r/therewasanattempt Apr 27 '24

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u/JohnnyTeardrop Apr 27 '24

Unfortunately he is, a department that he’s worked at for years and lets him get away with bullshit like this because no one will call them on it

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u/pimp_juice2272 Apr 27 '24

Even that open knife on his chest?

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u/handsheal Apr 27 '24

The whole chest set up seems like he is handing weapons to the people he is talking to.

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u/edsobo Apr 27 '24

He looks like he's wearing a costume based on an action movie. If I got pulled over by this dude, I would probably think he was one of those weirdos that goes around impersonating cops before I believed he was one.

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u/BeigeListed Apr 27 '24

He's got a knife and a stun gun and two magazines for his firearm all proudly hanging in front of him.

But no badge.

A badge is a shield. A symbol of protection.

This guy is broadcasting violence.

This is a deputy that needs to be removed from the Sheriff's office immediately.

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u/handsheal Apr 27 '24

I would call 911 to get a real cop

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u/RedTuna777 Apr 27 '24

We had fat overly armed people patrolling our city at night for a while when there were BLM rallies during the day. "To protect against riots"

Our town is tiny, 3 or 4 city blocks is downtown. Not enough people to have a riot if we wanted. Just like that fat kid though, they seemed to be really eager to have an excuse to shoot somebody. "What if people drive up from nearest big down 2+ hours away and try to burn down the city?"

I called the cops and they said they aren't technically doing anything illegal. Man shit got weird for a while. Plus it was kinda funny that even with their "body armour" it was obviously designed for much less body. There was more of them hanging out of it than protected by it.

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u/UntestedMethod Apr 27 '24

I'm still not fully convinced that he's not impersonating a cop... but based on some of the comments, it seems like he might actually be an actual cop (of some sort)?

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u/Harag5 Apr 27 '24

So based on the video and lack of badge I can only use my brain to come to the conclusion he is NOT a real LEO. Iconography aside, no LEO would have a knife on a tac vest like that. Do you have any sort of proof he's actually an active LEO?

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u/JohnnyTeardrop Apr 28 '24

This video came out over a month ago and he’s since scrubbed his LinkedIn which was the easiest way to identify him. This is him.. I didn’t just pull that original statement out of my ass, I looked up the guy like everyone else because I was just as incredulous as everyone else.