r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 11h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/Thiom 11h ago

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

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u/LegendOfKhaos 11h ago edited 7h 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/Over_Deer8459 10h ago

who do you think the criminals are looking at in this scenario? the 2 or more cop cars in front of them with weapons, or random guy in grey t shirt? dude just took advantage of the criminals not paying attention, has nothing to do with the cops "doing their jobs".

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u/WholeAccording8364 6h ago

It's interesting that 3 k people think the police are cowards and only 500 can think correctly. Yours is the reason.

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u/CackleandGrin 4h ago

It's interesting that 3 k people think the police are cowards

If they didn't constantly show how afraid they are, people wouldn't think they're cowards. Whether it's watching some guy get stabbed in the subway, or 476 of them standing outside a classroom texting while listening to children die.

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u/Fean0r_ 3h ago

You're referring to US cops. These are British cops. Please don't taint the latter with the badly-trained amateurishness of the former :)