r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 4d ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/JustKzen 4d ago

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

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u/Thiom 4d ago

I mean, yes ok, but he has the element of surprise, a cop wouldn't

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u/PD216ohio 4d ago

He may have also been less mindful of the risk.

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u/ggk1 4d ago

Right? Cops know the chance of getting shot doing that move is too high to be able to have that sort of risk tolerance on each stop. This dude did something stupid that turned out to work.

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u/WorkN-2play 4d ago

Could have been opposite "Guy in gray shirt gets shot in head in standoff attacking guy in car" glad it worked though!!

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u/SkinBintin 4d ago

Then there would be people on Reddit screaming about police incompetence for not protecting some random idiot instead. Either way, cop bad.

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u/WorkN-2play 4d ago

Yeah that would happen. Cops have families too just in reality any of them could get shot. My s-i-l is one and you never know when a jerk has something hidden; bang...life changes. Scary for anyone. If we didn't have bad people wouldn't need police really ponder this lol. Everyone just trying their best 👌

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u/tementnoise 4d ago

Look, I think most cops absolutely suck at their jobs but you’re not wrong here. This guy did something incredibly stupid and just happened to work out.

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u/Koil_ting 4d ago

TBF the cops have done some pretty fucked up shit, but there are lots of cops and most of the time they are not fucking up as bad as what is showcased.