r/SipsTea • u/Admirable-Dot-9003 • 21h ago

Wait a damn minute! Wait a second!

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u/The_Kevinator_1000 20h ago

I've seen thousands of body cam videos, and I find it hilarious just how unrepresentative of reality this skit is. Most of the time these people escalate what would've otherwise been a peaceful stop into some crazy shit.

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u/ClientBudget2848 20h ago

I watched a video where the officer told the guy to get out of his car. He opened the door to the car slowly with other hand still in air, and cop just lost it and dragged him by his dreads out of his window with the door open.

It was just like these skits. The cop just loses it suddenly because the guy is black. No other reason. Just a racist cop who shouldn't have a badge

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u/The_Kevinator_1000 20h ago

Skits like this imply it's common, which is the problem. It's not; the incident you're referring to is probably like one in a hundred thousand traffic stops where one cop has a bad day and takes it out on a suspect. 99% of the time, if you comply, absolutely nothing bad will happen to you, because most cops just wanna do the job and go home.

Also, it wasn't just like this skit; to my recollection, the guy getting dragged was refusing to exit the car, or it was the culmination of something which had happened before. Cops don't just pull you over and start dragging you out of the car immediately for no reason other than your skin colour.

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u/PwAlreadyTaken 18h ago

Rather than arguing over what the skit “implies” or how common “common” is, why don’t we ask what the typical recourse is for a citizen in this situation and what accountability the officer faces? That’s a less ambiguous way to have the same conversation.

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u/Admirable-Dot-9003 20h ago

Found the cop.

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u/The_Kevinator_1000 20h ago

Found the ACAB nutcase.

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u/ClientBudget2848 20h ago

No. The entire stop was on video. When I say the guy was complying I mean it.

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u/The_Kevinator_1000 20h ago

Do you have a link to the video you're referencing? We must be thinking about different stops.

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u/LarianDivinityBG3 14h ago

Yes, but that doesn't change the fact that this isn't the thing that happens in most of these encounters.