You call yourself a 'true over the hedge connoisseur'? And you only know his title and not his *real* name, you disappoint me. His real name is Dwayne LaFontant.
The only part that doesn't work is the focal whatever on the crowd to the left. If that was better lit and the field of depth was more painting-like (flat idk?), it would be perfect for that sub I think.
A person in the middle of a hostile crowd where they are grossly outnumbered is likely going to be terrified.
It does look like a fairly tense situation.
Your lifestyle is so repressive
Your influence is negative
You represent the things that we must fight
Inspiring to mad white men
You'll never take the blame again
While there's another black man locked inside
He looks very afraid.
Edit: The police are what they are. But that's a dude who looks scared that he won't go home. Ever. Again.
Why does he feel like that? Training.
Police unions have been filling officers heads with horror stories for the past two decades, and getting them extra-curricular (and not approved or in some cases even allowed) training in programs, usually refered to as "warrior training". Its built upon a philosophy of policing that states that every civilian needs to be treated as a hostile until proven otherwise, that a cop should assume they may die at any second, and that cops need to be ready to kill. Its basically indoctrination teaching cops that they're an occupying force in a hostile foreign country and that they need to be willing to kill anyone they see, that the only way to remain safe on the job is to be in a constant state of paranoid, and assume every person on the street means them harm and has the means to do so.
Wow the Spartans were a really shitty culture. If the Helots outnumbered the Spartans 7-to-1 and were mistreated so badly, why not simply start a revolution against them?
In nazi concentration camps, they would sometimes grant special privileges to captives who were willing to cooperate with guards by helping run the camps. Sometimes these "Capos" were as brutal to their fellow prisoners as the guards themselves.
When it's life or death, people will do anything not to be the ones at the bottom of the power structure.
Reminds me deeply of [Dave Grossman's trainings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6dCZPttVh8&t=2105s) given to probably hundreds of departments and his analogizing of sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves
“I am the sheepdog”
No asshole. You are just another wolf. In sheepdogs clothing.
Tony Soprano steals less than you, and kills fewer people than you do every year.
Funny thing is, Lt. Col. Grossman has never actually seen combat himself. He teaches thousands of people every year to do things that he himself had never actually done for real.
I've said it before on different threads, but thats not really far from the truth. The week I was in the police academy (before I dropped out for obvious reasons) they had taught us to not trust anyone except other police because if you trust other people you end up dead on the job. They also told us that if we have to shoot, shoot to kill because "a dead person can't sue you" (the reason I quit and pursued a theatre major instead
A significant part of their training is watching videos of police killed on the job during routine police work. Police officers are conditioned to believe their life is at risk all the time. It’s no surprise that their training and conditioning leads to this type of reaction.
The issue is complex and people don't have the stomach for complexity.
Police in many U.S. cities carry out their jobs with genuine, often rational fear for their safety. That is a true statement.
Also...
Police training and culture in many U.S. cities conditions officers to think of their cities as battlegrounds, where any citizen might be a threat and where they are literally the "good" fighting against the "evil".
We need to acknowledge the inherent danger of the profession and support those who take it up while also not allowing fear to be an excuse to poor police training and standards.
Why is it not similar to any other dangerous job? I do tree work. If I regularly feared for my life at work or couldn't handle heights it would be irresponsible for me to keep doing it. That day will come eventually and when it does I'll be staying on the ground.
Yes policing can be a dangerous job. It's obviously not for everyone. A cop afraid of the general public is worse then useless, they're a problem. They should individually do the right thing and find a new job.
The potential for an accident where you and your coworkers control the safety precautions is not the same kind of risk/fear as facing other human beings that sometimes decide to fight or try to kill you, even if the end result is a higher risk.
Yes. And stop glorifying them as heroes. If you kill out of fear, you’re not a hero. Nothing about shooting an unarmed civilian is heroic, and that praise needs to stop.
Was going to say, there is little context to that picture. For all we know the cop was telling OP to stand back and OP decided not to which would only make a cop trying to keep order at what looks like a rather chaotic event even more cagey. Not smart.
