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Grass8989 t1_jbxm16d wrote

Reply to comment by ThreeLittlePuigs in Videos show crowd cheering while cuffed ex-lacrosse player topples NYC cops, runs by someone_whoisthat

Just goes to show how ridiculous and out of touch people are on this sub! Justifying and encouraging assaulting cops and the “peanut gallery” filming and encouraging it.

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ThreeLittlePuigs t1_jbxnedp wrote

I think it’s more so just the way the internet works. It frequently uses anger or outrage as a driver so it brings together the most toxic and inauthentic parts of people and their opinions. I know I likely bring shitty parts of myself into discussions sometimes as well. People in the real world tend to be a lot more wide ranging and interesting than the way we all present online. And terminally online or relatively immature people tend to be so divorced from actual reality that you need to get in arguments that slamming the back of your head on concrete could result in a potentially life changing injury.

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Grass8989 t1_jbxnpge wrote

The lines are definitely becoming blurred. Go on tiktok and you’ll see half of an interaction and it’ll get millions of views with strong opinions with no context. I’m pretty sure that’s what the people filming here were hoping for. A “viral” moment, hence the antagonizing and encouraging going on.

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ThreeLittlePuigs t1_jbxpxem wrote

I mean I’m all for folks recording police officers. They need to be accountable to the broader public and body cams and citizen bystanders are good ways to do that. But yeah people trying to treat all that like a joke and just film for clout aren’t helping anyone.

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