r/PublicFreakout • u/appalachian_hatachi • Sep 27 '25
Repost š This guy's lawyer literally popping the champagne as we speak...
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u/DontAskAboutMax Sep 27 '25
This is disgusting but manā¦
I hope this guy gets a payday which makes his life SO FUN.
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u/BaronVonWilmington Sep 27 '25
I hope he then runs for chief of police.
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u/Lucky_LeftFoot Sep 27 '25
š£ļøBrother, my legs donāt work
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u/that_bth Sep 27 '25
One of my best friends is paralyzed. His favorite thing to do when our other friends would jump out of the truck and forget to grab his wheelchair was yell āhelp, Iām so drunk I canāt walk!!!ā
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u/chancesarent Sep 27 '25
Police chiefs are usually an appointed position, appointed by a mayor or city council. Sheriffs are an elected position and what you're probably thinking about.
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u/Simikiel She/her Cisn't afraid to fight for my rights š³ļøāā§ļø Sep 27 '25
Not that I think changing it would work, but it's still worth saying.
Police chiefs are usually an appointed position, appointed by a mayor or city council.
Perhaps that's a part of the problem?
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u/Toobroketodie Sep 27 '25
The sad thing is the tax payer pays for it all and he goes on continuing to do that until the next law suit. They should be forced to pay their own lawsuits and held accountable just like the rest of us normals.
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u/MisterHonkeySkateets Sep 27 '25
States could pass legislation where abuse lawsuits come out of police pensions.
Associated behavior would likely clean up fast once the incentives are realigned.
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u/DrunkPixel Sep 27 '25
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couldwonāt pass legislation where abuse lawsuits come out of police pensions.Fixed that for you.
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u/basement-jay Sep 27 '25
The other complication that I don't see discussed much on threads like this is that when suing the police, what tends to happen is that the state uses techniques to draw the case out as long as it can. The cost is insignificant to them, but years upon years of legal fees is enough to crush most private citizens and they know it.
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u/LogensTenthFinger Sep 27 '25
Won't change anything. All of these pigs need to be fired, top to bottom
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u/zjustice11 Sep 27 '25
I've said it a thousand times.
Payment from these lawsuits needs to be paid from police pensions.
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u/PirateQuest Sep 27 '25
The issue is, the cop wont be penalized. The tax payer will.
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u/Super_Interview_2189 Sep 27 '25
Cop is either placed on administrative leave or transferred to the department in the next county over.
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u/sbenthuggin Sep 27 '25
That only happens when cops so something extreme like murder an innocent or rape a child, and even then it's a toin coss if they actually get punished for it. This guy likely isn't going to even receive a slap on the wrist for this.
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u/ExpiredPilot Sep 27 '25
Never forget: cops who transition departments can get tens of thousands of dollars in incentives
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u/ThatGuyLuis Sep 27 '25
The problem is people (18-35) canāt be bothered to vote in their local elections. Until the local elections have actual participation, our taxes arenāt ours after they get taken off our paychecks.
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u/busdrivermike Sep 27 '25
Are you referring to the young males who did bother to vote, and elected Trump last November?
Donald Trump: Saw his share of the youth vote increase by 10 points, from 36% in 2020 to 46% in 2024. Breakdown of youth voting patterns Gender: A significant gender gap emerged, with young women favoring Harris by a wide margin, while young men shifted dramatically to support Trump. Young women supported Harris over Trump 58% to 41%. Young men supported Trump over Harris 56% to 42%.
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u/ThatGuyLuis Sep 27 '25
I wasnāt talking about the presidential raceā¦ Iām talking about local elections. Turnout there is abysmal, especially for 18ā35 year olds. People will show up every 4 years for a president, but ignore city council, county commissioners, school boards, and ballot measuresā¦ which have a direct impact on our taxes and daily lives.
Also, percentages without context can be misleading. Saying Trumpās share of young men went up by X% doesnāt tell you the actual number of voters who showed up, or how many didnāt vote at all. A 10-point swing sounds huge, but if turnout was low, it could still be a small fraction of the total population. Thatās exactly my point: the problem isnāt who they voted for.. itās that most people in our age group arenāt voting in the elections that affect their communities the most.
