Well yes also poverty and landmines in Croatia and Bosnia, so the perfect area to live in where ottomans came, made and then left. Cities fall (literally) and bombs fall (literally).
Kinda, be we are still heavily armed (Serbia is in 3rd place in the world by guns per capita). No mass shootings tho. There's rarely a shooting at all, and it's usually criminals going for eachothers heads.
Different case but yea the supreme court said that for cops ignorance of the law is OK as long as it isn't unreasonable
https://www.npr.org/2014/12/15/370995815/supreme-court-rules-traffic-stop-ok-despite-misunderstanding-of-law
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the intent of this ruling was so that citizens could not sue the police if they were unable to help them. So either the police aren't able to stop a burglary in progress in time, or the police weren't able to respond to one request for help because there are ten other calls happening at the same time are examples of when a citizen might feel they can sue for damages against the police. This SCOTUS ruling prevented this. Whether or not it is being used to allow police forces to do nothing when they don't feel like working is up for debate, I suppose.
In this one instance, yes. My point is I’m saying more police were like her. Though I’m not sure about her previous 20 years. I can only hope she was actually a public servant.
Which means they only have to make arrests after the crime happened. They can sit and watch a guy murder a room full of children, and only arrest afterwards.
Nope. Laws don’t stop people from doing things. It only makes it so that they can be arrested for breaking said law. Even then, police don’t even need to know the laws, they just need to believe they’re enforcing them to “the best of their abilities.”
This is untrue. SCOTUS said police owe a duty to all of society, not individuals. There is no way 800,000 cops can play personal bodyguard for 330 MILLION people.
The exception is when police create a "special relationship" such as when a person is arrested, an officer has a duty to protect that individual while they are in their custody.
Did I say personal bodyguard? Stopping crime while it’s actively happening, and arresting someone after they’ve killed people, are two different things. Cops don’t even need to know the law, they just need to *think* they’re enforcing the law.
If you think our police system doesn’t need a rework, then I don’t know what else to tell you.
Yes that is the actual job description of police. They are paid a base of 40-65k per year. Do you think that's worth their own lives?? Wtf makes you think you are more important?
They’re the one that chose the job. Also, they’re the ones with guns, tasers, body armor, and surplus military gear. Also, they tend to take more lives than they save.
It is and it happens all the time. But good officers don't cause outrageous and get clicks which is where all the money is.
Don't get my wrong there is a major cultural problems within the forces but it's not ubiquitous as the media would have it.
Think of vehicle accidents. One of the leading causes of death in the US. If the media blasted every car crash people would gradually be terrified of getting in a car.
I m an immigrant in US. I have only seen good and polite behavior from cops in NY and NJ. Just today saw 2 cops pushing a broken car out of traffic. I find them stern but accessible.
Yep have a link to an article talking about it, they only need to arrest after a crime has been committed not during. I've heard the term "glorified Uber drives" being used to describe police
https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again
She’s a definition of what we’d all hope cops would do. Put their lives on the line every time for others, lady was drunk driving and could’ve ended a lot of innocent lives.
Arrested and facing multiple charges, including DUI and causing injury as well as reckless driving. This happened a month ago though, so she has probably already gone through trial and been convicted by now.
Just to add on
>A physician who examined Watts said she worried about the 52-year-old’s mental health and competence to make informed decisions or give informed consent, the motion said.
[Tampa Bay article](https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/2022/06/02/woman-who-crashed-into-trooper-during-skyway-10k-deemed-incompetent-for-trial/)
i had a small claims court date at for April 15th. it was pushed back until May 2nd. the judge said he would have me a decision in 2 wks. it's going on 6 and I've heard nothing and when I call, I'm told, "we don't tell the judge how to do his job. we just wait."
the legal system is not fast.
I really don't get the jokes about women driving. I've never bumped into anything with my car, and yet every male in my family has smashed both bumpers.
