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After Traffic Stop for Phone in Right Hand, She Called Out the Problem (www.nytimes.com)
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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.

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[–] 140 points 5 months ago (17 children)

Video of the stop is here: https://youtu.be/47Em_6kCLqI

The reveal is quite hilarious but the cop doubling down is just cringe.

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  • [–] 107 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    He just didn't want to admit he was wrong. Fucking ACAB. Goddamn pigs all of them.

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  • [+] -14 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Incompetence isn't an excuse to be shit person and a worse cop. You convinced me that acab, goddamn pigs, all of them

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  • [+] -13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    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.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago* (6 children)

    the cop doubling down

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] -4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    In the heat of the moment.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not justifying their stupid action, just saying that it doesn't necessarily look scripted to me, because "nobody would act that way"

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    "Hand to God, do you swear you didn't have a phone in your hand?"

    "Hand to God."

    "Your other hand. Hand to God, do you swear you didn't have a phone in your hand?"

    "Hand to God."

    "Cool. Have a good day."

    WHAT AN ASSHOLE!

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