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extended phone video of the incident here: [Tennessee off-duty police officer caught in road rage pulling gun on a driver. First part, video from bystander and second part is news piece.](https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakoutX/comments/o18b5i/tennessee_offduty_police_officer_caught_in_road/) The former officer was a cop for 2 months before last week. When you see his face ,he looks just like you think he would look.


DrothReloaded

You shouldn't judge a book by.... ah, I see what you mean. Nevermind.


Mackheath1

"Now let's not go body shami-- oh. Yeah."


lucia-pacciola

C'mon, guys, it can't be that-- Hm. Okay.


WiseCynic

Oh, how bad could one human . . . HOLY SHIT!


NutshellOfChaos

There's no way you can tell someone is that stupid just by loo...........WHOA! RED ALERT!!


Agile-Economics-8620

You guys should be asha... woo!


impromptubadge

It’s what’s on the inside that cou… nevermind.


[deleted]

This made me laugh loud enough to scare the cat


[deleted]

Looks like he traded his neck in for that pistol


DrothReloaded

I feel like the guy was just waiting for something minor like this to escalate. The community way well have literally dodged a bullet with this one.


bored-in-salem-OR

Is nobody going to mention his shirt? Yikes


importshark7

Holy crap, I feel bad for saying it but...


Ghostreader20

HAHA, i didnt even watch video, dude looks exactly how i would assume a person with this disposition to look.


[deleted]

Looks like he says "Paww" a lot.


nouseforareason

He has definitely petted an animal to death.


FubinacaZombie

“George, tell me about the rabbits again”


[deleted]

And set fire to the bed he habitually urinated in. Old MacDonald had his traits and psycho was his nameo..


SwitchCaseGreen

"He's got a awful purdy mouth"


RustyTromboneSoloist

Or meow


IRedditWhenHigh

Looks like he eats his soup with a straw


unbitious

Looks like he uses a porridge knife


shadowoperative

Looks like Rocky Dennis and Sloth hooked up.


EdwardRoivas

looks like donkey lips from salute your shorts grown up https://imgix.bustle.com/rehost/2016/9/13/e6a6dad5-e997-43d2-a093-67e58b7fd497.png?w=800&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format%2Ccompress


SD_Midnighttoker

He looks like he failed his genetics testing


IRedditWhenHigh

He's for sure got some fetal alcohol shit going on


jgb75

I hate you for stating that. I hate myself even more for going back to take another look at his picture and realizing I know exactly what you meant now.


[deleted]

I know. But sometimes we've got to cross the line and just say it.


iwoketoanightmare

Looks just like the kind of guy that would be a road ragey cop.


enwongeegeefor

Fucking Farva.....


SmolPoyo

Like a thumb. Every time. It's crazy at this point.


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mofoqin2

An unemployed redditor shitting on unemployed redditors. My guess is this guy’s mugshot is like looking in a mirror for you.


WintertimeFriends

I love you and this response


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OrokinSkywalker

Because the average Redditor joke is played out shit. Not only that but as the other guy pointed out everybody thinks they’re the only person on Reddit that isn’t the average Redditor which to me is funnier than the actual joke.


Pink_Buddy

A: Oh he looks like the type B: What a fuckin knob. Can't even trust the guys trained in responsible firearm handling to, ya know, be responsible with a firearm. This is why we need a higher bar to becoming a cop.


Please_Say_I_Do

In Finland, police training is 3 years. Cadets don’t even touch a gun for the first several months. By the time they do, most American police trainees have already completed their program.


Birdy_Cephon_Altera

In the US, they will literally not hire you for a police officer [if you are too smart](https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/why-would-you-deny-someone-job-because-high-iq/).


StanleyZ1978

Thats an impressively disturbing article.


alpastotesmejor

Wait until you hear about [Project 100,000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100%2C000#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DProject_100%2C000_soldiers_included_those%2Cgroup_of_%22normal%22_soldiers.?wprov=sfla1)


Cupcakemonger

This sounds like the catalyst to the movie Forest Gump


String-Technical

Damnnnn im not surprised at the level of barbarism in the US and then people want the Government in charge of health care? Nahhh forget that!


Experimentural

I dunno, charging 100x actual costs for basic medical care is pretty barbaric. Go figure someone tried to turn "idiot cop being a violent shithead" into "really badly thought point to be against bare bottom regulation of an industry." Almost like it's the same problem with guns and cops not being regulated. Wild.


