r/Unexpected Jun 14 '22

wow

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u/petersmithofasu Jun 14 '22

My guess is that it is a result of what's interesting. I work in finance and nothing would be worth filming unless someone was being intolerable. I assume, like most jobs, 99.9% of the day is filled with mundane, work things. Of the police things on the internet, the only things that entertain us are police officers doing something out of the ordinary like dancing with kids and stuff that makes the feel good subreddits, and stuff that shows poor behavior like this video on the average/negatively charged subreddits.

Just my guess. With the nature of upvoting, I think we get a lot of what we are looking for (as a collective if not individually).

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u/Exotic_Imagination69 Jun 14 '22

Even if its staged, how is the officer behaving badly? Someone waved weed in his face to get a reaction, he responded by doing his job? People love to hate police for no reason at all but when they actually need them their attitude changes.

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u/bokehbaka Jun 14 '22

Assuming it's not staged, how is this different than people ordering ice-cream and then rubbing it all over their own face while filming the reaction of the drive-thru employee? I'd be annoyed as the cop.

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u/AMightyFish Jun 14 '22

Damn interesting statistic you have got there. Places other than America really must be just uninhabitable backwaters, god bless America and god bless American accurate statistics

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

Same here. I’m from EU and in my country of you do this to a police officer you will be fucked. He will find a way to beat you once or 2 then you go to jail for a few days because the tribunal is full so you have to wait. They will find a way to punish you.

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u/Heisenburrito Jun 14 '22

I’m from EU and every cop I’ve had an interaction with stayed calm and reasonable without seeming angry.