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Prestigious-Tie2049 t1_ixzy74r wrote

Reply to comment by kingwi11 in Connecticut man accused of dragging officer by door after racing by jr_reddit

I mean they’re police. They don’t exactly hire the smartest people on the planet.

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imightbemichael t1_iy057jc wrote

So out of the two people in this scenario, the police officer is the dumb one? Maybe, just maybe, and hear me out because I know this is crazy. The driver shouldn’t have accelerated and tried to get away.

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FinnbarMcBride t1_iy0tz76 wrote

In that scenario, only one of them is worried about whether the cop gets hurt, and spoiler-alert, its not the guy driving the car

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Triscuitador t1_iy1nth4 wrote

it's healthy to not trust cop reports. that guy that got shot for eating a hamburger in park could have been hit with the same charge. and, to be honest, the fact that a cop can't let go of a moving car doesn't inspire confidence that the same cop should be trusted with a firearm in an even higher stress situation.

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Prestigious-Tie2049 t1_iy05h67 wrote

I never said the driver wasn’t dumb. No one should be street racing.

In theory the cop should have been able to use his monkey brain and let go of the door. in theory.

But as i said, they don’t always hire the smartest people.

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imightbemichael t1_iy08o4p wrote

I know everyone likes to play Monday morning quarterback on this cesspool of an app. But it seems like it all happened in a split second. And it’s not like he was holding on and getting dragged down a street for a mile. It seems like he had his hand on the handle. The driver accelerated and dragged him a few feet before his fight or flight kicked in and he let go. Idk if you’ve ever been around cars that are used for street racing but they accelerate pretty quickly. And you can have your own opinion on cops but calling this guy stupid for trying to do his job and holding onto a handle for a millisecond too long, honestly kind of shows your stupidity

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toinezor t1_iy0ehgk wrote

The irony is the ones that bash cops the most are the first ones calling 911.

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Prestigious-Tie2049 t1_iy0pfy4 wrote

Luckily I don’t fall into that category 😎

I’ll call them dumb, but I really don’t understand all that acab shit

Like who ya gonna call, ghostbusters?

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