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hooahguy t1_iy7y3cc wrote

A few months ago I was nearly hit while I was crossing at a crosswalk, blowing past a stop sign too. A cop in his car was sitting literally 10 feet away from me. I gestured at him like “wtf” and all he did was flash his lights and then go back to whatever he was doing. DC cops are useless.

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madevilfish t1_iy80ak9 wrote

The same thing happened to me. A car ran a red light while I was in the crosswalk. I had to literally jump out of the way. There was a cop there who saw the whole thing; when I started to yell at him and pointed to the car, he just looked at me and just drove off. Fucking useless.

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sh-ark t1_iy8mffe wrote

almost exact scenario happened to me! A guy blew through a red light that a cop was sitting at and almost hit me and my dog. cop didn’t do jack shit

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luciasanchezsayornil t1_iyaxawj wrote

They're not allowed to chase people, what did you expect him to do?

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hooahguy t1_iyaxzka wrote

Lol what? The offending vehicle wasn’t speeding off like one of those dirt bike gangs, it was an asshole commuter that had to stop at the next light anyways. Cop could have easily drove like 30 seconds, flashed the lights and pulled the guy over. It was the lack of any effort whatsoever that annoyed me.

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CallMeAntwan t1_iycuix9 wrote

This is an issue with the perpetrator, not the officer. What most people don't understand about LEOs is that they're assigned to specific duties/posts or they may be responding to another call that's more serious.

More than likely, this was the case; it makes sense to go to a home invasion or assault, rather than stop on the way for a MVC. LEOs do not always activate their lights or sirens when attending to a call.

Without law enforcement, we'd be doomed.

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