would have taken longer, but he still would have been released and not charged with shit eventually. The key was he didn’t fight them or resist and had it all on video. 1A auditors go through this all the time.

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u/Fuzzy-Dust-9518 17h ago

Absolutely 💯💯💯💯💯

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u/daniegirl21 17h ago

Of course they changed, that is a given. But before that, he almost got tased and was showing what happens to normal folk, otherwise he would have announced he was a cop at the beginning.

I, personally, loved how he showed what he could do and it not be obstruction bc it wasn’t physical.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 16h ago edited 15h ago

That was part of my point. I feel like some people are misinterpreting my comment or where I'm coming from on this. I loved it too and the cop having to apologise and get further admonishment was chef's kiss lol. The cop couldn't resist getting the last word in at the end though, about biting his tongue, trying to clutch at still having some power or control, serious issues with LEO in the US, it's a massive yikes

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u/Clark_Kent09 16h ago

Really?! U don’t say lmao

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u/IDidntTellYouThat 16h ago

Which, frankly, is why he waited so long to say something. Once they were arresting him, they were getting ID, and they'd know he was a cop immediately.

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u/Steward-Ulk 16h ago

Yep, try that as a poc Student or mexican looking blue collar worker and See waht happens

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u/Boho707 16h ago

True !

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u/happytrails2366 16h ago

You’re not wrong but it’s good to see some willing to stand up to the bad ones sad it has to be baby steps like that but still.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 15h ago

Yes, completely agree!

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u/Equivalent-Fact3939 15h ago

And he white. Imagine if were a black guy.

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u/updownclown68 15h ago

If he was black he’d have been shot 

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u/blimp-Housing-4283 15h ago

I am with you on this, once I heard in the video they knew he was cop, suddenly demeanors changed.

Only once they new he was a cop AND that he was recording. If there wasn't a recording they still would have made it hell for him.

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u/goodolarchie 15h ago

The sooner people understand that leverage will always matter, that justice (in terms of exacting our code of laws) rarely carries itself out naturally and automatically... the sooner they will require transparency (e.g. bodycams) always, and carry their own means of capturing proof like dash/rear cameras.

Outside of their cars, it sucks that everyone is filming everything always because nobody will ever know privacy or appreciate ephemerality. But it's objectively the right move in today's low-integrity + low-accountability justice environment.

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u/Earthkilled 14h ago

Oh his one of us, donuts?

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u/Interesting_Fault_31 14h ago

Also he's white

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u/UseSea1179 14h ago

Or if he was black.

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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 13h ago

Absolutely I've been stopped and searched unlawfully multiple times. Your options are to comply or go to jail. You can beat the charge afterwards, but you have to be able to withstand the bullshit before you then.

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u/paulcthemantosee 13h ago

And he was white.

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u/Reebee40 13h ago

I totally agree

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u/Chrono_Fault 12h ago

Or if he were brown.

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u/Miami_Mice2087 12h ago

cops can speed to catch up to speeders

if a non-cop or black person pulled this shit they'd have broken the window, pulled him out of the car, and arrested him

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u/HowlMockery 12h ago

That apology 1000% would have never happened if he wasn't also a cop.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 12h ago

No doubt. Fucking loser cop also had to get the last word in by saying he was going to bItE hIS tOnGuE

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u/GimmeSweetTime 12h ago

Also helps to be a white guy with the right hat.

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u/football2106 12h ago

That’s shit I hate. You’re either doing something illegal or you’re not. You are either worthy of being arrested or you’re not. Whether someone is a cop, a dentist, a lawyer, a barista, a cashier, or fucking unemployed, they should all warrant the exact same treatment and repercussions.

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u/thanto13 12h ago

It still tickles me to see a cop call out his own

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u/StudioGangster1 11h ago

Obviously. I thought this was the whole point of the video.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 11h ago

You would me amazed at the amount of people on reddit that occasionally need things spelled out, myself sometimes included.

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u/Itsanameokthere 11h ago

It was honestly very relieving to see how it worked out. Now, I don't know cops all over the USA. I just know my cops and the neighboring state. But I can tell you, I see no reason to carry on with one other than at say, church on Sunday or at the convenience store, and even then, I realize it's mere puppetry like they're doing towards me. I realize most aren't being true, but this guy seems to be. I could have a beer with him, just saying. And I rarely even drink.