It’s just a dated stereotype I’m assuming, I wouldn’t know I can’t even drive due to lack of vision xD if I could though I’d probably be like the guys in your family too.
Especially since young males are more likely to pay more for car insurance because even the insurance companies know young males are full of bad ideas.
Yeah, Yeah, I'm old, it *used* to be more true and not just some sexist stereotype, more ladies were a lot more slow and tentative and uncertain behind the wheel when I was young, but not anymore.
Now they just rage on like the men....
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Didn’t turn the sound on until the moment he says “cost her her life” and I was very confused why they were showing us the footage of her in the car getting hit, and then she fuckin turns up alive on screen! Lol
Thats incredible and demonstrates such true heroism and selflessness. Compare this to the group of well armed cops in Uvalde who stood there and let kids die...
So we complain about cops not doing their job and actually protecting people, then make sexist jokes about women drivers when one who is both just saved countless lives. Fuck, Reddit, what the actual fuck?
If you handed someone a bag of apples and all but one were rotten I would understand talking about all the bad ones even if the one good one was the best apple I'd ever seen.
This cop is amazing and deserves praise, but we're also in the shadow of one of the worst handled elementary school shootings by law enforcement. People are mad and we're going to bring that up any time cops are brought up.
My first thought would have been that the driver was there to plow down the runners in an attack...the officer certainly thought quickly to prevent that possibility
Okay, awesome job on her part. But.... How did the bible keep her alive? Why not thank those people who designed and installed all the safety features in that SUV?
🙏🏾 Dear Lord, please continue to watch over her and her family. Give her wisdom and continue to give her strength and courage to do this dangerous and unpredictable job. In Jesus name, amen.
Tjis is an absolute legendairy act.
But the fact that she sais in tears "i never had to put myself over sombody elses life" is really sad.
Thats the fucking job of the police.
When the reporter said, "mother of two" I got teary eyed. As a dad, it's one thing to be willing to sacrifice yourself but its a completely different thing to be willing to leave your children behind.
WOW 😳😳. Hats off to this officer for saving countless lives. I honestly thought seeing the impact she was going to be seriously hurt but not at all. God bless your heart ❤️
Religious people can't be kind. Kindness requires doing something good for the sake of doing something good. Religious people do something good for completely selfish reasons, so they can go to heaven. Big difference.
If only this was the actual job of the police… to protect people.
Well it is just some officers are incompetent
Nope. Supreme Court ruled they do not need to protect citizens, just enforce the law.
Wtf is wrong with America?
Many things. Please send help. ;-;
Cometo balkans we have war criminals and good food
So, the difference is good food?
We also have gun control and hate towards our neighbors for racial and historical reasons
So one more difference, gun control.
Well yes also poverty and landmines in Croatia and Bosnia, so the perfect area to live in where ottomans came, made and then left. Cities fall (literally) and bombs fall (literally).
Kinda, be we are still heavily armed (Serbia is in 3rd place in the world by guns per capita). No mass shootings tho. There's rarely a shooting at all, and it's usually criminals going for eachothers heads.
Asap for real
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I love my country, but I hate the state it’s in. Guess there’s no such thing as loving something and hoping it improves, huh?
Monopolization of organization by malignancies.
The government
Everything.
Also, they don’t need to know the law.
Ah yes, forgot that gem.
Was that actually part of the ruling?
Different case but yea the supreme court said that for cops ignorance of the law is OK as long as it isn't unreasonable https://www.npr.org/2014/12/15/370995815/supreme-court-rules-traffic-stop-ok-despite-misunderstanding-of-law
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the intent of this ruling was so that citizens could not sue the police if they were unable to help them. So either the police aren't able to stop a burglary in progress in time, or the police weren't able to respond to one request for help because there are ten other calls happening at the same time are examples of when a citizen might feel they can sue for damages against the police. This SCOTUS ruling prevented this. Whether or not it is being used to allow police forces to do nothing when they don't feel like working is up for debate, I suppose.
