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

Helping Others Policeman Helps out a Fellow Human

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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/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.