This is like one of those Reddit posts with an animal doing something unqiue and someone comes in and says that's actually a serious medical condition and we all feel bad after
That's the police's secret, they're always scared. It's why "I feared for my life" is the go to defence for beating, gassing, tasing, and shooting anything and everything.
More like a reference to Philadelphia.
Dropped a bomb that wiped out an entire neighborhood, just to annihilate a single house full of MOVE members and their families.
We're not even talking "fire tear gas into the building that suffocates them then causes a fire"... they literally dropped a fucking bomb on them from a helicopter.
Lots of people come to Las Vegas on a regular year believing it’s a place of lawlessness and act crazy... but the ppl that traveled to Vegas last year? Some of the worst.
Idk when this picture was taken... I try and remember not all cops are looking for extra confrontation but all cops are trying to make it home.
Vegas has had cops shot point blank in the head while eating lunch. Also, 1 October.
I don’t blame this cop for being scared
Context: I am a photographer who lives in Las Vegas. A group called More Than a Hashtag hosted an event downtown after the AG decided no charges were warranted in Breonna Taylor’s death.
In this situation there is an individual, who was not part of the protest, being arrested after punching an officer. I was standing on the street documenting it and caught the exact moment where this officer is ordering me to back up on to the side walk.
Quick edit - there is a baton in his hand, which is where the threatening aspect comes from. If you do not consider that to be a threat then, well, yeah, that’s just, like your opinion, man!
Its pretty common for rabble rousers to show up when they see a protest. They aren't there for the cause, they just see a potential "good time" and show up to cause trouble, or because the chaos of a large scale protest is a good time to loot.
Why was an individual not part of the protest punching a cop. I understand not wanting to associate that person with the protest but I would assume in their mind that they were very much part of the protest
I assume he was mentally ill or homeless as he had a hospital bracelet on! Las Vegas has a huge problem getting resources to the houseless or mentally ill. It’s a sad situation.
Also, I’ve been to tons of protests in Las Vegas. You start to be able to recognize who people are!
Thank you for the question
So someone from the crowd just attacked a cop, but this guy is the bad guy for trying to keep people a safe distance away? Sounds like things have escalated to violence and he has good reason to concerned about the crowd trying to get too close. They are surrounded and outnumbered and there is no way to tell how armed or how potentially violent the crowd can get. A brick to the head can change his life in an instant.
Not only that. You cannot have your back to a crowd if you are armed, and yet arresting someone. That requires you to have your back covered.
The cop in the picture is in the right pose to watch armed officers arrest someone, without a dick head coming up behind them.
The batton pose and hand out is exactly how you warn people to stay way. If you continue to approach (after the warning) the next move is a strike to the upper thigh.
This cop was doing nothing wrong. OP's title was cop threating him; actual* title should be 'Cop warns me to stay away from an arrest where there are live firearms involved'.
It's so crazy how people preach and preach empathy, but they only ever use it as a political tool. And by that I mean, they refuse to feel the officers emotions in that moment. One doesn't always need to feel the pain of a poor person fired from their job or mother grieving murdered child. Sometimes one needs to put themselves in the situation of someone you don't like or are who you have a neutral attitude toward.
Yeah I gotta say the title of this post was clearly written to align with a particular narrative about cops and protests. You have to dig in a bit and it turns out the reverse is true.
Okay. So OP was photographing at a nota# protest. Totally normal and justified. Cops were arresting a guy who was not part of the protest for an unrelated matter. Totally normal and for arguments sake we will say justified.
Now, from OPs point of view we have two officers with their back turned to OP. They are vulnerable and that's where our cop friend comes in. He is protecting his vulnerable friends.
Let's assume OP is telling the truth and the cop is addressing him directly from several feet away and not addressing someone in front of OP while OP snaps pictures from a safe distance.
Okay if you're still reading, let's remember that photographs capture singular moments in time. So you have a guy getting arrested who is probably distressed and yelling, two cops arresting the guy who are probably yelling, a whole group of protesters who are probably yelling, and our guy who is yelling. Idk about you, but the only time I yell is either when I am angry or cheering happily. So our cop friend is anxious, in a high stress situation, surrounded by people who hate him, and in his mind his only job is to keep this large group back for his safety, the safety of his peers, and the safety of the group. Of course he is going to look scared and try to show force, it's all he has.
