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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Nope, won't convince me otherwise. If the guy was a flight risk, as he was, the cop should be doing everything to try to de-escalate the situation and call to have backup to prevent him from fleeing.
Instead he goes into an anger based tantrum making the situation worse and far more dangerous.
The driver is at fault as well, obviously, but a little bit of patience and composure shown from the officer may have prevented him from fleeing (if for no other reason as being blocked in by another police car). Instead the officer increased the flight risk, putting public safety in danger - all because he couldn't control his emotions.
It's sad that we expect more composure from grocery store workers dealing with anti-mask karens than we do our police.
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There are issues generally with police training, and discrimination within law enforcement. However this is not an example of it.
I doubt the interaction started at the point where the cop was agitated, and probably fearing for his safety(rightfully so) with his gun drawn. Seeing people use this as an example of bad policing/racism is gross.