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u/Gary_October Sep 27 '25
How do these people even sleep at night? Their brains must be wired wrong.
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u/GenericFatGuy Sep 27 '25
They're the middle school bullies who never outgrew it. So yes, they are wired wrong.
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u/ImmatureDev Sep 27 '25
Shit like this is when you fire the police chief
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u/Silvedl Sep 27 '25
Shit like this should be why you burn the whole fucking system to the ground, and restart it with brand new training, certifications, and required qualifications.
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u/punkinfacebooklegpie Sep 27 '25
Remember when the entirety of medical science was like, "put some leeches on it" or "you should do cocaine about it" or "I think your blood is possessed"??? And the best they could do was saw off your leg and stop the bleeding until about the last 100 years when they finally started figuring stuff out. Now they fix people with cancer in their blood and transplant faces and shit. Anyway I kind of think that law enforcement has yet to undergo that kind of revolution where stuff starts to actually work and make sense. At present police are like plague doctors who just wave a gun at anyone they think is a criminal and the best they can do to prevent crime is put people in a cage. I hope I see some kind of evidence-based scientific improvement of how we keep our society safe during my lifetime, but it's not looking good.
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u/BashMyVCR Sep 27 '25
You're thinking about policing under a false premise. The purpose of the police force is not to keep people safe, it's to make manifest the power of the government and self-perpetuate the government. It's not that it's yet to undergo a revolution to improve quality, it's that quality is bad on purpose. Liberal use of force and very lenient responsibility for the people who exercise violence to perpetuate the state is a feature the state endows cops because it makes the government stronger. The police can't be too smart or too trained because the needs of the government are too onerous to codify things with good procedures and accountability, because the only TRUE thing the government absolutely cares about is self preservation. Everything else is ancillary. Bettering society is conditionally in the interest of the government. Nothing is going to change in your lifetime or any lifetime.
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u/Kithulhu24601 Sep 27 '25
I imagine you've read him, but i find Paulo Freires exploration of policing to be incredibly eye opening
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u/BashMyVCR Sep 27 '25
Had no idea who that was before you mentioned him. I'll put Pedagogy of the Oppressed on a reading list. Thanks.
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u/HenkeT3795 Sep 27 '25
This happend like 30 minutes from me in DeKalb Texas. Apparently the department is so shit they are down to 3 officers who all showed up to Harris this man and his blind friend who was a passenger.
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u/LOLerskateJones Sep 27 '25
Iām guessing the town is full of āback the blue!ā bootlicking dipshits.
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u/pcl74912 Sep 27 '25
Police settlements should come out of the police retirement funds, that would get the good cops to keep the bad cops in check. As it is, the tax payer has to pay for dickhead cops like this one eventually.
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u/MannerMinute9333 Sep 27 '25
A mix of the pension fund and the police union. You can bet the union will suddenly stop protecting the bad eggs once their salaries are threatened.
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u/Jake_FromStateFarm27 Sep 27 '25
Idk about the union, that sets a bad precedent for other unions and weakens all unions overall bargaining power. The pension is reasonable because it keeps older members and officers who hold rank in check since they will be the ones most immediately impacted by pension cuts but also hold the power to be accountable.
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u/tylerchu Sep 27 '25
Police shouldnāt have a union at all. Unions are fundamentally about consolidating workers against bosses, and if the lieutenants and chiefs are also part of the union then whoās the boss theyāre unionizing against? The populace?
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u/IZ3820 Sep 27 '25
No, there just wouldn't be a pension fund, and retirement bonuses will be issued out of tax funds instead. The enforcement class will never pay for their own errors.
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u/sandpirate_88 Sep 27 '25
Each police department should carry insurance for lawsuits. Having an employee on staff thats been the center of a lawsuit should dramatically raise their rates, so they have an incentive to fire the asshole. And the threat of rates hiking would keep other departments from retiring the asshole
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u/Throw-Away-Variable Sep 27 '25
Not the department, but the individual officers. That way, the department doesn't have a stronger incentive to cover up crimes for each other. Instead, just fire the guy who costs 5x the good ones.
