This is basically what police work has become.
It isn’t a chase and it isn’t a raid. It dealing with a woman who is using a Target shopping cart to haul her belongings while she films them and calls them “white racist cops.”
Then she signs off with “goodbye police jobs.”
That’s the call. Somebody in public, already filming, unloading a year of grievances on the first people who showed up in uniform.
The officers still have to stand there, keep their voices down, and treat it like work instead of a debate.
People talk about policing like every encounter is a door getting kicked in. A huge amount of it is this: stay calm while a stranger treats the badge like the enemy and the camera like a witness. This video isn’t shocking if you’ve been paying attention. It’s ordinary. That’s the part nobody wants to sit with.
Show some respect and appreciation for our police officers.
This is what police officers have to deal with every single day.
They asked him not to leave a bag.
He asked what they did to his 3-year-old nephew. Then the World Trade Center. An umbrella. Mace. A kicked leg. An ambulance. He still wouldn’t give his age.
Just dummy. Stupid ass.
That’s not a one-off. That’s the job.
Most police work isn’t a chase. It’s a person who is off, angry at the badge, filming, dumping a year of grievances on the first officer who says “don’t do that.” They still have to offer the hospital. Still have to explain the precinct. Still have to stand there while someone calls them stupid for asking how old he is. And the ln they have to deal with agitators and activists all day long.
People talk about cops like every encounter is a raid. A lot of it is this: stay calm while someone who isn’t well treats you like the enemy for existing.
This video isn’t shocking if you’ve been paying attention. It’s typical. That’s the part nobody wants to sit with.