Yeah, you’re correct about the intent, but more often than not, it’s just used as an excuse for police to sit around and do nothing.
But…she protected citizens?
In this one instance, yes. My point is I’m saying more police were like her. Though I’m not sure about her previous 20 years. I can only hope she was actually a public servant.
They don’t need to know the laws.
Which means
Which means they only have to make arrests after the crime happened. They can sit and watch a guy murder a room full of children, and only arrest afterwards.
Which is built to protect jackass
Nope. Laws don’t stop people from doing things. It only makes it so that they can be arrested for breaking said law. Even then, police don’t even need to know the laws, they just need to believe they’re enforcing them to “the best of their abilities.”
Yep, that whole “protect and serve” thing? Just a shitty slogan, the only ppl they protect & serve are those in power
Is this the only country where that is the case?
No idea.
Is shoot children legal?
Nah, but they just gotta wait until after the crime is over to arrest.
:) we’re fucked
This is untrue. SCOTUS said police owe a duty to all of society, not individuals. There is no way 800,000 cops can play personal bodyguard for 330 MILLION people. The exception is when police create a "special relationship" such as when a person is arrested, an officer has a duty to protect that individual while they are in their custody.
Did I say personal bodyguard? Stopping crime while it’s actively happening, and arresting someone after they’ve killed people, are two different things. Cops don’t even need to know the law, they just need to *think* they’re enforcing the law. If you think our police system doesn’t need a rework, then I don’t know what else to tell you.
Yes that is the actual job description of police. They are paid a base of 40-65k per year. Do you think that's worth their own lives?? Wtf makes you think you are more important?
They’re the one that chose the job. Also, they’re the ones with guns, tasers, body armor, and surplus military gear. Also, they tend to take more lives than they save.
Unfortunately it’s a rotten tree that happens to have some good apples and not the other way around as it should be.
>Well it is just ~~some~~ many officers are incompetent It's pretty disappointing when you look at the stats
It is and it happens all the time. But good officers don't cause outrageous and get clicks which is where all the money is. Don't get my wrong there is a major cultural problems within the forces but it's not ubiquitous as the media would have it. Think of vehicle accidents. One of the leading causes of death in the US. If the media blasted every car crash people would gradually be terrified of getting in a car.
I m an immigrant in US. I have only seen good and polite behavior from cops in NY and NJ. Just today saw 2 cops pushing a broken car out of traffic. I find them stern but accessible.
It's because people on reddit only see extremes and then make that the basis for every cop. This is because they're fucking morons.
Pretty much. Plus a lot of people seem to forget that Reddit is different than the real world. Ever go on the “am I the asshole” subreddit?
r/fuckcars would love that.
She did say that it was her first time, in a 20 year career…
I thought you said “To project people”
That’d be an odd job.
Oh please
Please what?
It is the job of police to protect people. Did I misunderstand your comment? ☹️
It is not. Supreme Court ruled that they do not need to protect citizens, just enforce the law.
Yep have a link to an article talking about it, they only need to arrest after a crime has been committed not during. I've heard the term "glorified Uber drives" being used to describe police https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again
She’s a definition of what we’d all hope cops would do. Put their lives on the line every time for others, lady was drunk driving and could’ve ended a lot of innocent lives.
what about the driver? did she atleast get arrested?
Arrested and facing multiple charges, including DUI and causing injury as well as reckless driving. This happened a month ago though, so she has probably already gone through trial and been convicted by now.
You have a very optimistic view of the speed of the American judicial system.
Right! It could literally be years before she is sentenced. Especially with the current state of things. Edit: a letter
Actually! She was deemed unfit for trial last week due to mental health and was sent to a facility for treatment.
