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Mar 21, 2023 5:09 PM
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Fedotia
That captain is probably used to turn off this own cam so he can better perform "self-defense" with a mag dump on the back.
ICannotSanctionURBuffoonery
Almost like maybe we shouldn't be leaving accountability up to the discretion of the people constantly caught being corrupt...
cjandstuff
Any actual consequences for French, other than becoming internet famous?
Comboverman
Entitled above the law piece of shit right here.
historycup
But was he arrested?
funone77
Oops, look who's up for promotion to get accidentally shot?
amb1021
Good for the on-duty cop, and too bad that a cop holding another accountable is surprising and therefore newsworthy.
DrewBerg
Bad apples. Bad apples everywhere.
thechelonianshelmet
Those who believe they're good cops should side with & support him. Those being cunts to him should be able to work out what that makes them
Blightsteel101
If he was driving as short a distance as he claims, its a strangely short drive to be caught on. May have had a reputation for this shit.
StephenDaniels
Search for 'Lackluster' on Youtube and the (sober) cop's bodycam footage should pop up first.
cubicleinmate
He’s assuming the President is on the other end of the spectrum from gangbanger?
theweezel69
Skinner will be written up and driven out of the gang.. I mean police force. It would be great to be wrong but I'm doubtful I will be sadly.
DrewThe3DPrinterGuy
I really hope they don't punish that cop for doing the right thing, but he'll quit from being given the cold shoulder & refused promotion
OneUniverse
That's one way to create and opening at the top. Everybody moves up one step.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Punished, fired, beaten or killed, there's a 0% chance he doesn't receive some kind of retaliation.
MajorD3rp
Which if it's the first two, I hope he lawyers up and outs all of them who are corrupt. Go all Walking Tall in that beeyotch
StephenDaniels
The chief has publicly commended both the cops who made the arrest.
SJohnson23
The key word there is “publicly”.
HenchMenInc
Follow up story French fired.
RummageSaleBubbler
And good officer will soon be fired.
klomb8888
Wonder how long good guy cop will last before the bad apples spoil the bunch
finstad4
When they investigate themselves later, they'll find no wrong doing and the arresting officer will be fired for mysterious reasons. /s
frosss
Yeah, wrong use of /s
Aksuuuh
"Skinner was let go for bad behavior inside the department. It's a damn shame."
iusedtodream
Murdered, usually.
68people
Can we clone skinner?
BeerandCats
The new phrase is "A few good apples" willing to bet Skinner is going to face worse consequences than the inebriated captain will...
grantbaines0
Why are sobriety tests still a thing in America ? Just blow into the breathalyser and we can determine the alcohol level down to the mg
porcubot
Depending on your state, you can refuse field sobriety tests. Generally, you cannot refuse a blood draw breathalyzer without consequences.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
It's a highly inaccurate test that gives the police cart blanche to arrest and abuse people. Why wouldn't it be a thing in America?
mojoesodope23
You don't have to do the field tests, you can just say no.
Ulthirm
Good way to get arrested, and then charged with a variety of crimes, which you could fight but the damage will be done. That's how people
Ulthirm
Lose their jobs.
mondeca
"I came from four blocks." Then you should have walked home or gotten a ride from a sober person, dumbass!!!
idownvoteyourpuppy
A police officer holding another one accountable for the law?!? What is this fantasyland bullshit?
MadamPuddifoot
The fact that he mentions he doesn't care of its POTUS seems extra potent, based on current political climates.
Someshithead241
It's not as uncommon as people want you to believe. They just don't last very long because of situations like this. Piss off the wrong
Someshithead241
People, the assholes in power who are drunk on said power.
LumpPump
not full fantasy bs, just havent seen part 2 yet, ya know where he gets fired for doing his job to morally straight for the boss's liking...
MutteringMisanthrope
*fantasy island............
darkhalfbreed
Either he is a new hire and haven't been broken into being another bastard or driven out of the force, or it's a coup
lrateyourrig
In Oklahoma no less!
