But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.
But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.
Video of the stop is here: https://youtu.be/47Em_6kCLqI
The reveal is quite hilarious but the cop doubling down is just cringe.
Curiosity, could you not see the video in the article? It was right at the top for me (Though NYT does that annoying inverse in dark mode thing)
He just didn’t want to admit he was wrong. Fucking ACAB. Goddamn pigs all of them.
He could’ve had a little fun that day and laughed with her and it would’ve been so freaking wholesome. Probably gone viral for that reason instead of due to embarrassment.
I mean, he was following his script. This situation definitely called for some independent thought, but in an unusual situation, he instead just barreled through and stuck to his script…
I’d say there’s definitely more incompetence than malice going on here.
(And to be clear, I’m not saying this is ok.) Incompetence is a huge problem when it’s in a place of ultimate authority, and it carries deadly weapons with the authority to use them. That is absolutely not a position where incompetence should be tolerated in any society.
But I do want to push back a bit in the tone you were setting, “acab, goddamn pigs, all of them”; that’s strong, and again, I don’t think this case was malicious, just dumb. Somewhat fittingly, I would call it pig-headed.
Weaponized incompetence is malice. They are about power, and it’s a huge display of power to put morons who cannot think for themselves in positions of authority. They know that these people are useful idiots, and they know how much it demoralizes the rest of us.
ACAB isn’t just a slogan, it’s a strategy.
Incompetence isn’t an excuse to be shit person and a worse cop. You convinced me that acab, goddamn pigs, all of them
And you’ll notice that I never said it was an excuse. I mean with your first sentence you’re practically quoting my words, except you took the opposite conclusion.
Edit: Lol, lots of downvotes. Well fuck honesty I guess. Apparently not what people want to hear.
Couldn’t think of what else to say, guy was obviously stumped.
He just didn’t want to hand it to her
Why does he keep holding his finger in front of the camera? Is it standard procedure for cops to block their body cams in case they want to do crimes?
WHAT AN ASSHOLE!
Bro he didn’t just double down, he literally asked her to say “hand to God” to promise him that she didn’t have a phone in her hand.
Like first of all, you’re a cop, imagine you pull a suspect over and you say “I’m suspecting you of this crime. Did you do it?” “No.” “Hand to God?” “Hand to God.” “Alright go on you rascal, have a good day now.”
Second of all, you do not say “Hand to God?” to a person with one fucking hand. Oh my god. 🫣
Wondering if it’s staged or AI or something.
I’m retrospect, we can calmly reflect on the situation and imagine how we’d respond. But in an impromptu “this is happening right now, and I didn’t even fully process that she’s lacking a hand or that I made a mistake” situation, his silly behavior doesn’t seem implausible at all.
Of course it doesn’t seem implausible that a cop would act this way. But any normal person who would accuse someone of something and be met with this kind of conclusive evidence prima facie would probably not do this.
In the heat of the moment.
Really giving that “boys will be boys” energy, are we? There’s no “heat” here, what are you even talking about? As a cop, surely they’ve seen more “heat” than this. Armless lady bringing the heat, rofl
I’m not justifying their stupid action, just saying that it doesn’t necessarily look scripted to me, because “nobody would act that way”
Then I completely misunderstood everything you said, apologies. 🤔
Anyway, they really could’ve had a wholesome time here but just ruined it with pride.