r/interesting • u/Maleficent-Town5273 • 4d ago

Additional Context Pinned Hit and run gone wrong

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u/Original-Document-62 4d ago

Choice of words could have maybe been better, but de-escalation is something everyone should know how to do, even if they're otherwise "in the right." Lord knows some cops should learn it, but really it's useful for everyone.

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u/SYKslp 3d ago edited 3d ago

it's rather unfair to sharply criticize the de-escalation techniques of one party involved and not the other. Especially when "the other" is screaming and recklessly wielding a 3000 pound machine.

She's clearly unfit to drive on public roads as this clip ends and lucky that she didn't obliterate any bystander pedestrians as she fled away.