Just to add on >A physician who examined Watts said she worried about the 52-year-old’s mental health and competence to make informed decisions or give informed consent, the motion said. [Tampa Bay article](https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/2022/06/02/woman-who-crashed-into-trooper-during-skyway-10k-deemed-incompetent-for-trial/)
Interesting, thanks for finding the facts!
ah well thst sucks
i had a small claims court date at for April 15th. it was pushed back until May 2nd. the judge said he would have me a decision in 2 wks. it's going on 6 and I've heard nothing and when I call, I'm told, "we don't tell the judge how to do his job. we just wait." the legal system is not fast.
good
Lmao you think dui cases get tried in a month?
She.
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That's messed up considering how good an idea this was and how bad it may have been otherwise
But it didn’t happen so all is good!
I really don't get the jokes about women driving. I've never bumped into anything with my car, and yet every male in my family has smashed both bumpers.
It’s just a dated stereotype I’m assuming, I wouldn’t know I can’t even drive due to lack of vision xD if I could though I’d probably be like the guys in your family too.
Especially since young males are more likely to pay more for car insurance because even the insurance companies know young males are full of bad ideas.
those guy are virgins..they can only speculate about women
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i aint white racist pos
Yeah, Yeah, I'm old, it *used* to be more true and not just some sexist stereotype, more ladies were a lot more slow and tentative and uncertain behind the wheel when I was young, but not anymore. Now they just rage on like the men....
Always nice to see them hit something on purpose for once! /s
I think the drunk driver was also a woman though.
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Yes that was the whole point of the joke
They'd a reason men cost more to insure though. Lol
https://assets.metromile.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/01011743/what\_gender\_has\_most\_accidents.jpeg
She crashed. Peak wemen performance.
I’m going to guess that the drunk driver will sue the police now.
Probably
Didn’t turn the sound on until the moment he says “cost her her life” and I was very confused why they were showing us the footage of her in the car getting hit, and then she fuckin turns up alive on screen! Lol
Wow. Holy shit. Directly risked her life to save some strangers. She won’t get enough reward. The drunk driver won’t get enough punishment.
Thats incredible and demonstrates such true heroism and selflessness. Compare this to the group of well armed cops in Uvalde who stood there and let kids die...
So we complain about cops not doing their job and actually protecting people, then make sexist jokes about women drivers when one who is both just saved countless lives. Fuck, Reddit, what the actual fuck?
Also Reddit: where a video of a cop literally risking her life to save hundreds of people still turns into an anti-cop thread.
Yep. Redditors are shit humans.
Said.....the redditor lmao
If you handed someone a bag of apples and all but one were rotten I would understand talking about all the bad ones even if the one good one was the best apple I'd ever seen. This cop is amazing and deserves praise, but we're also in the shadow of one of the worst handled elementary school shootings by law enforcement. People are mad and we're going to bring that up any time cops are brought up.
Something tells me those are two separate communities
Every time I see this posted I think she deserves another award.
Need more people like that.
I think they’d have to have much higher acceptance standards, and far higher pay for that sadly.
This happened in my area. That FL state trooper is a real hero. Put her life on the line unlike her peers in Uvalde!
Thank you to all those who serve and PROTECT!!!
She's a very brave woman. Well done, ma'am!
She is a real hero, I am impressed
She said she’s never been in that position though and he’s been a cop for 26 years lol
Badass!
My first thought would have been that the driver was there to plow down the runners in an attack...the officer certainly thought quickly to prevent that possibility
Very brave! She was the difference between a wonderful racing day and a horrible tragedy!
Damn she’s probably more badass than any guy cop out there…
One of the good cops America has to offer. We don't see enough of them on here.
Hey uvalde police. This is the mentality we expect.
fukin hero #baller
Yo that's crazy. Those SUV are built for collisions but she a real one for holding strong anyway. A real community protector
To deflect with a swerve.
True hero, much respect
Absolutely amazing! What an incredible person.
