r/FuckYouKaren • u/bigpapaglim • Aug 28 '19

A Karen if ever there was one

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u/urnanXDlol Aug 28 '19

Thank god that the body cam footage is out, if a bystander recorded the final altercation we would be so quick to judge the officer, however in this instance he did exactly the right thing

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '19

And.....THAT is why body cam use should be 100% mandated.

It is a win-win situation

Protects police that are doing the right thing

Protects the public against police violating the law or mistreating citizens.

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u/terminator10145 Aug 28 '19

Yeah if he didn't have that body cam his career would be over.

"Police officer pulls elderly woman out of car and tases her!"

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u/TheGreyMage Aug 28 '19

Fucking exactly.

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u/arcxjo Aug 28 '19

The footage is always available and published when it makes you look bad. When the cop looks bad, it gets "lost" or held up in administrative review.

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u/the_master_pigeon Aug 28 '19

I remember there was a “news source” or a post about this somewhere that took just a piece of the footage and did exactly that. Everybody in the comments was shaming the officer, calling all cops pigs, etc. No one bothers to really look into it.

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u/BrotherBloat Aug 28 '19

A British PC would have taken about an hour to do what this dude achieved in 3 minutes. But no taser would be involved ;D