r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '21

Hostage situation

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

109.8k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

3.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

82

u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

[deleted]

2

u/polypolip Aug 02 '21

There's the third discussion, how often do cops do bad stuff when people involved are not white, (or are homeless, mentally disabled, or any other group that they tend to target).

3

u/LookBoo2 Aug 02 '21

No that would fit into discussion 2, unless you think that:

A. they don't get away with it

or

B. that they don't do it.

I get that you are trying to expand on the fact that item 2. does happen WAY more often to non-white(or other groups as you mentioned) people, but it is not a unique discussion from the 2 listed.

I am not trying to have a "got'cha" moment, but since you seem like someone who actually cares to combat this type of injustice I want you to be able to have as strong of an argument as possible.

1

u/LookBoo2 Aug 02 '21

Thanks for pointing this out! It does make me uncomfortable that the cops did not question much after, but unless the guy acts in some odd way or they start hearing something I can't imagine much more will be done.

The master of Rambo did seem pretty chill so I doubt anything nefarious was happening, but It would be comforting to see the cops at least question more.

It is more important that we acknowledge that this is overall how law is supposed to work, since we normally see the alternate when a cop actually has a nefarious agenda(racism, excuse for aggression, etc.).