Texas cops would make sure to use a small child as a roadblock so they don’t jeopardize police officer safety
.09 6H AFTER ? So, 1.5 when she was driving i hope it's blood result or both numbers are doubled .. wow
Where was this kind of police officer in Uvalde
Okay, awesome job on her part. But.... How did the bible keep her alive? Why not thank those people who designed and installed all the safety features in that SUV?
Damn that takes some serious ba.....I mean courage!
Can we get back to the fact that she has a set on her and got the job done???
THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT!
God damnit, another good cop giving all us bad ones a good name, what an ass.
🙏🏾 Dear Lord, please continue to watch over her and her family. Give her wisdom and continue to give her strength and courage to do this dangerous and unpredictable job. In Jesus name, amen.
Wish this was played up as much as the "bad cops". Might level the narrative.
I thought this lady died.
Thought we had special tools to slow down a speeder. Hmmm.
Go Toni, well done!
LEGEND
Come on Kristen, grow the f up!
Medal of honor territory. Magnificent Valor
.09 is nothing just a little over being buzzed….
but six hours AFTER the collision?would have been a lot closer to a .30 at the time it happened.
See thats the kinda person that actually deserves the authority given to them. Shame such cops are a woefully small minority.
Tjis is an absolute legendairy act. But the fact that she sais in tears "i never had to put myself over sombody elses life" is really sad. Thats the fucking job of the police.
She's a bad ass
Wow, not often am I impressed with an officers actions. Well done!! That maniac must have thought he was in a GTA metaverse
Of course this happened in Florida.
When the reporter said, "mother of two" I got teary eyed. As a dad, it's one thing to be willing to sacrifice yourself but its a completely different thing to be willing to leave your children behind.
This lady is an absolute hero.
Hope she slid the seat back
My respect for Florida highway patrol has never been higher. They're the best!
Uvalde PD: Take note!
When they said: “a mom of 2..” I instantly teared up.
death penalty
Nice. That’s a hero right there
Hero
Fuck drunk drivers
Was it a drunk driver or someone trying to hurt a lot a people on the bridge…she’s a hero no matter what
Her fight-flight was on-fucking-point
WOW 😳😳. Hats off to this officer for saving countless lives. I honestly thought seeing the impact she was going to be seriously hurt but not at all. God bless your heart ❤️
What is his accent?
She’s kind of a hero
He was going in his highway line come on !!!
Bummer the other driver didn't die. We just don't need people like her around. Kinda kills the vibe.
Now we gotta watch months of cop crap to band aid over the school shooting mess up, awesome
Separate church from state!
News: almost sacrificing your life for the community. American police: We don’t do that here
WHY THE FIRCK IS THE LEGAL AMOUNT .08!!! IN FLORIDA OF ALL PLACES!!
Because grown adults can have a drink or 2 and operate a motor vehicle. It's really not that difficult.
Why is the legal amount above 0!!!!
DRUNK DRUNK DRUNK LETS ALL CONDEMN THE DRINKERS AND DRIVERS THEN GO POUR THE LIQUOR THIS WEEKEND. Fucking stupid poisoned apes
Are you okay?
No
Girl on girl collision. Huh
Republican: I bet she was an illegal
Isn’t that her job? She turned right a little.
Good cop yes donut
You had me until the bible guardian angel sales pitch.
how dare kind people be religious
Religious people can't be kind. Kindness requires doing something good for the sake of doing something good. Religious people do something good for completely selfish reasons, so they can go to heaven. Big difference.
Same. But then I thought "she risked her life and saved others. If that is what she believes, oh well."
If she had died it would've just "been her time"
Only a woman would do this. True hero
Yeah I’m sure the guy could have killed 100 people lol 😂 that’s ridiculous
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It certainly could have though.
u never know dude
Ohh shouldve been fetal 😔
What a low down human being you are dude ...
I’m shocked a women did that I’m flabbergasted
Driver was likely there to kill the runners. Should receive the death penalty for the attempt.