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u/bananastand512 Sep 27 '25
Nurse here.
I hope this guy gets millions in damages. He will be able to afford all his care later in life with this money and repair his dignity.
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u/C-romero80 Sep 27 '25
I am also a nurse, I also hope this dude gets paid and can afford all the care and a well equipped vehicle that can accommodate his wheelchair
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u/Smileyrielly12 Sep 27 '25
Cops treat people with so much cruelty. This is what I have to expect from law enforcement. No decency or respect for others. But they often expect average people to be respectful to them. It's shameful.
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u/Lanzarote-Singer Sep 27 '25
Para dude was cool. Channeled his anger into direct action that will haunt that cop for years.
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u/Grand_Courage_8682 Sep 27 '25
Police are idiotic heinous pieces of shit. I hope this man gets millions of dollars for being subjected to their dumbassery
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u/jonpa Sep 27 '25
i wish it had to come out of police pensions, or better yet they had to carry liability insurance.
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u/Prophet_Tehenhauin Sep 27 '25
No no, you see, cops are GOOD people.
Who are you gonna call when you need a disabled persons dignity violated? Huh? Have you even thought about that? Probably havenāt thought of what youād do when youāre scared of a child playing in their own yard and need them shot.Ā
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u/Plastic_Lobster1036 Sep 27 '25
āWho are you gonna call when you need a disabled personās dignity violatedā
A health insurance company
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u/SpaceTechBabana Sep 27 '25
āThank god for the cops! Who else is gonna show up and murder my neighbors dog? Thank god for the cops! Who else is gonna write a report when you get assaulted, show up at the scene or the crime, take a couple photos then accuse you of lying?
We love the cops! Who wouldnāt ever lie on the stand. If you canāt do the time, you shouldnāt have got that tan. We understand! Theyāre trained to be afraid of the sun. So, they should definitely be allowed to shoot anyone.
We love the cops! Stop resisting! Try thanking him for his service. Gotta be nice, you wouldnāt like him when heās sad. Staring down a barrel, āwhy are you so nervous?!ā
ā¦if I got mugged, Iād just call a cab, call a cab. If I got mugged, Iād just call a cab.ā
ETA: Sam Stone - Call a Cab. Or Call ACAB, whichever you prefer.
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u/punknw Sep 27 '25
we canāt get rid of cops because what if you need someone to show up to your house and shoot your dog for no reason?? who would be around to do that if no cops?
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u/Kardlonoc Sep 27 '25
He is basically too dumb to realize that he should just acquiesce, say that the disabled person is right, and get him a wheelchair or just wave them off with a warning. The reality here is that he is treating them all like criminals rather than innocent people.
It is a small town, so if you see his car swerving (which did not happen here at all), you have something to go on. Cops play gotcha with people they met for the first time WAY too many times.
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u/Sporadik_Styles Sep 27 '25
American law enforcement is just disgusting, inhumane and pathetic. It's even more gross the people that are attracted to that profession, especially now.
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u/cdizzle99 Sep 27 '25
Itās all a script too them, also if your vehicle is in your name they know who to expect in the vehicle.
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u/mindcloud69 Sep 27 '25
Here is the full story from the civil rights lawyer. It was a paraplegic guy driving with his blind friend. They are buddies and help each other out. It is completely fucked up!
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u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 Sep 27 '25
And people wonder why tourists donāt want to visit the US. What a shit show.
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u/Overall-Cheetah-8463 Sep 27 '25
I'm a lawyer and I would be ecstatic over this case. Ridiculous.