Goldmarble
I give him 4 months before he is no longer an officer.
KillingTlme
It's what happens shortly before the good cop is forced out.
jayman0123
or killed...
pandemicmodedad
Hmmmm wow?
Beezlebubble
A shame he'll be fired for some random, petty reason, or sent somewhere without any back up. (Something I worry about for my brother)
Beezlebubble
He left his old department for a few reasons and one of them was shitty cops. Says he has much better ones to work with.
historycat
That is a captain that no one on the force likes.
picaro616
it’s worse when you actually watch the video.
picaro616
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hhHHz2NFHx8
HollerinAtTheVoid
Someone needs to commend and promote Skinner
TinaH
You mean change ranks with the Captain?
Kukabuksilaks
It shouldn't be special but..
IDontCareAtAllButIShould
So, does Skinner still have a job. If he does, for how long?
Commentsaboutyourusername
Awwwww I'd tell you, but you don't really care
n0n53n53
until the "accident"
gardengnomeii
until he's ready to retire.
IDontCareAtAllButIShould
Please define "retire" in this case.
gardengnomeii
the way it is supposed to be used. He will stop working when he is ready, and file papers to get his state retirement payments.
IDontCareAtAllButIShould
Had to down vote you, we all know he won't last that long.
gardengnomeii
The captain? very little reason to expect he won't retire on his own time.
CorvidPrime
Skinner gonna lose his job… Pity. It’s nice to see the law actually being upheld for once.
atomfixes101
It depends if the other cops like French of not, there was a drunk in paradise of a few years back, shot someone twice in the throat on
atomfixes101
“Accident”, didn’t tell medics he shot him, but kept getting pulled over for being drunk so cops threw him under the bus
scribethemad
Or beaten to death in a training accident.
plainoldfool
Good cops don't get to stay cops.
kubi
Usually I don't like following people's jobs like paparazzi, Skinner here however might be a good case if/when retaliation happens.
justatinyduck
Lets wait for it. Could always be a PR stunt. Though i don’t think they are that smart….
MADchemEE
He may well be(so far, as far as we know) one of the "good apples". But. He'll spoil it left in with the "bad" ones. Or for that matter, be…
MADchemEE
…a "bad" one, if he doesn't ACTIVELY push for the "bad ones" to be removed from the force. ACAB is a saying precisely BECAUSE of the "blue…
MADchemEE
… line of silence" / "blue flu", etc.
darkhalfbreed
Either he'll be apart of the bad ones, killed, or will no longer be an officer. It's always one of the 3,but I'd be happy to be proven wrong
TK421isAFK
Pragmatically, his job is probably safe, but he'll be stuck in that position for the rest of his career.
abion47
Absolute best case scenario for a good cop: stuck in a dead-end position with no power or influence to make the necessary systemic changes.
Frederf
The beast has a survival instinct.
sleepinggreenidea
...and if you make even a small mistake, you're gone from that. No leeway for you once you make waves. Like many jobs in this regard, TBH.
Horsenippleking
Yeah the moment that guy is late for a shift or takes a long break they will throw him out fast
famousbymorning
good example of cops that make others look bad and an officer that shows what an officer should be doing.
Znuss142718
Internet needs to follow up with this officer because I have a feeling no one will be showing up to his radio calls for help….
backrideup9
Dont praise the officer too much. He would probably get a suspension for turning it off and was only looking out for himself.
AndThenThereWereSquirrels
If policy and culture are changing enough that this is the default response, I'm content that some progress has been made
Baruder0
On Imgur people talk about how all cops are bad and don’t do the right thing and then we can’t praise somebody who does the right thing??
FatherNeal
So far your comment is being updooted and the other is being downvoted. There are unreasonable/immature some far left weenies here, but the
Baruder0
I have other similar comments that get aggressively downvoted and nonsensical absolutes get tons of upvoted. This place is disheartening
FatherNeal
It can be but *gestures vaguely* what is?
