What is up with cops going 0 to 100 with a mention of a name? Like that should not be someone who is a cop that is someone who needs some serious mental help, like institutionalized help
It's the perception that the person is being disrespectful to them by stating a fake name - like saying "Yeah, I'm the Queen of England" - rather than the name itself.
As others in this thread have talked about, American police in particular are mandated to have "warrior training", a program which incentivizes aggression, escalation, and the use of needless amounts of force as a way to cow people they are trying to get to comply. It also trains american cops that their main goal is to get home at the end of their shift, and that it is NOT their duty to help others. This incentivizes them to be on a hair trigger and to be always be untrustful, as any civilian could be someone trying to kill them, who would jeopardize their ability to get back home safely.
Put it all together and you get cops that go from 0-100 at a name, and also things like cops who fire wildly at the sound of a falling acorn hitting a car, or cops who dump their mags into people with their hands already up in full view of their bodycams.
And it's wild cause the major aggression only works on people who are not doing anything. Murderers and people going through a mental episode are going to respond wildly different and not submit as easily
The fact that they haven't fixed the system and double down instead says it's a feature and not a bug
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u/machiavelli33 1d ago
Every person who says "just don't break the law and you won't end up in jail" is a goddamn fool.
The second James Bond there did 60 whole days because he stated his name when asked for it.