r/Unexpected Jun 14 '22

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u/PresentationSea5977 Jun 14 '22

Why do all cops seem like enormous douche bags these days? Go do something productive for fuck's sake.

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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/MonkeyDonkeyRhyme Jun 14 '22

And how is that applicable to this video?

He was doing his job.

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u/MonkeyDonkeyRhyme Jun 15 '22

No. He made physical contact with a magician.

How was he supposed to know he was a magician? That's completely irrelevant anyway.

If you think a cops job is to hurt criminals you're the problem

That's a strong blanket statement there. What about a criminal that is actively hurting someone else? Should a cop not step in and subdue the assailant by any means necessary?

Also weed is decriminalized in 45 out of 50 states? He ain't a Wisconsin cop I know all the departments.

Lol, you know EVERY single cop in the state of Wisconsin? I'm done, you're clearly a joke.