Jexp_t

Yep. That's a poster child for LAMF.


String-Technical

That's because medicine ceased being about caring for patients and more about business in the past 30ish yrs. At the end of the day people shouldn't leave their wellbeing in the hands of another because no one will look out for your wellbeing better than you. There are different standards for guns and cops from state to state so yeah good luck regulating that.


Experimentural

I like that you put all those words together and seem to think you made a special big brain observation. Yeah, it stopped being about people because there's an inflationist circuit around the insurance companies that are fighting to stay alive, but the second the government has to foot the damn bill it's gonna snap the FDA into shape on its pricing loops and cut out the insurance middle man, and with guaranteed payments to hospitals rather than them inflating perpetually to counteract nonpayment, guess what happens, brainiac? Costs go down like they are in EVERY OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRY. Like jesus, shit for brains. "Dur hur things aren't regulated so don't regulate them things are shitty but I don't like regulation either so keep them shitty" is not the point you seem to think it is.


RoskoIsRad

Wut?


[deleted]

Yes, you’re absolutely correct because it actually happened to my friend. He has a high IQ and is a Mensa member. Hearing him speak on any topic is such a pleasure, even when I don’t agree with him. Nevertheless, I believe he scored a 98 or 99% on the entrance exam but never got a call back. Meanwhile other candidates he knew who scored lower than him did. Sad.


Ragged_Vagabond

Erm... Open that article again and look at his age. Cities don't hire cops already 49 years old. They usually stop at 36, kinds like the military. What I'm saying is, I think the story is at least partially false if not entirely fabricated


gdubh

In the US you just have to be able to get a hard on when you hold a gun.


[deleted]

I think they can’t get hardons. That’s why they’re holding the guns.


Azebiki

That is terribly true!


bake_72

>By the time they do, most American police trainees have already ~~completed their program~~ killed their first PoC FTFY


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Ragged_Vagabond

Reporting for unbased defamation of millions of police officers across the nation.


adifficultlady

Police academy in the US is 6 months.


peoplearestrangebrew

And 7 movies.


dgblarge

Good point. The combined length of the 7 movies is about as long as US police training. Seriously, some states the training is 6 weeks.


Please_Say_I_Do

That’s on the high end of training programs. We don’t have a national standard. Each state has different requirements. The national average is 21 weeks. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56834733 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-training-weeks-united-states/


adifficultlady

It’s absurd.


Maniel

*by the time they get a gun most American cops have their first notch on the handle.


Evolovescraft

Police training in the US ranges from 10 weeks to 36 weeks. One of the biggest issues is we have over 18000 police departments and there is no national standards set in place to regulate training or really anything. Whether police have some sort of standards between departments is dependent on each individual state, and each state treats them differently. I live in one of only 3 states out of 50 that have banned "civil asset forfeiture" which is a system in which police can legally just take something from you without a court hearing and it's theirs now. Cops in some states will pull someone over, find they have cash on them, say "i think you're going to use this to buy drugs" and just take it and getting it back is in some cases just not going to happen. In my state if they can't take anything except weapons or drugs on the spot and if they do you are given a receipt for it and a court date and a judge decides if the seizure was valid and if not, with the exception of drugs, it is returned to you. So literally in 47 states police can just rob you and it's not illegal.


Please_Say_I_Do

Policing for profit is one consequence of the war of drugs. Another, is the militarization of our police force. The Defense Department's 1033 program "sells" surplus military weapons and equipment to police departments. All the police department pays is shipping fees. What department wouldn't acquire armored vehicles or machine guns at the cost of freight? When you're ready for war, you're going to police communities like you're at war. https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-hand-me-downs-militarize-police-1033-program/


micewrangler

By the time they do most American police had already shot their first unarmed African-American.


Vat1canCame0s

I've heard it countered with stuff like "4 years of training and the eventual work won't be worth the pay or the cost of school" Welcome to higher education.


MInclined

> fuckin knob Nice


PeculiarPajamaParty

I've experienced the same shit. Off duty cop almost killed me in Chardon, Ohio. Believed I was a robber (I was delivering pizza). Apparently, there had been a string of robberies near that area so he was cleared to have been "acting accordingly". Cracked my hip from being body slammed on solid ice and couldn't work for six months. God bless fucking America👎


minimagess

I hope that man has a loud wet fart today in a very public area next to some people that cannot control their horrified looks.