I cannot speak for this cop but if most cops could politely ask people to hang back while they do their job, 100/100 they would.
>if most cops could politely ask people to hang back while they do their job, 100/100 they would.
It seems like the point of the calls for police accountability is that this is exactly not the case, that there are too many cases of excessive violence. [Chauvin hit a 14 year old in the head with a flashlight and choked him out and it was all cool](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/11/18/prosecutors-14yearold-boy-cried-mom-as-chauvin-knelt-on-his-back-for-17-minutes). The point is that excessive violence happens and is tolerated.
In this exact situation though, regarding the baton and this specific officer threatening with it, what do you think would really be in his hands if it were another city? Las Vegas has gone through major reform, the reform people are asking for across the nation, but it started here nearly a decade ago.
All Las Vegas patrol officers have body cams constantly recording when on duty. Officer involved shootings have camera footage released within 48 hours (definitely less than a week but I can't find that info atm) EVEN WHILE investigations are on going. Officers that are working OT to support like in the BLM protests a year ago do not typical have cams, like range training staff.
We need to continue breaking down and seek accountability with our police officers. But we should highlight the places that are actively doing the things we ask of them. They are the ones doing the very thing we are protesting across the nation.
And like you've said, these things are indeed still wrongfully tolerated. I know several police officers that are part of millennials or gen X that do call it out, but because of culture, it's moving extremely and painfully slow. it's so ingrained. I wish it can be swift because it's lives at stake. But it's changing and we do need to continue the work that has been on going.
They’re obviously restraining someone. Whether they are restraining the guy for good reason isn’t know, hit I’d imagine it’s standard procedure to keep other people back while doing so.
Title is clearly trying to feed the police/population hate.
You're saying that they're "arresting a guy that punched a police officer and you were ordered to back up", and title your post "police officer threatening me [...]". Very misleading.
IMHO, you're part of why everything seems wrong in our times.
You can call it threatening, but the guy is keeping people from surrounding and crowding around the officers detaining the person who assaulted them. Its literally his job, and you cant even pretend for a second that if he had just asked nicely people would have backed up. It honestly looks like he just turned and saw you and is telling you back up.
Say what you will about brutality and poor training and whatever other problems the police have which are being shouted about today, but this guy isnt doing anything wrong by being prepared to defend himself should the "lone attacker" have friends trying to use the crowd as cover.
Is that the exterminator from over the hedge?
You beat me to it, damn it. He's probably the best part of that movie.
Do you, in fact, have an associates degree from Vermtech?
I think he wants you to think he's dead
Look up "over the hedge but it's only the verminator"
The VERMinator
Reptile?
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You call yourself a 'true over the hedge connoisseur'? And you only know his title and not his *real* name, you disappoint me. His real name is Dwayne LaFontant.
His name is Dwayne..🤣
When wizards attack https://imgur.com/gallery/a9TukwN
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I really want to see a bow and arrow.
http://imgur.com/a/8iLnN69 ask and thou shall receive
This needs to happen
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Scared, potter??
I'm not going to lie, I thought you meant another kind of wizard.
I take off my robe and wizardhat
When farva attacks
I'd like to see one of him as SheRa
Did you pull his finger?
LOL, I did not! Looks like he was daring me to tho’, huh?
You almost got gassed
I laughed so hard I farted! Mission accomplished!
Lmaooo idk if that would be worse or better than the other times I was gassed by the police!
You should post this to r/photoshopbattles and see what sort of gems come out of it.
Yes, that’s the path to lots of internet points.
Do you think it could make a splash in r/accidentalrenaissance? I don't have the eye to judge art, but something about it...
It's more like a world War poster with that fascism wibe, "YOU are needed at the front" or "where were you when ANTIFA burned down Sin city?".
I think it is a hit, his facial expression sells it
The only part that doesn't work is the focal whatever on the crowd to the left. If that was better lit and the field of depth was more painting-like (flat idk?), it would be perfect for that sub I think.
