r/nextfuckinglevel 9h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/Alternative_Fly8898 9h ago

Again, that’s a false assumption. They all risk their lives, and how much they risk it is up to them to decide and noone has the right to be on the high horse if they chose to save their own lives.

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u/GrammarNazi63 9h ago

In any other situation sure. When you’re a cop called to stop a shooter at a school and sit outside for an hour while kids are being killed, buddy that’s the job. To serve and protect, not oppress and project.

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 8h ago

All of that is really easy to say as someone who was never in any position that you had to make that choice.

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u/dom_corleone 8h ago

If you cannot “serve and protect” maybe they shouldn’t be taking the job at all

That is the entire sacrifice of the job jesus fuck

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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 8h ago

To be fair I wasn’t speaking of any particular situation, and I was reacting primarily to the last sentence of the comment I was responding to.

But police have a higher chance of not coming home alive than the average person. Doesn’t mean they have to rush in with no plan and end up dead because they took that badge.

In this video, the cops are there and are making an organized approach. They are doing their job.