What’s the heck did that kid do to his tire?! My goodness. That’s pretty messed up. Like totally shredded.
I think highway patrol is a lot better and more like this than the average in-city cop. I don’t think I’ve seen many, if any stories of issues with highway patrol. I’m sure they’re there. Just haven’t seen them I guess
I was ready for this to go very, very badly. I am delighted to see that it did not.
And you know what? Way more interactions go like this than we ever hear about. Because good news can't hurt you. Bad news sells, bad news gets clicks. There are more good people out there than bad ones, even cops. Remember that.
Most modern cars no longer have spare tires, they’ve been replaced with a can of fix a flat - which doesn’t help with blowouts or sidewall bubbles.
You can typically buy a spare tire kit for your vehicle which includes the rim, jack, wrench and some foam to keep all this together additionally you will need the correct size spare tire mounted to the rim.
Yes! I was wondering if someone was going to notice that. He must've had it on his cruiser. The ones you get with the vehicle are much more annoying to deal with. But I trust that he explained to him how the spare jack works.
First time I had to replace a tire was in a New Jersey rest area parking lot, in the rain, 100+ miles from anyone I knew. It was a rental car for work. I know the kid's pain.
It's a good thing to practice. Find someone knowledgeable and take a weekend afternoon.
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OFFICER INTERACTIONS WITH CIVILIANS INVOLVE NO VIOLENCE WHATSOEVER LESS SO AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AND EVEN LESS SO ACTUAL MURDER AS DEFINED LEGALLY
I’ve got 2 cop brother in laws, and boy let me tell you what, they are itching for violence. They want it so bad. Their training, their thoughts, violence.
So yes, the majority of interactions are not violent. However their attitude, behavior and demeanor are all looking for any excuse to unleash it.
So what? the overwhelming majority of officer interactions are the way they are to make it easier for the cops to excuse all the murders their fellow officers commit. Look at your bullshit language, murder as defined legally. The system even supports the cops making most of their murders not murder as defined legally. The policing system in america is evil and all of its officers benefit from that evil
Yes. But its not cops making a basket in the curbside hoop or doing some dance with the kids in a parkinglot. This has some individual value to it. Dude was doing real dad stuff here not cop stuff.
This is the best ACAB message there is! Why? Because it proves cops can do good, that what bad cops do is wrong because they chose to do wrong just like they could choose to do good. This cop chose at that moment in that scenario to do the right thing.
Just like any cope could.
But cops don't. And this perfect ACAB message proves its easier to do right, and doing wrong is a formulated choice too.
People here don't like hearing about what they do right, only what they do wrong, because it fits their existing bias. Anything that doesn't is "copaganda".
It is, but we can also recognize when ppl do the right thing and not only ever focus on when they do wrong. This cop did a nice thing this time. Are all cops still bastards? Yes, but even bastards have the capability to do good sometimes. Individual cops are generally not the problem. The problem is systemic. It’s how they’re trained that every interaction w/ the people they’re supposed to serve & protect should be approached adversarially, that every citizen is a threat, that it’s ‘them vs us’.
Man I feel bad for people who join to help others. One of my buddies in high school joined the police force, then fell into a deep depression after he learned that all the higher up cops were awful scumbags. The only good cops are newbies who don't know better. They don't stay for long after that.
oh yes, 100% but every good thing they do is also weaponized by that systemic practice. The bad cops know the good cops help make them look respectable. The bad cops know that every good cop moment we highlight makes the next victim less believed. the bad cops love the good cops as long as the good cops aren't talking to internal affairs, then the good cops have accidents. because the bad cops love the system and the system loves them back.
This speaks a lot to the systemic issues in policing, that many of the issues are equally (if not more) bound to the institution. We can yell "ACAB" all day at the individuals (and in many cases, that's wildly warranted) but if we want any lasting change we have to push for substantial reform within the organizations themselves. I think with that in mind, lauding good individual behavior is a good thing *IF* we could ever make that change begin to happen.