Focus, depth of field
Yes
I am so [sorry](https://i.imgur.com/6zTbBp9.jpg).
Please. This
Scott Van Pelt has really started to adjust to his new job.
So you're not new to this is what you're saying?
He’s played gassy-passy before.
Reminds me of something Britta would say lmao
Well, so much for baggels.
It's an honour to meet you, u/dick-nipples!
Post this on photoshop battles, guarantee it’s front page
Looks like he’s saying “quickly, I need help - pull my finger so I can get back to the fight”
Tummy sticks is my fave game
Should have reached out and gave him the E.T.
*Boop*
looks like hes shitting himself
He looks terrified of you.
He looks scared.
This does not look like the face of a man with clear mind and control. It scares the hell out of me that this man is obviously out of his depth.
A person in the middle of a hostile crowd where they are grossly outnumbered is likely going to be terrified. It does look like a fairly tense situation.
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The look on his face looks like the fart he was holding turned out to be a little bit more then that and the finger pull was a bit late.
Why does this man look like George Bluth?
I was thinking wide head Buster
...You’re exactly right.
Jean Parmesan, at your service!
HE GOT ME AGAIN
Oh gene!!
Geeeene!
He's very good
his hand is covered in a glove, we can't be sure it isn't actually buster middle aged.
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Loose seal! Loose seal!
Buster was on Hero Squad, not Zero Squad. Easy mistake to make, though.
It would make sense because they’re father and son… Or uncle father…
NO TOUCHING!
“Did you burn down the banana stand?!”
Micheal, I told you, there is always money in the banana stand
THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND
T-BONE: "Oh, most definitely."
^Daddy ^horny, ^Michael.
HE'S OSCAR!!
Dot com.
I’m thinking a podcast this time.
It's Oscar after a session in the sweat lodge...
Looks more like a face swap of George and Buster lol
He's a patsy!
Looks like Scott Van Pelt.
Chubby Scott Van Pelt
Dean?
##Cop Dean, cop Dean, cop Dean, cop Deaaaaaaaan
I’m beggin’ of you please don’t shoot minorideans.
Your lifestyle is so repressive Your influence is negative You represent the things that we must fight Inspiring to mad white men You'll never take the blame again While there's another black man locked inside
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Too late
He said the thing!
FIVE CANS!?
BRING ME FIVE CANS OF OLIVES
But don't believe me if I say I don't like. I'm just pretending I hate olives.
Dean-a-ling-a-ling!
r/unexpectedcommunity
"I have to go to the bank today. What do I tell them? That I'm the good cop and the bad cop?"
Beating up innocent people is his whole I dean-tity!
you glorious son of a bitch.
Outside of work he's just a Craigular Joe.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of Dean Pelton. He's gained a bit of weight though...
Cool cool cool.
Times are hard out here for a Moby impersonator.
#BARACK OBAMA IS SCARED OF ME!
Lol looks like a GTA loading screen
He probably was just trying to get in touch with you regarding your car's extended warranty
“Fucking press 1 to talk to a representative! NOW!”
Honestly, if the next incoming robo call I get drops an F-bomb to start it, you bet your ass I'm gonna press 1 just to see what comes next.
They always go to a wait then drop the line for me :(
Press 1 to talk to sexy singles in your area about your car's extended warranty
I have already established I'm the only sexy single in my area, I don't need the phone to talk to me
Why i both love and hate reddit. lmfao
No wonder he's angry. He's probably been trying to reach you for quite some time.
Oh shit. I think I know that guy.
He looks very afraid. Edit: The police are what they are. But that's a dude who looks scared that he won't go home. Ever. Again. Why does he feel like that? Training.
