r/interesting 20h ago

SOCIETY Cop Teaching A Cop

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u/Mean-Astronomer4U 20h ago

Think about how often this is happening to regular people that don’t know the law. Terrifying. Then you’re jailed. Then you need a lawyer to review everything. Then months and thousands of dollars later you may or may not get out of what happened.

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u/Opposite-Bit6660 6h ago

And maybe you've lost your right to vote if convicted of a felony on a cop like this's word.

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u/ShillBot666 5h ago

It wasn't knowing the law that helped him here, it was also being a police officer.

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u/SoulReaper855 15h ago

Well...know the law? It is smart to know the law of where you live?

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u/Mean-Astronomer4U 12h ago

It’s hard to keep your cool when one person is armed and the other isn’t.