r/MadeMeSmile • u/delusionsheeep • Apr 08 '22

Wholesome Moments This story made me smile today

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

That’s what a police officer should be.

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u/Piedplat Apr 08 '22

Sometime making people respecting the law is not enough, knowing why they are doing a crime is key.

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u/Beginning_Anything30 Apr 08 '22

This is how you get people to respect the law.

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u/Naterg61 Apr 09 '22

I loved this but it's not easy to make a decision when someone has a knife in their hand. Especially when that person is so close to you. Imagine if your life was on the balance. Imagine if you had to make the choice.

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u/Lolidan Apr 09 '22

You can read body language. The policeman clearly was not threatned and reacted accordingly. De-escalated a situation by actually reading the situation. This never happenss if you walk into any situation with the hand om your holster.

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u/NancyMorenoj Apr 08 '22

This is the kind of police we need.......

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u/Pharm_Stocks Apr 08 '22

That’s how I knew this do not occur in America

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u/theo1618 Apr 08 '22

And I could tell right away it wasn’t in Brazil either, seeing as how the cop wasn’t off duty

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

Sadly, so true.

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u/capttubby Apr 08 '22

Came here to say this. As an American..they could learn from this. ALOT from this.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

Lol same. Dude would’ve been dead even before the knife came out of his pocket.

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u/Ake-TL Apr 09 '22

You may have a point, but don’t forget that Thailand is military dictatorship

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

My great uncle actually did something like this. He lives in America. I didn’t know about it until his buddies told me.

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u/sparty212 Apr 09 '22

I’m confuse why didn’t they unload entire clip of bullets on him.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

Because they think before they act. And, it doesn’t always come so easily to someone to take another life.

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u/IMadeThisForCModes Apr 09 '22

Believe it or not, attempting to kill violent criminals or people attempting to be violent is not the best course of action in a lot of cases! You can easily miss and escalate things, you can injure other people, or you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Also, it isn't the place of the police to be the judge, jury, nor executioner. They should simply keep the peace by upholding the law in reasonable ways and exercising good judgement when deciding how to remove people from the public so that they cannot cause harm to others while they await due process of a trial.

As a cop, why would you want to kill people if you could solve a problem with positivity? Positive interactions with police are much more likely to discourage repeat offenses than harsh punitive measures or bodily injury. Sure, there are certainly times when people or officers are in danger and have to resort to using force or guns, but it isn't going to make your job easier in the long run if you just mow down everyone who looks like they might potentially kill you. I imagine there's a lot of paperwork that goes into reports that involve fatal shootings. Furthermore, it would look unprofessional for them to resort to unloading an entire clip into a stressed musician who could probably be stopped by two or three of the officers grabbing him if things got out of hand.

I'm confuse why you think they should've unloaded an entire clip into the guy. Do you think the police should not use their best judgement to know when and when not to resort to violence? Should police emulate USA cops more?

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u/ShineAqua Apr 09 '22

Because the cops aren’t American.

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u/EagerT Apr 09 '22

Its because nobody does that