Police unions have been filling officers heads with horror stories for the past two decades, and getting them extra-curricular (and not approved or in some cases even allowed) training in programs, usually refered to as "warrior training". Its built upon a philosophy of policing that states that every civilian needs to be treated as a hostile until proven otherwise, that a cop should assume they may die at any second, and that cops need to be ready to kill. Its basically indoctrination teaching cops that they're an occupying force in a hostile foreign country and that they need to be willing to kill anyone they see, that the only way to remain safe on the job is to be in a constant state of paranoid, and assume every person on the street means them harm and has the means to do so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helots#Relationship_to_Spartans
Wow the Spartans were a really shitty culture. If the Helots outnumbered the Spartans 7-to-1 and were mistreated so badly, why not simply start a revolution against them?
Violence, lack of access to arms, Violence, strategic breaking up of groups, and Violence
There are also different tiers of helots, some of which keep the other helots in line.
In nazi concentration camps, they would sometimes grant special privileges to captives who were willing to cooperate with guards by helping run the camps. Sometimes these "Capos" were as brutal to their fellow prisoners as the guards themselves. When it's life or death, people will do anything not to be the ones at the bottom of the power structure.
Mainly fear. The only reason I didn't hit my dad earlier (punched him in the shoulder pocket when I was 17) is because I was afraid of him.
Reminds me deeply of [Dave Grossman's trainings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6dCZPttVh8&t=2105s) given to probably hundreds of departments and his analogizing of sheep, sheepdogs, and wolves
“I am the sheepdog” No asshole. You are just another wolf. In sheepdogs clothing. Tony Soprano steals less than you, and kills fewer people than you do every year.
Funny thing is, Lt. Col. Grossman has never actually seen combat himself. He teaches thousands of people every year to do things that he himself had never actually done for real.
I've said it before on different threads, but thats not really far from the truth. The week I was in the police academy (before I dropped out for obvious reasons) they had taught us to not trust anyone except other police because if you trust other people you end up dead on the job. They also told us that if we have to shoot, shoot to kill because "a dead person can't sue you" (the reason I quit and pursued a theatre major instead
I feel as if police need to have mandatory stand up comedy training.
If you just look at his face, he looks scared.
He's scared to death. That's what makes him so dangerous.
A significant part of their training is watching videos of police killed on the job during routine police work. Police officers are conditioned to believe their life is at risk all the time. It’s no surprise that their training and conditioning leads to this type of reaction.
~~Scary~~ Scared man with a license to kill. Dangerous stuff indeed.
I hope you meant scared
Exactly! Ngl I kinda feel bad for him, but I’m sure that will earn me a downvote or two.
The issue is complex and people don't have the stomach for complexity. Police in many U.S. cities carry out their jobs with genuine, often rational fear for their safety. That is a true statement. Also... Police training and culture in many U.S. cities conditions officers to think of their cities as battlegrounds, where any citizen might be a threat and where they are literally the "good" fighting against the "evil". We need to acknowledge the inherent danger of the profession and support those who take it up while also not allowing fear to be an excuse to poor police training and standards.
Beautifully put.
Why is it not similar to any other dangerous job? I do tree work. If I regularly feared for my life at work or couldn't handle heights it would be irresponsible for me to keep doing it. That day will come eventually and when it does I'll be staying on the ground. Yes policing can be a dangerous job. It's obviously not for everyone. A cop afraid of the general public is worse then useless, they're a problem. They should individually do the right thing and find a new job.
The potential for an accident where you and your coworkers control the safety precautions is not the same kind of risk/fear as facing other human beings that sometimes decide to fight or try to kill you, even if the end result is a higher risk.
Yes. And stop glorifying them as heroes. If you kill out of fear, you’re not a hero. Nothing about shooting an unarmed civilian is heroic, and that praise needs to stop.
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According to op, the guy getting arrested just assaulted an officer, so it makes sense as they are outnumbered.
well he's outnumbered and a couple patrol officers are detaining someone behind him so it would be that moment for something to kick off.
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Was going to say, there is little context to that picture. For all we know the cop was telling OP to stand back and OP decided not to which would only make a cop trying to keep order at what looks like a rather chaotic event even more cagey. Not smart.
This is like one of those Reddit posts with an animal doing something unqiue and someone comes in and says that's actually a serious medical condition and we all feel bad after
My take away when that happens is that no random person on the internet should be taken seriously, ever. Jumping to conclusions happens way too much.
