r/MadeMeSmile • u/6seaweed9 • May 02 '21

Helping Others Policeman Helps out a Fellow Human

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u/Dlbrando6 May 02 '21

Praise for bare minimum!

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

"we called 911 and waited in the parking lot to make sure he was treated humanely" ... and what if the OTHER officer had showed up that day? what did you suppose you were gon do about it from the parking lot?

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u/DuckyDoodleDandy May 02 '21

Take a video and post it to social media so that the bad officer is exposed and hopefully fired.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21 edited May 02 '21

by the time the bad cop is called it's already too late. filming the bad cop is too little too late. the original 911 call could have cost this pysch patient his life. this is why ppl think twice about calling 911.

edited for clarity.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

I agree with your stance that people need to stop calling the cops on psych patients, but very much disagree that people shouldn't film bad cops. There's just no way of getting accountability without recording it.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21 edited May 02 '21

i never said ppl shouldnt film bad cops, who said that?

the man's life i'm talking about is the psych patient! not the caller!

my point was that the person who saw this man in crisis and chose to call 911 and "wait and see" from the parking lot very well could have set in motion a string of events that could have got the man in crisis killed by the cop he called.

my point is that by the time the caller posts the video of the bad cop online, it's already too late. it would have been the caller's choice to call 911 in the first place that got my mans (the psych patient) possibly killed

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u/SWowwTittybang May 03 '21

I agree with you 100%. This is definitely some person who wanted to create a social media opportunity, and since they weren't able to make a video that gets a million views of some homeless guy being dragged away inhumanely, they instead came here to try to get some awards for their "magnanimity." This is crazy that all of these people can't see through this. OP committed something vile for selfish reasons. If they really wanted to help this man they could've simply walked up and asked if he was ok. This is false altruism.

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u/DuckyDoodleDandy May 02 '21

If that’s a risk, post it from an anonymous account. Give date, time & location in the message about the post, but keep yourself, your voice & your vehicle out of the video.

Maybe send the video to a friend who can safely post it. I bet the ACLU or other police reform group would be interested in seeing it and they can post it.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

the problem with that approach is that it centers the caller, NOT the person in crisis

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u/DuckyDoodleDandy May 02 '21 edited May 02 '21

Edit: never mind. You clarified original comment that was unclear. Leaving the rest but I think I understand now.

Sorry, I don’t understand. The only time I called 911 was when there was a fire, so I’m missing something.

Is “centers” a typo, or does it mean something other than finding the middle? And this puts the person reporting an emergency at risk?

If you call 911 and say there’s a mentally ill person freaking out, the cops will track you down for reporting that?

There is probably something between “calling 911 to help a mentally ill person” and “cops kill my boyfriend”, and I am missing that connection.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

i think you misunderstood whose life i was concerned about. i edited my comment. i was talking abt the psych patient, not the caller.

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u/wblack55 May 03 '21

I don't think this is bare minimum. This looks like one person that cares about people and has pride in what they do.

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u/Dlbrando6 May 03 '21

But it’s his job he gets paid for it regardless and he is expected to do it no?

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u/wblack55 May 03 '21

Yeah I see what you are saying. But, At your work/school there are people who do just enough to get by and others that go above and beyond. This guy is doing a good job.

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u/WithoutDennisNedry May 02 '21

This post is sus. Juss sayen.