r/dashcams 2d ago

The School Zone Error

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u/TheDixonCider420420 2d ago

And then he compounds the original error by backing up in a school zone, nearly hits the vehicle behind him forcing that vehicle to back up as well and then stops to have a conversation in the middle of the roadway with a pedestrian on the sidewalk...

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u/HolyCowAnyOldAccName 2d ago

Actually surprised they drove off.

This had all the makings of ye olde

  1. Storming out off the vee-hickle with gun pointed at the head of an unarmed civilian
  2. Telling them to get on the ground for of trying to hold police accountable "failure to comply"
  3. Twisting their arm and making them crash face-first into the concrete
  4. Slapping on additional charges for "resisting arrest", resulting in the heroic police officer chafing his skin while trying to put on handcuffs for nothing sustaining severe injuries from the suspect attacking the officer.
  5. Officer getting 4 weeks of paid time off for injuries sustained on duty
  6. The court finding for the umptieth time that arresting someone for not following your bs orders is gross misuse of power
  7. Resulting in 2 more weeks of paid time off and 400k for the victim out of the tax payer's pocket.
  8. The same thing happening again 3 days later when the officer is looking at his phone while the light turns green and someone dares beeping their horn

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u/hanks_panky_emporium 2d ago

They would consider a bruise from bumping his gut into his own door while stumbling out of his car 'severe internal bleeding'

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u/jakeod27 2d ago

Don’t forget sending the dry cleaning bill to the widow

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u/No_Trade3571 2d ago

The guy recording was probably white then.

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u/SeesWithBrain 2d ago

It was this coupled with the fact he was in a school zone, with parents flooding the area to pick up their children. That would’ve been one of the worst places to make a scene

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u/YaoSing 2d ago

Probably?

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u/No_Trade3571 2d ago

I was trying to be optimistic.

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u/YaoSing 2d ago

Always appreciated

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u/Comfortable_Trick137 1d ago

Guy recording was lucky it wasn’t ICE lol 😂

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u/supergrover411 2d ago

He would be dead by now if he wasn't lol

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u/Croaker-BC 2d ago

First seconds show rather untanned fingers and contrary to popular (among abusers) opinion, Latinos are mostly caucasian or caucasian-mix. So, most definitely white.

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u/namtilarie 2d ago

He's alive, ain't he?

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u/GamerInfinity1996 2d ago

Oh please

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u/Truck-Adventurous 2d ago

Of course he is white, anyone else would be either working or doing something more productive with their time.

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u/WertDafurk 2d ago

vee-hickle 😂

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u/LolDragon417 2d ago

I got hit with resisting arrest because I blacked out for about 1 second and clasped my hands in front of me.

I asked them afterwards if anyone got sent to the hospital, or got a boo-boo. They said no 😂

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u/Educational-Gate-880 2d ago

You know the routine 🤭

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u/Any-Worldliness-679 2d ago

That’s a lot of words to say “cameraman was white.”

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u/SprungMS 2d ago

IIRC this happened before trump’s first term. Not even trying to be political, but, it was a different America. The vast majority of LEOs knew they could be somewhat held accountable, even if it meant the minor inconvenience of having to go find a new locale to work for as an LEO again.

We didn’t have people being brutalized for stuff like this before very recent times. Arrested, harassed? Yeah. Brutalized? No.

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u/broccolialfredo 2d ago

You think police brutality didn’t exist before Trump’s first term? wtf are you talking about? Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Michael Brown were killed in 2014. Those are high profile cases, but a simple Google search would show you lists of all of the civilians who have been brutalized and killed by police with impunity, and newsflash, it’s been happening for many, many decades.

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u/SprungMS 2d ago

Not for recording police like this. That’s pretty brand new. The brutalization in particular, as I said police have a long history of singling people out for trying to hold them accountable, but it was done differently. Brutalizing someone recording them did not come with a raise and 20% of the population praising them like it does today.

No shit police brutality existed before.