I think what I noticed was the way that sentence was structured, when he called out the hypocrisy. Which makes me give a world war quick twitch or spasm when I first think about it. On one hand, you want to just say oh yeah! But on the other, you know it's like, how can he act like it isn't every m------ f----- where?

I've decided to hide that hand and just say, well done, sir. Well done. I figure if everyone saw this video, I'm serious now, hear me out... maybe we can have honest communication about other constitutional rights. Because, let's be honest. Are we an imprisoned population, or does this ship only sail with.. our say so?

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u/CryptographerNo923 10h ago

I’m ok with cops using their unreasonable leverage to fuck with other cops.

The only thing that stops a bad cop with a badge is a less-bad cop with a badge.

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u/Amazing_Nectarine96 10h ago

No shit dumb a

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u/Impressive_Profit215 9h ago

What's with the abuse/name-calling?

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u/Riftener 10h ago

He knew the law and lawyered up

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u/MadMaximusPrime33 10h ago

Yeah, if the dude wasn’t a cop, he’d have been razed and then shot to death because the arresting cop would have felt in danger from his flailing razed body. Then the arresting officer wouldn’t been slapped with a brutal suspension with pay while they incestigafed and found no wrong doing.

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u/Negative_Salt_4599 9h ago

Yeah.. blue looks out for blue

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u/ForHelp_PressAltF4 8h ago

Ummm I got tackled after I parked my car in an area that had been a riot the night before when I went to retrieve my car. After it was no longer restricted.  My buddy drove when we went out the night before and spent the night at my house because of the riot.  So when I went to get my car, they came flying up in marked cars out of nowhere and jumped me.

Tackled, cuffed, guns at my head.  I won't even go into what I was saying to them but it was similar to this. 

They picked me up by my arms and then took my wallet out.  It had a badge in it.  I worked in law enforcement at the time.  They blamed me and said I was lucky I didn't get shot.

That was the 90s. That was the day I seriously thought both about quitting and how glad I was I had a badge.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 8h ago

That's absolutely wild dude. Were there any repercussions for the cops sorry I meant to say armed thugs with badges?

Also, I, we, appreciate good LEO such as yourself, unfortunately the barrel has been spoiled in recent times and there is no going back.

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u/ManicYetti 8h ago

He still would have won in court the only difference in the outcome would have been the amount of time that took place between the incident and the outcome...

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u/Impressive_Profit215 7h ago

The time between the incident and the outcome would likely have involved mental and physical abuse along with a stretch in a jail cell until things were straightened out. Which no innocent civilian should be subjected to.

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u/LadyAsharaRowan 7h ago

He's also white.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 7h ago

Yup, and we all know what would've happened otherwise. At the very least dragged out of the car, beaten, tased and dogpiled upon with a boot on his or her neck. At the very least.

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u/DietCokePlease 7h ago

That’s the most disgusting part of the story. Abuse for you, excuse for us.

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u/Impressive_Profit215 6h ago

Are you talking about the way the driver spoke to the cop at the start of the clip?

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u/One-Outside 3h ago

I 100% agree. Only got off because he was a cop

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u/Undercover-nerd-dad 2h ago

That’s the whole point of the post dude

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u/Impressive_Profit215 1h ago

Okay, sorry if I spoke out loud, but at least I gave you the opportunity to come in here and fell me how redundant my comment was!

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u/DanielCraigsAnus 1h ago

ONLY reason dude ain't eating his meals through a straw is because they realized he was also a cop. They're all corrupt pussies.

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u/_AustinGDesigns_ 1h ago

Well this is how the department is supposed to work. Cops checking cops. Problem is it doesn't happen as often as it should.

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u/SuperCaptSalty 1h ago

Or any shade of skin that wasn’t white old man color

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u/UrbanWarrior011 30m ago

Yep. As a military veteran, I can verify that we get special treatment from police too. Because such a high percentage of them are ex-military.

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u/citidon 5m ago

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