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kingwi11 t1_ixzuzxn wrote

Reply to comment by AhbabaOooMaoMao in Connecticut man accused of dragging officer by door after racing by jr_reddit

Why wouldn't the officer let go of the door once the car started moving. That seems really unsafe

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laceyourbootsup t1_iy0l7s5 wrote

Dragging is a term that the media is using for you to click on the article. The police officer let go. The criminal is under arrest for violating motor vehicle racing requirements, reckless driving, disobeying the signal of an officer, engaging police in pursuit, illegally striking an officer with a motor vehicle, illegal racing on a highway, interfering with officer/resisting arrest, second-degree breach of peace and second-degree reckless endangerment

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Kel4597 t1_iy15idq wrote

Imagine, for a moment, the car is stopped and you grab the door handle. The guy accelerates. Instinctively, when things we’re holding onto try to get away from us, we tighten our grip as a reflect, not a conscious decision.

Cop probably reflexively tightened his grip and then let go shortly after.

Not that literally any of that matters. It’s not like this was the ONLY charge this guy is getting and the sole reason he was arrested.

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Tonydildos t1_iy1i8bf wrote

Probably thought the guy would eventually stop. So the options are let go now and break a bunch of bones or hold on and maybe I’ll be ok lol

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draftcrunk t1_ixzxtqp wrote

When power tripping goes wrong …

They are not known for their intelligence.

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haystackofneedles t1_iy0dzbd wrote

He's a police officer... they're not known for their extensive schooling and common sense

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tdigren t1_iy0kram wrote

That’s incredibly inaccurate.

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Rhyxnathotho t1_iy0wpnb wrote

> A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

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Big_Dinner3636 t1_iy1jgpe wrote

A 22 year old article about one department and your own source says officers have an above average IQ. Great citing.

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tdigren t1_iy0yvbn wrote

I really like that 22 year old article. At that time the famous Rodney King beating was only 9 years old. In those 9 years, policing changed. In the 22 years since this article, policing again, has changed.

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Rhyxnathotho t1_iy13icc wrote

Even though it’s from 20 years ago, this decision was never overturned. It is still the law according to the courts.

> The somewhat sensationalized idea that police academies and departments don’t allow people with high IQs into the force occasionally pops up in debates around police reform. And though the belief is not entirely accurate, it’s not wrong either. There is no official or universal bar or cutoff for IQ squares across the nation, but in at least some states, it is legal for police departments to reject applicants who score "too high" on intelligence tests.

> some states, including Illinois, New Jersey and North Dakota, require officers to have completed at least two years of college education or an equivalent. These states are also all in the bottom 11 of those with the lowest number of police killings.

> The 1967 President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice recommended that all police officers nationwide have a bachelor’s degree by 1982. That recommendation, however, has not been met.

https://www.yourtango.com/news/police-high-iq-max-limit-degrees-police-reform

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tdigren t1_iy1463p wrote

What is your interest in law?

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Rhyxnathotho t1_iy15ned wrote

That’s irrelevant; I am stating facts with sources. Straw man arguments (Rodney King) and an ad hominem attack on me do not defend your arguments.

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tdigren t1_iy16sg1 wrote

Oh! You’re one of them! I disagree and that’s an attack on you. Grow up.

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Prestigious-Tie2049 t1_ixzy74r wrote

I mean they’re police. They don’t exactly hire the smartest people on the planet.

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imightbemichael t1_iy057jc wrote

So out of the two people in this scenario, the police officer is the dumb one? Maybe, just maybe, and hear me out because I know this is crazy. The driver shouldn’t have accelerated and tried to get away.

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FinnbarMcBride t1_iy0tz76 wrote

In that scenario, only one of them is worried about whether the cop gets hurt, and spoiler-alert, its not the guy driving the car

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Triscuitador t1_iy1nth4 wrote

it's healthy to not trust cop reports. that guy that got shot for eating a hamburger in park could have been hit with the same charge. and, to be honest, the fact that a cop can't let go of a moving car doesn't inspire confidence that the same cop should be trusted with a firearm in an even higher stress situation.

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Prestigious-Tie2049 t1_iy05h67 wrote

I never said the driver wasn’t dumb. No one should be street racing.

In theory the cop should have been able to use his monkey brain and let go of the door. in theory.

But as i said, they don’t always hire the smartest people.

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imightbemichael t1_iy08o4p wrote

I know everyone likes to play Monday morning quarterback on this cesspool of an app. But it seems like it all happened in a split second. And it’s not like he was holding on and getting dragged down a street for a mile. It seems like he had his hand on the handle. The driver accelerated and dragged him a few feet before his fight or flight kicked in and he let go. Idk if you’ve ever been around cars that are used for street racing but they accelerate pretty quickly. And you can have your own opinion on cops but calling this guy stupid for trying to do his job and holding onto a handle for a millisecond too long, honestly kind of shows your stupidity

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toinezor t1_iy0ehgk wrote

The irony is the ones that bash cops the most are the first ones calling 911.

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Prestigious-Tie2049 t1_iy0pfy4 wrote

Luckily I don’t fall into that category 😎

I’ll call them dumb, but I really don’t understand all that acab shit

Like who ya gonna call, ghostbusters?

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