Bad people can do good deeds and its important to talk about. This is what cops are *supposed* to be doing for their community. Acting like theyre only monsters dulls the terror they commit.
No one should praise Carl for all the times he helped his girlfriend if he also beats her regularly and murdered her. No one gives a shit that Carl helped her change her tire if he also shouts and punches holes in the wall. Why do you think cops in general deserve to be treated better than the 60% of them that are explicitly domestic abusers?
the entire policing system in the US is broken and corrupted and many times when the good officers try to turn in the bad cops the good cops die. fuck all people who want to be police. they have murder in their heart and fuck you if you can't empathize with the people who fear they say goodbye to their loved ones each time they walk out the door because any day could be the day a cop kills them. there can be no good cops because they just create the smokescreen that protects the worst cops
Fuck you too. Go live in an anarchy paradise where there are no cops. And keep viewing everyone in a group or profession as the worst of their bunch, you must be some great person. And I do mourn for those that lose their life due to poor policing, as I’m not living in a black and white reality like yourself.
the lesson from don't let a few bad apples spoil the bunch was to get rid of the bad apples not excuse them. there can be not one single good cop as long as there is a bad cop out there
Sherpafish
This is serving and protecting.
Scahrossar
Glad to see that kid wasn't killed. Stil ACAB.
literallymike
I hope he told him about the star-pattern when tightening those lug nuts.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Also should have showed him how to use his own car's jack which is much harder to use than the one he did
literallymike
And more dangerous due to easy slippage.
DrKonrad
This is what cops are supposed to do. Help people where they can.
timothyaolson2000
Jesus, I was primed for violence. I am so jaded.
jayman0123
Yeah I thought it was going to have him get out and grab a tire tool and then say he was armed and tase him
NicolWitTerror
What’s the heck did that kid do to his tire?! My goodness. That’s pretty messed up. Like totally shredded.
I think highway patrol is a lot better and more like this than the average in-city cop. I don’t think I’ve seen many, if any stories of issues with highway patrol. I’m sure they’re there. Just haven’t seen them I guess
DangerousToy
My shoulders were tight with anxiety.
ellopoppett
You’re not.
theguythatisme
We all were. It’s framed that way
morningxafter
To be fair it was kind of purposely set up to look like that was the way it was gonna go.
majortool
Agreed. They made an ass out of u and me.
delightfullyhardenthusiast
Had us in the first half.
DickMcStiffens
All of his content is like this.
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Title: "Cop takes out tire iron and changes Black kid's life in an instant"
fuzzy2k3
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1amZwd2JoNTg3enp1a243Y3dicXA3OHJnbjNhaGFiamE5andoN3RncyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/y2i2oqWgzh5ioRp4Qa/200w.webp
shagsright
oh thank god
Mcmaclassie
I was worried for a second about where this was gonna go, not gonna lie.
19marcurious57
NACAB. Dig?
boozits
No. That cop, and every cop, has protected bad cops. That's what ACAB means.
rhalm
Which is an incredibly dumb assumption. Grats on getting down to MAGA levels of stupidity.
19marcurious57
I still say this cop did good. So, Not All Cops Are Bad Cops.
NeverTrustThisNewInternetThingy
1CINAB1T! One Cop is not a basdard one time! Teach cops to behave like him and we solve the problem!
LeifHietala
I was ready for this to go very, very badly. I am delighted to see that it did not.
And you know what? Way more interactions go like this than we ever hear about. Because good news can't hurt you. Bad news sells, bad news gets clicks. There are more good people out there than bad ones, even cops. Remember that.
There are more good people.
IJustWantToMakeAComment
I was so worried for that kid omg.
levish
Most modern cars no longer have spare tires, they’ve been replaced with a can of fix a flat - which doesn’t help with blowouts or sidewall bubbles.