FatherNeal
Majority is usually pretty level headed.
wienerdogsftw
except cop culture would swap the two people in your statement
SithElephant
I would be fascinated to know what this cops reaction was to different specific cops.
Bugaloon
In before Skinner gets fired/demoted/forced out of the police force.
morelikeconsham
I wonder how long he will make it before his captain has him killed
RunsWithBullShit
I would be interested in seeing the overall aftermath for the officer who did the right thing in 5 or 10 years. To see if he's changed or
gardengnomeii
He will be out of that department in less than a year. The captain might get retired as well, but the cop doing the right thing is gone.
rbudrick
Guaranteed.
RunsWithBullShit
been harrassed to the point of moving several states away and staying out of law enforcement.
n0gal
another one of those "accidentally beaten to death in a training accident" probably
ImageAberration
I don't think we need to wait ten years. I bet he'll be off the force before the end of 2024.
ImageAberration
I hope the NBC affiliate that did the initial story follows up to see if the officer who did the right thing is retaliated against.
Burke616
Or a friendly fire incident, or backup not coming until there's a call of "officer down."
gilliamv
SomeScienceGuy
His career could very well be on the line now
Cthulhu2121
Cops generally don't like it when other cops drink and drive. A lot of them have shown up to a lot of deadly duis
kickmyballsrealhard
We all know the answer to that
bushmuncher
Yup we sure do, good luck to the guy
TheWombatStrikesAgain
To bad he was killed in a shootout in two weeks when for some reason all other officers failed to come to his aid.
LilMaGoo
Sauce?
aintnothinbutahounddog28
For something from *in two weeks*?? That'd be a neat trick. Sometimes ppl make jokes without proper sources, the bastards
Omegasaurus
How many shootouts do Americans think the cops get in? Part of the problem is that they do all the shooting they're involved in.
therealzombiejesus
RumRunner42
See, the problem is tho, that cops think the cop who didn't turn off his camera is the bad cop
sleepinggreenidea
That's a safe general assumption but if Cappy made himself unpopular w/the wrong parts of the hierarchy, he may've been an acceptable target
Baruder0
Every cop I know is pissed at the drunk dude and proud of the arresting officer so don’t spread bullshit please
TsukariYoshi
No, they're pissed to your face. Nearly all of them are on the captain's side; cops are implicitly expected to extend favors to friends.
TsukariYoshi
It is common knowledge to the point of being a trope that certain marks (fraternal order of police/booster stickers) help you avoid tickets.
LokiShade
Any sauce for that tender nugget?
Baruder0
Damn, you know them better than I do somehow even though I’ve been friends with them since elementary school. You’d think I’d notice
TsukariYoshi
Is "defending cops on imgur" really the hill to die on? I'm sure you've never EVER said things you don't believe in a group to avoid scorn.
aintnothinbutahounddog28
I love how your sample to prove that cops won't be supporting the captain in this, is ppl you've 'been friends with since elementary school'
ThankYouForYourTime
This is an effective method in campaigning for change, focusing on positive actions and amplifying them.
caustickiwii
Good luck getting that through on this site. I've been yelled at for saying it's not immoral to contact the police if you are in danger.
ThankYouForYourTime
You can support the law being ethically enforced and also support the reform of corruption in law enforcement at the same time.
caustickiwii
I do. I'm not pro-cop by any stretch. People are just going to assume otherwise because... you know... internet discourse.
Omegasaurus
I bet those weren't your exact words
caustickiwii
They were. You can dig through my comment history if you want. I was told that no person should ever call the cops (literally ever, they
caustickiwii
were clear about this) because completely regardless of the situation "they will just make the situation more dangerous." I'm not a boot-
Ryebread91
Exactly. There were people getting downvoted for how they handled the Kentucky situation telling them it's just them trying to avoid 1/2
Ryebread91
Riots. Could be. Could also be them doing the right thing. But we have to start somewhere and recognize when good is done.