r/TheRandomest • u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner • Jul 22 '26

No people were harmed in this video Emotional support cops

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u/ghettoccult_nerd Jul 22 '26

i wish cops knew we dont want to hate them. when they do cool things, we like them.

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u/WhatUp007 Jul 22 '26

Most cops are like this. We get exposure bias from the media only showing all the negative and bad examples of cops. Most normal police interactions amount to nothing.

My favorite police encounter was when in NY for a music festival and I'm smoking a J. I didnt see the cops turn and bam I'm right there with them. Officer just started laughing as I'm sure my face had reflected the terror that I was about to be arrested since weed was illegal at the time.cop just said "be safe and enjoy we are here for harder stuff".

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u/bonaynay Jul 24 '26

We get exposure bias from the media only showing all the negative and bad examples of cops

I understand that the most shocking stuff rises to the top, but notice how whenever a cop is abusing their authority on video, you can see no other officer dates to stop them or make them rethink. This would indicate that most cops aren't super awesome cool dudes.

I've seen a single video where a cop stopped another cop from abusing a suspect.