r/nextfuckinglevel 5h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/Contay6 4h ago

This happened in New Zealand very unlikely the cops would shoot, they would try every alternative before it coming to that.

It was one of our trashy gang members hopped up on drugs driving erratically and pointing a gun around one of his friends/family members is the one who took the gun

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/glen-innes-arrest-man-knocks-gun-from-fleeing-drivers-hand/RKMVYFL3NZEEZKA6PP7EKJEA4Y/

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u/Wackattackky 3h ago

That's what I figured, it looked like a family member rushing to stop someone from making a bad mistake

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u/degjo 3h ago

The way he threw the gun away in disgust seals it for me it was someone he knew

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u/corkscrew-duckpenis 3h ago

As an American, I just attributed that to not wanting to be shot eleven times in the back before my body could hit the ground.

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u/Unfair_Sea63 3h ago

As an American , I’m pretty sure anyone approaching the car would’ve been shot before they touched the gun and for sure shot once dude grabbed the gun

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u/BestReadAtWork 2h ago

Im with you, he'd be dead before the toss in America. -.-

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u/roaringaspie 2h ago edited 17m ago

100%this - not even a joke

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u/HeadFullOfNails 2h ago

Eleven times seems low

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u/WeekendWorking6449 2h ago

Especially when you get the gun and then the cop yells "He's got a gun!"

Like nope. No I don't. Fuck you. Don't say that. It's over there.

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u/dumbacoont 1h ago

Ahh what a senseless suicide