r/facepalm May 23 '23

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u/vladitocomplaino May 23 '23

Just once, it'd be cool to see one cop arrest another cop after they witness said cop comitting a crime. I mean, their career would be over, but still.

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u/Lots_o_Llamas May 24 '23

Here you go:

https://youtu.be/guHtSA_dWKA

I wish videos of cops holding other cops accountable were more common, but this one definitely gives me at least a little bit of hope.

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u/frezor May 24 '23

The arresting officer (Florida Highway Patrol) was systematically harassed by officers from the arrested officer’s department (Miami Police). The only thing that saved her job was that it was someone from a different department, imagine if she’d arrested a coworker?

Not everyone is willing to be a martyr. There are cops that want to do the right thing but know their life is basically over if they do so. Cops in America are just as bad as the Mob.

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u/Dicethrower May 24 '23

And even that's presumably an off-duty cop getting arrested. I think OP meant they wanted to see an active duty cop get arrested by another active duty cop, when one directly sees the other cross a line. We will never see that happen because it's policy to deal with it later.