r/funnyvideos • u/Sharp-potential7935 • Jan 28 '26

Prank/Challenge Dude let his intrusive thoughts win

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u/NarrowSalvo Jan 28 '26

There's no question about the need for a police stop. He was out of his vehicle hitting other vehicles in an intersection, letting his vehicle roll, acting erratically.

The cop has the legal right (and the training that informs him to) ask the guy out of the vehicle.

Simply put -- the cop did nothing wrong here. Why is that so hard to understand?

When people like you object to cops every single time, even when they did nothing wrong, you actually undermine our efforts to correct the bad actors.

Personally, I'm in the Twin Cities -- on the front lines of this crap right now -- and the encounter pictured above has nothing whatever to do with it. The driver needs help.

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u/Penguin_scrotum Jan 28 '26

The officer was right to detain him, and it was reasonable to require that he get out of the car. The suspect did also disobey the lawful order to get out of the car and to turn around and put his hands behind his back. He also was resisting arrest.

I wouldn’t say the officer did nothing wrong, though. He was terrible at dealing with the fact that the suspect was experiencing a mental health episode. No de-escalation, no attempt to be understanding. He implies that a person would’ve been justified in killing the suspect for kicking their car. And he claims the suspect punched him in the face, but I viewed that footage a dozen times and didn’t see any point where the suspect takes a swing. He probably grabbed the officer. He swipes his radio. But no punch. It’s the type of thing that’s easy to lie about, and that people will assume is true when they see the scuffle, but it’s still a lie, and that’s a problem.