You can typically buy a spare tire kit for your vehicle which includes the rim, jack, wrench and some foam to keep all this together additionally you will need the correct size spare tire mounted to the rim.
demosteness
This is just another Tuesday in my country. Fix your police.
HenryLongfellowIII
Pulls out a 60lb steel floor jack...
majortool
Yes! I was wondering if someone was going to notice that. He must've had it on his cruiser. The ones you get with the vehicle are much more annoying to deal with. But I trust that he explained to him how the spare jack works.
boozits
Right, where did that come from?
VinnyVeritas
NOT what I expected. But what I was taught SHOULD happen. Vote and support a better America
thaGh0stD0g36
Not gonna lie they had me in the first half
kaijuuGold
the good peeps never make the headlines as it should treat others better than you expect should be the standard
GreenMnM
This is what "protect and serve" is supposed to mean.
KillingTlme
To serve and protect seems pretty straight forward to me. It's sad that a cop doing their actual job is considered a news story.
MagnumRadhard
WHAAAAAT!!!??? I DIDN'T... https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Njd2dHpxaXVlbmpyZXJvaTV6djZ6NGx3NXMyMnhkbWQxMWdtdGxpcSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/l0Iy69RBwtdmvwkIo/200w.webp
ellopoppett
Go mariners!
freakdiablo
First time I had to replace a tire was in a New Jersey rest area parking lot, in the rain, 100+ miles from anyone I knew. It was a rental car for work. I know the kid's pain.
It's a good thing to practice. Find someone knowledgeable and take a weekend afternoon.
StonesTwice
as it should be
DynamoJoeHoHo
I love this. Give that man a raise. I was expecting something really bad to happen. Thank you for this!
DJOldguy
That threw me... one of the good guys.. thanks @OP for posting this. Take an upvote.
DAKP
It's refreshing to see L.E. not murdering people. Maybe that's a trend that will catch on?
majortool
.. sure ...ahahhaha
DumbDumnBumBum
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OFFICER INTERACTIONS WITH CIVILIANS INVOLVE NO VIOLENCE WHATSOEVER LESS SO AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AND EVEN LESS SO ACTUAL MURDER AS DEFINED LEGALLY
noReallyIamPrincessBob
STOP SCREAMING! FFS
ontarioOT
Calm down Donald.
Dybidude5
Dude why are you screaming? Are ya good?
ilikehornets
That's probably true of any group, drug addicts, pedos etc.,
rhalm
I didn't realize those things were professions.
jakedafish
I’ve got 2 cop brother in laws, and boy let me tell you what, they are itching for violence. They want it so bad. Their training, their thoughts, violence.
So yes, the majority of interactions are not violent. However their attitude, behavior and demeanor are all looking for any excuse to unleash it.
KR1570F
So what? the overwhelming majority of officer interactions are the way they are to make it easier for the cops to excuse all the murders their fellow officers commit. Look at your bullshit language, murder as defined legally. The system even supports the cops making most of their murders not murder as defined legally. The policing system in america is evil and all of its officers benefit from that evil
rhalm
But murder is totally OK when it happens to someone you don't like, right?
KR1570F
Moronic statement. Murder is always wrong.
rhalm
Have you told that to the people glorifying the murders of Brian Thompson or Charlie Kirk?
IMPICKLERICK
Copaganda.
NeverDownvoteMelBrooks
Texas State Troopers are less likely to be pricks
StarscreamAndHutch
Yes. But its not cops making a basket in the curbside hoop or doing some dance with the kids in a parkinglot. This has some individual value to it. Dude was doing real dad stuff here not cop stuff.
AnubisPriest
This is the best ACAB message there is! Why? Because it proves cops can do good, that what bad cops do is wrong because they chose to do wrong just like they could choose to do good. This cop chose at that moment in that scenario to do the right thing.
Just like any cope could.
But cops don't. And this perfect ACAB message proves its easier to do right, and doing wrong is a formulated choice too.
