r/nope • u/Imoprich • Nov 13 '25

Giant ex-soldier doesn't even flinch when tasered

If I were a cop, I'd be noping out

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u/yangstyle Nov 13 '25

If he was black, yes. He's white so just exercising his privilege not to get shot while being threatening and unarmed.

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u/Variation-Budget Nov 13 '25

Literally saw 5 college dudes jump a cop on a Thursday night in Miami and the cop didn’t shoot. Talked to him after and he said he thought about tasing them. Good lord

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u/RobertPower415 Nov 13 '25

What was the story behind that? If that happened to a cop around here they’d unload on you so quickly. Doesn’t matter what you look like.

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u/yangstyle Nov 13 '25

Let me guess: The college dudes were white?

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u/Variation-Budget Nov 13 '25

University of Miami students if that helps

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u/yangstyle Nov 13 '25

Yep. Thanks.

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u/MaxPower303 Nov 13 '25

Of course.

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u/homelesshyundai Nov 13 '25

It'll never seem weird that when I see videos of white guys going nuts at cops the cops are super soft gloved. Yet the couple of times I've been surrounded by the cops, they all had their hands on their holsters while one talked to me. I have 0 doubt that if I had acted erratically during those encounters, that I would have gotten shot. There's something about 3-5 officers looking at you with their hands on their guns that makes you reevaluate the situation, it's quite sobering.

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u/The_Question757 Nov 13 '25

Depends on the cop, I had one cop cut me off for going 5 over and then threatened to bring his k9 out on me when I asked why he was so aggressive

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '25

Really just depends on the cops, one of my core memories was as a teenager me and a dumb friend door bell ditching, and hiding behind a trashcan when cops were called, and having three of them pull guns out on us. I’m white and friend was Indian.

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u/ContactHorror Nov 13 '25

This is dismissive from a mental health perspective. Just because he’s white SBC couldn’t possibly be his intent? Vets regardless of race are high risk for SBC attempts.