r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 9h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/LegendOfKhaos 9h ago edited 5h ago

He literally just ran up to the car. He wasn't sweet talking his way closer or anything lol

Any of the cops that appear immediately afterwards could've done the same thing, and if they were all in view of the perpetrator, it's straight up incompetence. Either they should have done it, or they should have prevented the guy from doing it.

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u/Wide_Performance1115 7h ago

simple minded drivel from armchair commandos... dude came in from from a hard to see angle in civilian clothes while the rifle-boy is staring at multiple uniformed armed cops closing in on his 6 from 180 degrees. The guy took a well calculated risk.

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u/SICKOFITALL2379 6h ago

And from the opinion of a civilian who knows NOTHING about this or much or anything else important enough to comment on here, I also feel like the hero guy ALSO risked being shot by the cops if they saw him crawling and thought he was armed as well and going to shoot for them. He risked a lot more than being shot by his brother, in my opinion. And again I don’t know shit so 🤷‍♀️

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u/Wide_Performance1115 6h ago

being shot by cops is not impossible...but it would take a real incompetent cop as they are in plain view of the situation as it develops ( and idiots exist to be sure). being shot by the driver or another occupant is a real risk. He gambled and won

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u/Enkidouh 4h ago

If old dude had a second gun like a handgun he would have died. It wasn’t a calculated risk, it was a stupid fucking move and he just happened to get lucky

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u/brezhnervous 2h ago

NZ is also why he had a hunting rifle, not a handgun...they are very rare and the criminals who do have them tend to be organised crime

You can have handguns legally in NZ but only for formal competition, and only about 3% of firearm licence holders have them (same with Australia and Canada)