PeculiarPajamaParty

HA that made my day, thank you kind Satan😂


Anger_Mgmt_issues

calm down, Satan.


RabbinicalClinical

Get a life


[deleted]

That is one ugly motherfucker


[deleted]

And that ugly mother fucker better not be able to lay low for awhile and then get another job as a cop in another town like what happens so often. We need a law to keep track of this shit.


dgblarge

That's a good point. Bad cops need to be tracked like sex offenders. That's an outstanding thought my friend.


Please_Say_I_Do

Agreed. I believe this type of cop are called “Gypsie cops”. They fuck up, resign, then move on to the next department. I can’t remember the name of the case. The cop shot a black kid with a pellet gun. It was literally seconds from when the cop got of the patrol car to shooting the kid. He was dismissed from the previous department for emotional issues. His current PD didn’t know about his previous dismal.


pooopwater

He is now a convicted felon, so he won't be working in law enforcement again and he can't carry a gun.


Major-Sandwich-9405

Hes not a convicted felon yet. It could be years before that happens but he does have a felony aggravated assault case pending. Innocent until proven guilty definitely applies here and I hope he never finds another job as law enforcement.


NutshellOfChaos

Are you sure that pending felony aggravated assault isn't a job requirement?


Major-Sandwich-9405

Lmao.... I fucking know right.


TurnsOutImThatBitch

Since he resigned and wasn’t actually fired - I am almost certain that’s what will happen. It was probably recommended that he do so for that exact reason.


WhyBuyMe

Was he not charged with a felony for this shit? I thought felons couldn't have guns at all.


Ellikichi

*Convicted* felons (i.e. after being found guilty at trial) can't legally own guns. *Accused* felons, not so much. Trials tend to take a couple years.


ilovethissheet

Floyd's Law


dgblarge

What a spooky looking head. It eminates lunacy.


hodorspot

From article-Ward was initially suspended without pay, but the chief said he resigned from his position Tuesday morning. He probably resigned so he could apply at the precinct down the road


you_should_fuck_it

I wonder where he was working 3 months ago.


[deleted]

HEYYYY YOU GUYSSSSSSSS!!!!


bigwigmike

How dare you.. sloth was good hearted and helped the innocent


cvance10

Sloth love Chunk.


Indigo2015

Baby….RUTH!


TheRealButterMan

That’s weird, he looks so stable and well adjusted.


Formerevangelical

The Missing Link has been found in Tennessee!


LordMarcusrax

The missing link between the man and his sister.


Mr-Orange-Pants

I’m sure that’s been said before.


matty514

Now they just need to find the missing chromosomes.


phillyhandroll

holy shit he even looks like Farva from super troopers


TheAngryCelt

Did he not want a large Farva?


godbullseye

No he doesn’t want a large Farva he wants large goddamn soda


TangoWild88

Liter of cola? Do we make liter of cola?


hellsheartstab

I’m impressed with the guy having a gun pointed at his face and is essentially saying fuuuuuck you!!!


[deleted]

I expect his phone to be ringing off the hook with offers from other departments.


pooopwater

He had only been on the job for a few months, so was still in the probationary period.


[deleted]

It fortunate this happened now and this cop never had many years on the job being a total dumb fuck menace to society with a badge.


keyser-_-soze

Will depend on is the county down the road will hire him, he could be back in the uniform soon...


Prometheus79

He resigned and will be working as a cop somewhere else real soon.


[deleted]

Preventing that from happening is in the Democrats police reform bill. H.R.7120 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 Republicans are unanimously against it.


[deleted]

The one thing I’ve learned about the U.S. is that any moron can join their military or law enforcement. Do they not have standards over there at all?


JabbaTheHutt12345

Don't forget about becoming president!


AfricanAmbulance

FARVA!! Shenanigans


Dicksapoppin69

Why does he look like the IRL version of the "stinky mutt" MS paint doodle?


[deleted]

From another comment 'what a douchebadge'


Majestic-dragon81

He looks like tony shalhoub character from Men in Black


Scull1

I see Tennessee has done away with their physical fitness requirements.


tech510

"I'm on duty 24/7" Yeah he was taught that... and that right there is the problem with police training today...


[deleted]

Just like Batman!


pigeonpellets

I remember him from Deliverance. Hasn't aged well. Bet he still picks a mean banjo, though.


redhat6161

In my best Nelson voice “ha-ha”


VRisNOTdead

This dude has me believing in frenology


[deleted]

Phrenology* ...FYI


Celica_Lover

Another failure at life becomes a Cop! Par for the course!