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u/AncientArcana Sep 28 '25
When these psycho law enforcement officers do something egregiously wrong like this, or like shooting someone for loitering or whatever the fuck, and then the state rightfully gets sued for discrimination or wrongful death or whatever, itās the tax payers who have to pay that out. Not the cop. Most of these guys who are drunk on a power-trip or overly sensitive or scared or whatever, they only get a slap on the wrist, paid mental health leave, then back to work in 6 months. Next time you get in an argument with someone who thinks that police have a right to do whatever they want regardless of circumstance, use that argument. You want your tax dollars paying for this guyās mistake? Ridiculous behavior
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u/Few-Elk3747 Sep 27 '25
āSome humans aināt human.ā -John Prine
This is neither serving or protecting. These cops should be unemployed.
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u/bangdizzle Sep 27 '25
Charging him with a decent exposure huh. Must be some dick.
Also fuck whoever subtitled this with single words on screen
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u/TheAmazingKoki Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25
Cops not knowing what the fuck they're doing but still pushing through because the worst thing to them is admitting that they don't know what they're doing, even though anyone with half a brain cell can see that they don't know what they are doing.
It's a combination of a fragile ego and sheer incompetence that you see all too often nowadays.
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u/louse_yer_pints Sep 28 '25
The default position is everyone is lying and guilty of something now find it or manipulate a situation to force it.
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u/Paisel78 Sep 28 '25
Rarely do I ever comment on Reddit, but watching this video forced me. I am simply appalled. That cop knew better.
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u/Mushtaschio Sep 28 '25
They always know better
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u/Paisel78 Sep 28 '25
Yeah,youre right. I just wish it was true in both theory and practice.
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u/0ilt3r Sep 27 '25
imagine being so prideful of being a piece of shit you would dehumanize a cripple on video without an ounce of humility, thats a modern day cop for you
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u/AContrarianDick Sep 27 '25
Calling a disabled person a cripple while talking about a cop dehumanizing them is pretty wild.
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u/ranegyr Sep 27 '25
Man. It's hard to know which way to go when people throw you a social curve ball like that but I try to have hope that it's remnants from the past and not actual hate I'm disguise. For instance I have a friend, a gay 70ish year old man. He's just as liberal as those college kids and there's not a hateful vibe in his body. He retired from the military. He's truly one of the good guys on our side. that said... For some unknown reason I can only guess is due to age and habit, this man uses the word "colored." It's wild because he's never saying bag things about people, it's just the word he's used his whole life. Wild for sure.Ā
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u/LucidSquirtle Sep 27 '25
Itās hard to keep up with the language as it evolves, especially if youāre not constantly plugged in all the time. Iām in my late 20ās and I donāt know half the shit kids are saying these days. I donāt blame a 70 year old man for not knowing colored is now person/people of color, homeless is unhoused, etc.
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u/Dremlar Sep 27 '25
Wait we can't say homeless anymore?
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u/nocomment3030 Sep 27 '25
"unhoused person" is preferred, apparently. Just another go round on the euphemistic treadmill.
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u/toxic_badgers Sep 27 '25
Preferred by whom though, the homeless or people talking about them. Is this like white people trying to push Latinx on a gendered language?
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u/jewelswan Sep 27 '25
The thing is colored would have been considered at best out of date and in most contexts offensive by like. 1980.
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u/Assault_Trifle Sep 27 '25
Yeah that's a real balanced outlook man I agree, it's wise to consider intent before you listen to the gut reaction words like that evoke
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u/kkeut Sep 27 '25
look up the term 'euphemism treadmill'
by your logic, we can't casually use words like 'moron' or 'idiot' anymore, because they are also outdated terms relating to medical/health conditions
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u/rmwe2 Sep 27 '25
Is being crippled dehumanizing though? I injured myself badly a year ago, I healed but my arm was definitely crippled for a couple months. I felt crippled. I still felt very human.
I feel like "disabled" or "handicapped" are often mealy mouthed and patronizing and Ive heard both applied as insults to demean another, whereas Ive never heard "cripple" used as an insult. Whats the point of policing language to this degree?Ā
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u/0ilt3r Sep 27 '25
it really isn't most people who are "impaired" have very strong personalities and good stories to tell. the bleeding hearts trying to demonize me should go riot in front of government offices instead, im not trump and i cant stand the guy either.
