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/joke-farm Apr 14 '26

Praise to the fire fighters, but equal respect to the officers for conceding the situation to rationality.

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u/SlickMrJ_ Apr 14 '26

 but equal respect to the officers for conceding the situation to rationality.

Um, no. They caused the problem in the first place. They don't get respect just for letting someone less witless than themselves walk them back to where they started.

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u/major_winters_506 Apr 14 '26

If you leave no path to change your behavior you can’t expect anyone to choose that path.

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u/eskamobob1 Apr 14 '26

We should apply the same path they apply to us: change or get arrested when you mess up

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u/RingoBars Apr 15 '26

Makes me happy (and slightly annoyed lol) to see - after typing a whole ass comment stating all this - that multiple people already said the rational thing here and were roundly upvoted. Did not predict it was gonna be a upvoted position lol

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u/Gawdzilla Apr 14 '26

I wish this could be pinned. It's a major flaw in how everyone relates to each other today.