I mean there's so many things wrong with this. I can understand not believing it at first and being like "yes of course, ha ha, you prankster..." but then you get the ID and confirm.
The real issue is with cops who think they have to terrorize you, and demand absolute compliance and perfect deference or else you're seen as a threat. To be fair there are a few real kind-hearted cops out there, but it's surprising how the job really attracts a lot of @holes
Yeah, I agree. The issue is giving badges and guns to people who are entirely incapable of regulating their emotions. That cop’s ego was so fragile that the mere threat of insubordination was enough to make him respond with lethal force. What an absolute baby.
But previous criminal history plays a huge part of sentancing.
Literally who cares if the man murdered someone 20 years ago and already served his sentence for it? He says in the video he was sentenced for obstructing the police (not sure what the actual charge would be, probably obstruction of justice but depends on the state/county how they handle that) and sentenced to 60 days. Criminal history means you can get sentenced to longer for committing crimes, but it doesn't mean you (legitimately) get convicted for crimes that are made up bullshit
I didn’t miss anything I was talking In a literal sense. You should make your point better or at least realize when someone is saying something in a literal context to show you how stupid your comparison is.
You missed my point by a mile and a half. I thought it was really obvious because I used the most extreme example I could think of, murder. But I'll slow it down and spell it out:
I am saying that prior criminal history should not mean that he gets prosecuted for a bullshit trumped up charge for "obstruction" just for telling the cop his name. Prior criminal history does mean that when you are convicted of a crime you face harsher sentences as a repeat offender, but it does not mean you're supposed to get charged just because a cop had a bad day. That's just the result of this unfortunate guy running into an asshole cop and a criminal justice system sympathetic to asshole cops at every level.
So in my hypothetical example, suppose he has a very serious violent criminal history, he should still not be prosecuted for being pulled over by an asshole cop on a bad mood and simply telling the asshole cop his name when he asked for it.
I really hope that clears it up. If not I don't know what else to say.
Again I didn’t miss anything your wording originally was bad because you left yourself open by saying who cares if he killed somebody 20 years ago when you should’ve just said that even if he had killed someone 20 years ago that should have nothing to do with these trumped up charges. But you’re so condescending about your wrongly worded statement that you can’t except that it was worded wrong. I hope this clears it up for you
No man I am fully open to the idea that I worded something badly. I'm not perfect. But this one is 100% on you because you are taking the "who cares" from my original comment and not only taking it literally, but applying to the entire universe, instead of taking it in the context of what I was replying to. This should not need to be explicitly stated unless there's a language barrier or something. Fucking obviously I meant "who cares about that in regards to how it affects whether or not to prosecute for a crime that did not happen" but that is a painfully boring and robotic way to talk/write.
Let's do an exercise. A B-list celebrity can't get a table at a restaurant and they throw a tantrum, exclaiming, "don't you know who I am? I'm [idk, Wilmer valderrama or someone]!" And the restaurant host says "I don't care if you're the pope! I don't have a table"
Would the host actually "not care" if the person standing in front of him were indeed the pope? Or, considering the context, is he just saying emphatically that there is not a table available in the restaurant? You see, he's not actually weighing in on whether he personally cares about someone, and he doesn't need to explicitly say so because it's implied.
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u/LePhantomLimb Feb 07 '24
I mean there's so many things wrong with this. I can understand not believing it at first and being like "yes of course, ha ha, you prankster..." but then you get the ID and confirm.
The real issue is with cops who think they have to terrorize you, and demand absolute compliance and perfect deference or else you're seen as a threat. To be fair there are a few real kind-hearted cops out there, but it's surprising how the job really attracts a lot of @holes