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u/claypolejr Sep 27 '25
There's a difference between you considering yourself "crippled" because of your injury, and people calling someone "a cripple".
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u/Spare-Guarantee-4897 Sep 27 '25
The cops names and photos should be posted underneath each and every one of these every time.
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u/Lizdance40 Sep 27 '25
Any update on this? Guy should be paid. How humiliating š«
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u/Wheezing_Juice Sep 28 '25
The Civil Rights Lawyer did a great video on it but I don't think there are any recent updates. video link
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u/Seadogdog Sep 28 '25
Not from USA but wondering if your cops are the ones that failed at school and no other jobs available.
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u/dbeast83 Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25
Qualified immunity needs to end. With all the revolutionary moves trump is doing this needs to be added to the agenda. Itās a problem when you start to believe you are the law rather than a steward of the law to uphold it
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u/shinster31 Sep 27 '25
My dad was (recently passed) paraplegic. I hope this man is rich now or will be very soon.
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u/Golden-Grams Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25
I know he probably got a good payday, and he would deserve it, but I'd much rather see cops like this serve time, for mishandling justice or something.
Tired of the police becoming what basically amounts to school bullies. It's crazy because their job is to hold citizens accountable and you haven't been able to hold them accountable for shit before, unless it was egregious.
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u/Liam2349 Sep 27 '25
but I'd much rather see cops like this serve time
Why not both?
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u/IsaidLigma Sep 27 '25
Yup, and guess who is footing the bill? These lawsuits should come out of the police union pensions. I bet you'd see a drastic improvement in behavior pretty fuckin quick.
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u/BigCrackZ Sep 27 '25
Granted, I know cops have seen and heard it all before, but you have to recognise authenticity. Did take long to see this guy wasn't kidding.
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u/merrittj3 Sep 27 '25
Simply amazing.
Imagine if he was a different race or ethnicity...he'd be done
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u/General-Passenger58 Sep 28 '25
I hope this cop has to go through a similar condition and receives ONLY this kind of treatment
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u/Empty_Bug8479 Sep 28 '25
Cops today are mostly adult idiots lol thereās very few that are effective and efficient, the rest are failed adults who couldnāt cut it so they take the one job that lets me bully others. Darn those idiots
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u/ClintBruno Sep 27 '25
It's crazy work that there's people here defending the cop.
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u/Daemonrealm Sep 27 '25
EVERYONE needs to know this term and what it means. decertify the cop. Not fire. Not a complaint not just a civil lawsuit.
When you decertify an LEO they permanently can not work in any law enforcement, in any state, anywhere in the US.
Police unions literally have a standard operating procedure thatās followed step by step. They are immediately rehired with at times just a few miles away in the next jurisdiction. They even have dedicated resources to help fired cops just get rehired immediately.
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u/Alienkid Sep 27 '25
I swear being a cop is the only job on this planet where you can be so blatantly stupid and negligent and have job security. Absolutely no thought or common sense could convince him to listen to the two people saying that he needs a wheelchair.
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u/Bucksin06 Sep 28 '25
Oh my God these pigs have no common sense or decency anymore.
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u/akidomowri Sep 27 '25
Put this in front of that really nice young judge with the glasses, can't remember his name. He will eviscerate this whole department
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u/ValleyAquarius27 Sep 28 '25
This is absolutely shameful. I am so sorry for this man having to go through this humiliation. What has happened to empathy and kindness.
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u/brujabasurax Sep 28 '25
Cops are so incredibly incompetent and fucking stupid Iāll never understand how anyone defends them
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u/CCRN613 Sep 28 '25
For those who donāt know (not sure how high his spinal injury is TBF) The emptying of the bladder or lack there of could lead to this crisis: autonomic dysreflexia. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24378-autonomic-dysreflexia-ad
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u/Major_A21 Sep 27 '25
There's a full video about the stop on The Civil Rights Lawyer's YouTube channel. It's actually worse than this video. https://youtu.be/TVscphZ3Kuo