one of the cop training courses promotes the idea that anyone with in like ... 22 feet of you ... has the potential to kill you.
so anytime they get close to a person that is "unsecured" and could "pose a threat" they use a lot of ready positions like a deadly tennis player looking to beat the odds on serve.
basically we are all perpetrators until proven otherwise.
I actually took some training about crowd/prisoner management back when I was in the army preparing for a deployment. Turns out a guy with a knife out who runs at you can usually get within stabbing distance, before a gun is drawn, anywhere within about 22 feet (or so).
If you assume everyone is out to get you because they're all murdering criminals, then yeah, gotta keep your hand on your gun whenever they're not social distancing enough. Fucking pigs.
I can tell you from experience that I absolutely notice when police do this to me and it absolutely feels like a threat. Being a police officer in the US isn't even close to being the most dangerous profession but they treat every interaction as if this will be the one that kills them.
Never grab your own weapon in front of a cop, what are you crazy? Grab theirs. Both problems solved, plus any new problems that arise? Now you have the tools to address those!
They're like multiple chins, but on the back.
I know, I've been blessed with them both. True, it 'may' have something to do with my diet. But hey, Iced Coffee is my religion.
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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 89 pts · 218d
one of the cop training courses promotes the idea that anyone with in like ... 22 feet of you ... has the potential to kill you.
so anytime they get close to a person that is "unsecured" and could "pose a threat" they use a lot of ready positions like a deadly tennis player looking to beat the odds on serve.
basically we are all perpetrators until proven otherwise.
DaGeek247@fedia.io · 31 pts · 218d
I actually took some training about crowd/prisoner management back when I was in the army preparing for a deployment. Turns out a guy with a knife out who runs at you can usually get within stabbing distance, before a gun is drawn, anywhere within about 22 feet (or so).
If you assume everyone is out to get you because they're all murdering criminals, then yeah, gotta keep your hand on your gun whenever they're not social distancing enough. Fucking pigs.
jagermo@feddit.org · 5 pts · 218d
There was a whole episode of justified about it!
Relevant clip
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 218d
basically we are all perpetrators until
proven otherwisedead.Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 218d
I feel like they'd be muzzle flagging us at all times if they were allowed to
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 217d
While having us voluntarily handcuff ourselves behind our backs while lying face down.
untorquer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 217d
With our own knees on our backs
toeknee@piefed.social · 65 pts · 218d
I can tell you from experience that I absolutely notice when police do this to me and it absolutely feels like a threat. Being a police officer in the US isn't even close to being the most dangerous profession but they treat every interaction as if this will be the one that kills them.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 43 pts · 218d
In most states simply touching your holstered weapon during a confrontation is defined as Assault.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 218d
Yeah - your weapon. Not theirs.
Suuuuuper fair logical makes sense dot com
yakko@feddit.uk · 15 pts · 218d
Never grab your own weapon in front of a cop, what are you crazy? Grab theirs. Both problems solved, plus any new problems that arise? Now you have the tools to address those!
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 217d
Why did I read this in the voice of Salvador from Borderlands?
yakko@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 217d
I never played it, but I know a compliment when I hear one
slothrop@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 218d
It's a DWB (Driving While Black)!!
Leather@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 218d
For citizens with a firearm this is called menacing. For cops it's safety...
fratermus@piefed.social · 23 pts · 218d
If the citizen placed his hand on a gun during the interaction the LEO would have immediately started fEaRing fur muh life!!! and started blasting.
Rules for thee but not for me.
Ghostie@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 217d
ICastFist@programming.dev · 3 pts · 217d
Acorns are loaded guns, didn't you know? That's how one managed to shoot a cop by falling onto the car
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 217d
That guy is clearly driving while black.
reddit_sux@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 217d
That is an American problem, the police assume you are armed even when there is no confrontation happening on a routine check.
The solution to a bad man with a gun is a good man with guns. Either way.
At least that is the rule in US.
Jayve@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 218d
You can tell he's a bad cop by his neck rolls.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 217d
What neck rolls?
TomArrr@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 217d
They're like multiple chins, but on the back. I know, I've been blessed with them both. True, it 'may' have something to do with my diet. But hey, Iced Coffee is my religion.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 217d
I know what neck rolls are.
There aren't any on that image.
SystemL@literature.cafe · -47 pts · 218d
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 218d
Why would you assume that?
prenatal_confusion@feddit.org · 23 pts · 218d
tastetheplague@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 218d
I think I know why.
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 218d
Sure, but it's more fun when they tell on themselves in front of everyone.
Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 218d
If the guy was actually perceived as a threat, there'd be backup and the cop would be 15 feet back with weapon drawn
AshMan85@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 218d
No, but i think you are nazi bootlicker lol
colforge@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 218d
Hmm why are you all of a sudden being suspicious by default instead of assuming he’s just a really nice guy? 🤔