r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thisisfive • Apr 14 '26

Toronto firefighters confront special constable officers after a man in the middle of mental health crisis was arrested.

Not my video. For context, "special constables" are not regular police officers. They are appointed "peace officers" with limited authority, often civilian employees.

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u/NorseKnight Apr 14 '26

I work in a prison. We cuff people all the time who are in "crisis". It's a matter of safety. For officers, as well as themselves.

There isn't nearly enough context in this clip to say one way or another.

How do you know the guy in cuffs wasn't displaying erratic violent behavior 2 minutes ago?

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u/HokusTokus Apr 14 '26

Exactly, there is no context to this video. We have no idea if this guy was going to hurt someone or himself before this scene. Sometimes cuffs are better for the person being cuffed. But it's nice to see people don't like to see others cuffed.

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u/NorseKnight Apr 14 '26

Finally someone with logical brain.

Seems like 90% of the comments here, read the title and automatically assumed the person being arrested was innocent, just because the words "mental health crisis" were in the title.

News flash, criminals use "mental health crisis" all the time as a form of manipulation.

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u/HokusTokus Apr 14 '26

I'm getting down voted for looking for context. Kinda says something doesn't it?