Jwhite777
It's like I always say about New York Rangers fans - they're not all bad, it's just that 99% of them that give the rest a bad name.
gablestout
This is community policing.
SliderOfElay
I mean, everything they do should be copaganda. Then I think I'd be much happier with them.
rhalm
People here don't like hearing about what they do right, only what they do wrong, because it fits their existing bias. Anything that doesn't is "copaganda".
toves
Oooh. Solid hot take.
NotSomoneElse68
It's headline n news. "Police officer manages to not shoot young black man."
morningxafter
It is, but we can also recognize when ppl do the right thing and not only ever focus on when they do wrong. This cop did a nice thing this time. Are all cops still bastards? Yes, but even bastards have the capability to do good sometimes. Individual cops are generally not the problem. The problem is systemic. It’s how they’re trained that every interaction w/ the people they’re supposed to serve & protect should be approached adversarially, that every citizen is a threat, that it’s ‘them vs us’.
Kaze54
Man I feel bad for people who join to help others. One of my buddies in high school joined the police force, then fell into a deep depression after he learned that all the higher up cops were awful scumbags. The only good cops are newbies who don't know better. They don't stay for long after that.
KR1570F
oh yes, 100% but every good thing they do is also weaponized by that systemic practice. The bad cops know the good cops help make them look respectable. The bad cops know that every good cop moment we highlight makes the next victim less believed. the bad cops love the good cops as long as the good cops aren't talking to internal affairs, then the good cops have accidents. because the bad cops love the system and the system loves them back.
spookyu
This speaks a lot to the systemic issues in policing, that many of the issues are equally (if not more) bound to the institution. We can yell "ACAB" all day at the individuals (and in many cases, that's wildly warranted) but if we want any lasting change we have to push for substantial reform within the organizations themselves. I think with that in mind, lauding good individual behavior is a good thing *IF* we could ever make that change begin to happen.
TheLastSpaceman
When the statistics improve like by a LOT, then sure we can.
For now...
It is copaganda.
rhalm
Can you give exact statistics?
Asadsadsadclown
Nice 3 month old account, little boot licking bot.
elbowdeepinawhateverthatis
Even bastards have the capability to do good sometimes. That’s good. Broken clocks are right twice a day.
majortool
Yeah, but sometimes things are just good.
majortool
More happy that this kid learnt to change a tire.
KR1570F
not cops though. they're always bad
CptButtslam
Bad people can do good deeds and its important to talk about. This is what cops are *supposed* to be doing for their community. Acting like theyre only monsters dulls the terror they commit.
KR1570F
No one should praise Carl for all the times he helped his girlfriend if he also beats her regularly and murdered her. No one gives a shit that Carl helped her change her tire if he also shouts and punches holes in the wall. Why do you think cops in general deserve to be treated better than the 60% of them that are explicitly domestic abusers?
Camelspotting
Source?
NotSupposedToArgue
That’s a dumb and ignorant take. Treat individuals as individuals man.
KR1570F
the entire policing system in the US is broken and corrupted and many times when the good officers try to turn in the bad cops the good cops die. fuck all people who want to be police. they have murder in their heart and fuck you if you can't empathize with the people who fear they say goodbye to their loved ones each time they walk out the door because any day could be the day a cop kills them. there can be no good cops because they just create the smokescreen that protects the worst cops
rhalm
Everything about America is broken. If you're an American, you're part of the problem and are just as bad as the cops you judge.
NotSupposedToArgue
Fuck you too. Go live in an anarchy paradise where there are no cops. And keep viewing everyone in a group or profession as the worst of their bunch, you must be some great person. And I do mourn for those that lose their life due to poor policing, as I’m not living in a black and white reality like yourself.
KR1570F
the lesson from don't let a few bad apples spoil the bunch was to get rid of the bad apples not excuse them. there can be not one single good cop as long as there is a bad cop out there
rhalm
There's can't be a single good American while there are bad Americans out there. Why restrict it to just your cops?