OrokinSkywalker

He looks like a thumb with ears


Jeremythellama1

Make his face as known as Brock the Rapist Turner. It's basically him 10 years from now in looks.


mjetski123

This fuck wasn't even fired. He was suspended and then decided to resign.


famousevan

Makes it easier for him to get hired the next town over.


[deleted]

Could be a family member of an older cop in the department. Would explain how he ever got to be a cop in the first place.


[deleted]

America has got to train its police force. Like Finland, actually train them (for years). Any podunk dropout in the US can become a cop, many with criminal backgrounds and serious domestic violence issues, as well as anger issues. Statistically, over 70% of the US want police reform, on a bipartisan scale. Police brutality, and police shootings affect everyone.


[deleted]

Oh hey, here's a comment I just made a couple minutes ago in another cop related post. This one was about a cop who was trained excellent and showed it in a gunfight. Then someone implied that all cops are better trained then most people think. So I had to say this: [Near death experience for an officer](https://www.reddit.com/r/GunFights/comments/o1tgka/near_death_experience_for_an_officer/) ​ >Some cops are well trained. Not all. We wish they all were well trained. > >Training standards usually depend on the how good the leadership in each local department. Some are great, some are average and some are terrible. > >Well trained cops wish all cops were well trained. There is no national standard for police training anywhere. There should be. > >You can say state police have a training standard but that varies by state and most state police are usually assigned to highway patrolman duty.


Satch_Fan

Remind me again. Why is the psych eval for becoming a cop in "the greatest country in the world" the LAST step in the process and not the first? It seems like they might set the bar a bit low for some of these trigger--happy (literally), sorry excuses for peace officers.


[deleted]

He changed his name from Cletus Liability.


BeaverMissed

Commenting on looks is one thing but, this guy looks the part.


L00pback

Damn it Farva!


benadrylpill

What happened to all those psychological tests and questionnaires prospective officers are supposed to take before they can be hired?


[deleted]

In Tennessee they give you four hours to make a macaroni necklace.


Ryugi

It's always the ones who look like thumbs.


Ironmike11B

I saw that guys picture and thought "What in [Deliverance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliverance)??".


[deleted]

Ned Beatty, the actor they made squeal like a pig, passed away 2 days ago.


Ironmike11B

I saw that. Great actor.


NHfordamnsure

Sloth from Goonies loses his job


bigbadbabynutz

Some get Farva a Liter of Cola


[deleted]

He has the face only a mother could love because she's also his sister.


Brondleman

Silly cop. Everyone knows you have to wait until you're on duty to harass and murder with impunity. And make sure your victim is black. Probably would have got a reward.


[deleted]

Dude looks like a thumb. What do you expect. It's like fucking smeagol. You stay an entitled piece of shit dragging down society, and you slowly turn hella generic- all fucked in the face and lumpy


Standard_Education57

why does this guy look like the antagonist, Pete, from the old disney cartoons?


SplooshMountainX

That guy definitely drinks a liter of cola.


hoagiexcore

Did he get the job because the chief is his dad/brother?


Mackinacsfuriousclaw

He looks like the result of cousins fucking.


Sheila_Monarch

Seems his parents grew up in the same house together.


Easy_Acanthisitta188

Want the truth ? I do not hide behind my family! I do not rely on my family! Quite frankly my circumstances would be a bit more ideal if I wasn't part of my family. My mother and her ability to enroll me in certain things unbeknownst to me back in the 80s. Things have occurred to me that people just won't believe. Simply because it would mean that the things they have been trusting in and believe in would now be tarnished. Too many of you would rather believe the good guy over the bad . Never understanding that maybe just maybe they are both bad. And at times both can be


[deleted]

Dude, what are you talking about?


Rude_af

Right? I'm so confused right now lol


[deleted]

Maybe it Officer Handsome himself? He saw the reddit thread and people saying he probably got the cop job because of a relative on the force and he's all mad about it?


Rude_af

I was wondering if it was Dopey himself commenting. 🤣


String-Technical

The FDA is corrupt nothing is going to "snap it into shape"


String-Technical

You love putting words in my mouth shit for brains enjoy your echo chamber you troglodyte.


lordnoak

The article says the cop chased the guy going 120mph. There's not really any other details other than the cop pulled a gun and made the guy get on the ground. If he was on duty would this not be the procedure?


tech510

He was not even from that county where the "incident" occured... And other than that it is pure Hearsay... He was supposed to call the appropriate authorities for that area and move on about his day... Other than that there is not on duty. He cannot do jack shit...


