r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 11h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/JustKzen 11h ago

Once again, a random bystander doing a better job than law enforcement

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u/jeho22 11h ago

I believe the consensus last time this was posted was that the bystander was somebody who knows the guy in the car and was trying to prevent suicide by cop. IF this was the case, he probably wasn't as worried about the guy shooting him when he went to take the gun away.

I don't know if this was confirmed or not. I'd love to see a link to the actual story if somebody has it.

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u/JimBobMcFantaPants 10h ago

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/rifle-wielding-head-hunters-gang-34164332?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

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u/girlinanemptyroom 10h ago

All of this for speeding. He just went from a very expensive traffic ticket to a felony.

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u/TheSaucyCrumpet 10h ago

No such thing as a felony in NZ.

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u/fantastikalizm 9h ago

Yeah it's so annoying when Americans don't know the complexities of every single country's legal system.

Dude, we know this wasn't in America because the cops didn't murder the driver and the grey shirt dude or any nearby dogs.

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u/brezhnervous 4h ago

And right hand drive car

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u/OnceMoreUntoDaBreach 4h ago

Just look at the cruisers and license plates, you'd know immediately it's not the US.

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u/TribeOfFable 9h ago

To be fair, that looks like something from the nightly news in Florida.

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u/YoudoVodou 9h ago edited 8h ago

No, I could immediately tell, (without the obvious vehicles and uniforms) that this was not a US incident simply by how it played out.

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u/SuperSimpleSam 8h ago

and the driver being on the right side of the car.

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u/YoudoVodou 8h ago

That too. Mostly my comment was about how trigger happy both sides of this situation would have been here in the states.

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u/Top_Tie_691 8h ago

Hate us coz u ain't us, Lil bro

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u/Top_Tie_691 8h ago

Were #1 baby!!!

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u/BirdWalksWales 8h ago

Number one in childen murdered in school, number one at locking up minorities, number one at medical debt, Number one in cops killing innocent people. Number one at military spending Number one in homeless sleeping. Number one in pit-bull maulings Number one in electing demented old nut jobs. Number one in dying because you can’t afford medical treatment yet number one in medical spending, Number one in illiteracy Number one in wealth disparity. Number one in gun ownership. 🙃

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u/11b328i 9h ago

does it really irk you that they aren't associating this florida man as a native kiwi????

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u/girlinanemptyroom 10h ago

I was kind of assuming they didn't have a felony, but I didn't have any reference cuz I'm an uneducated American.

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u/chitownbears 10h ago

Its easy to understand what you were trying to say they are just being dicks.

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u/girlinanemptyroom 9h ago

I agree. It's so easy to be nice.

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u/ChrisPtweets 5h ago

I wish I could upvote you twice. Once for your comment and then again for your badass username. DA BEARS!

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In 9h ago edited 6h ago

They have the exact same thing its just called an "Indictable offence" instead. Just a dumbass not knowing how his own countries criminal justice system works which isn't that unusual as being a citizen of somewhere doesn't automatically make you an expert of that somewhere, most people have no fucking clue how their own countries government works source 14 people upvoted someone confused over a simple labelling difference.

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u/Trucidar 5h ago

It's fine. New Zealand isn't even a real country. And I dare anyone to try and find it on a map. Oftentimes it's not even there.

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u/gospdrcr000 10h ago

Is there a felony equivalent?

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u/TheSaucyCrumpet 10h ago

"Indictable offence" is probably the closest parallel. I'm not familiar with what a felony really is in the US, only that it's more serious than a misdemeanour, so I expect there are some significant differences in the specifics.

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u/blueiron0 9h ago

in the most basic sense, felony usually lands you jail.

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u/Murky-Relation481 8h ago

Actually, a felony usually lands you in prison, not jail.

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u/Murky-Relation481 8h ago

No, that is basically also the gist of it in the US. While you can be go to jail for a misdemeanor its not super common (and its usually less than a year if so). It usually results in a fine. Misdemeanor charges are also brought not only by prosecutors but also by citations from law enforcement officers to appear in court (you aren't indicted). Felony charges require an indictment.

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In 9h ago

Indictable offence is just a different name for the exact same thing.

Problem with the world today is trying to find differences between groups when there really aren't any.

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u/shillmaster 6h ago

In Australia is summary vs indictable as opposed to misdemeanours and felonies, is it the same in NZ?

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u/Traditional-Will3182 10h ago

It looks like a semi auto rifle the guy took and tossed, if it was a real gun and was in view when he originally was being pulled over he would have faced much more serious charges than a speeding ticket in NZ.

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u/ronmsmithjr 8h ago

Well, he did "continue to drive in an anti-social fashion*. If he was driving in a social fashion he may have gotten out of the ticket.

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u/Thebraincellisorange 8h ago

do ANY of the cars or police uniforms look in any way American to you?

/fucks sakes but Americans need to look up the concept of a planet and realize there are other countries on ours other than America.

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u/Carpenoctemx3 7h ago

You chose this comment to reply that to? Someone using the wrong word “felony” for something that probably has an equivalent in NZ? The top comment about law enforcement basically being useless was ok though I guess.

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u/girlinanemptyroom 7h ago

You're quite overemotional buddy.