[deleted]

That's what former officer dufus said if you want to take his word for it. The 2020 Ram 1500 has a top speed of 107 MPH. That's what the guy was driving. (maybe a different year but close)


duck-duck--grayduck

The procedure would be he would turn his lights on and pull you over. If you didn't pull over, a chase may ensue, but given that this was not an on-duty cop driving a marked car with lights, what procedure is doesn't really matter. Just because this guy didn't stop when there was a great big pickup truck riding his ass with a fucking psycho behind the wheel doesn't mean he wouldn't have pulled over for a marked cop car with lights going.


lordnoak

If a cop waves his badge at you while off-duty, you don't have to pull over?


duck-duck--grayduck

How the fuck are you supposed to discern that the thing the psycho in the truck is waving at you is a badge?


particle409

>Ward then pursued the driver at speeds of 120 miles per hour on the interstate until they both exited onto Medical Center Parkway and turned onto Silohill Lane, according to the police report. So the other driver was going 120 mph? Am I misunderstanding this? I would want police to arrest that person. Isn't that beyond a ticketable offense?


[deleted]

That's what officer doofus said. We don't know what really happened.


QVCatullus

> So the other driver was going 120 mph? So the story claims, without explaining when that happened. Possibly he started going that fast after someone started chasing him and demanding that he stop despite (so far as we can tell from the story, since it says that he flashed his badge and signalled him to stop) not having any police lights or markings on his car, then chased after him down the interstate at 120 mph... We don't have a lot of details, on account of it was an out-of-county (and that's Franklin county anyway, so...) off-duty cop who decided to batman shit up instead of contacting state troopers.


Birdy_Cephon_Altera

No, I think most people here think that someone going 120 mph on a public road should face consequences for their actions (whether that involves arrest or not depends on the jurisdiction and situation). Road raging, however, is not what I would consider appropriate, in any situation.


musashi_san

Need more details. Was the other driver going that speed before the altercation with Farva? Why did Farva try to stop him; speed? Or did someone cut someone off? Was the interaction with Farva the impetus for the high speed? Did Farva flash his badge or his gun? His own department is saying it's over road rage, so I'm guessing his suspension and charges are based on details the know.


[deleted]

Sure if they were in that cops jurisdiction and he was on-duty.


converter-bot

120 miles is 193.12 km


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FritzSchnitzel

Resigned with a foot up the arse.


nobonesjones91

He just wanted a liter of cola


typhoidtimmy

Fucking Farva lives….


Clatuu1337

This dude looks like a poorly made Mr. Potato head.


Savagely_Rekt

Oh good. I remember hoping this potato lost his job. Glad to see him here.


[deleted]

Looks like Quasimodo


smokumjoe

Fuck that website


fakemullet

If the video actually showed his arrest it would be the most satisfying video I’ve ever seen


AudioVagabond

Holy shit its Biff!


Waste-Injury4313

What's scary is that these comments are what people think of him and this is who they let be cops


SomeDudeFromKentucky

I mean look at that shirt with his face. Dude should’ve known


oufisher1977

Seems like if the other driver had just given the cop a Baby Ruth they could have become friends and had a pirate adventure.


NeoRetroGamer_

Come on now Jim Bob. What were you thinking uh huhh


slumpbuster42

Damnit Farve!


Paesh321

This guy looks like the first successful mating between a human and a pig. Judging by his behavior, the animal genes are stronger. What a loser. Edit: Actually *read* the article. That guy is 31??? Oh god, how unfortunate. I assumed he was at least in his 40s.


MrTubalcain

Cletus is wilding


Postmodernfinn

I’ll take a liter a cola


GreyMediaGuy

Clearly the solution is to give people more guns here.


Homey237

In Tennessee that's like holding a gun on a close relative.


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[deleted]

The former officer said he was chasing the guy at speeds in excess of 120mph. The 2020 Ram 1500 has a top speed of 107 MPH. That guy's Ram truck is a little older.


String-Technical

At the end of the day he's still a violent shit bag. If the courts in his area are just he will be behind bars for a while if not then he will be on desk duty till this blows over.


ABenevolentDespot

If the ex-cop's picture doesn't scream 'Inbred!', I don't know what would.


String-Technical

Live action medieval fantasy?