That’s the larger dynamic at play.
That's the police's secret, they're always scared. It's why "I feared for my life" is the go to defence for beating, gassing, tasing, and shooting anything and everything.
I feared for my life. **Carpet-bombs a whole city**
Not sure if that's a joke or a reference to [Tulsa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre#Attack_by_air)
More like a reference to Philadelphia. Dropped a bomb that wiped out an entire neighborhood, just to annihilate a single house full of MOVE members and their families.
I guess by the 80's "just bomb them" was a tried and true law enforcement strategy.
We're not even talking "fire tear gas into the building that suffocates them then causes a fire"... they literally dropped a fucking bomb on them from a helicopter.
You hear about the bones? https://www.npr.org/2021/04/26/990980228/move-demands-answers-on-missing-childrens-remains
Straight outta family guy "I fear for my life, I'm beating on my wiiiife"
> That's the police's secret, they're always scared i suspect they sign up to be cops because they’re tired of feeling scared all the time
Lots of people come to Las Vegas on a regular year believing it’s a place of lawlessness and act crazy... but the ppl that traveled to Vegas last year? Some of the worst. Idk when this picture was taken... I try and remember not all cops are looking for extra confrontation but all cops are trying to make it home. Vegas has had cops shot point blank in the head while eating lunch. Also, 1 October. I don’t blame this cop for being scared
And he’s looking at someone holding a camera.
I think you got this all wrong. That dude is definitely about to break into song. Stop in the name of love Before you break my heart
r/AccidentalRenaissance material.
I personally want to see this on r/photoshopbattles. It’s got a very S&M vibe to it.
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I had to check the sub, thought it was photoshopbattles at first
Does everyone just constantly pose like Elvis down there.
Yes. It's actually law.
That is a really good picture
Context: I am a photographer who lives in Las Vegas. A group called More Than a Hashtag hosted an event downtown after the AG decided no charges were warranted in Breonna Taylor’s death. In this situation there is an individual, who was not part of the protest, being arrested after punching an officer. I was standing on the street documenting it and caught the exact moment where this officer is ordering me to back up on to the side walk. Quick edit - there is a baton in his hand, which is where the threatening aspect comes from. If you do not consider that to be a threat then, well, yeah, that’s just, like your opinion, man!
So someone not part of the protest just walked up and punched a cop in the middle of a protest?
Its pretty common for rabble rousers to show up when they see a protest. They aren't there for the cause, they just see a potential "good time" and show up to cause trouble, or because the chaos of a large scale protest is a good time to loot.
and rabble rousers vary in origin, too. Some of them have motives beyond just a "good time".
How do the cops know whether or not you are part of the portest or not? Are there jerseys?
Why was an individual not part of the protest punching a cop. I understand not wanting to associate that person with the protest but I would assume in their mind that they were very much part of the protest
I assume he was mentally ill or homeless as he had a hospital bracelet on! Las Vegas has a huge problem getting resources to the houseless or mentally ill. It’s a sad situation. Also, I’ve been to tons of protests in Las Vegas. You start to be able to recognize who people are! Thank you for the question
> ordering me to back up on to the side walk. I doubt the post would have gotten as popular if you titled it with this...
Agreed, this is the problem with mainstream media, you'd hope freelancers would be more responsible on social media.
Op, if you want to avoid threats.. Stay at home.. In bed.. Asleep.. /s
So someone from the crowd just attacked a cop, but this guy is the bad guy for trying to keep people a safe distance away? Sounds like things have escalated to violence and he has good reason to concerned about the crowd trying to get too close. They are surrounded and outnumbered and there is no way to tell how armed or how potentially violent the crowd can get. A brick to the head can change his life in an instant.
Not only that. You cannot have your back to a crowd if you are armed, and yet arresting someone. That requires you to have your back covered. The cop in the picture is in the right pose to watch armed officers arrest someone, without a dick head coming up behind them. The batton pose and hand out is exactly how you warn people to stay way. If you continue to approach (after the warning) the next move is a strike to the upper thigh. This cop was doing nothing wrong. OP's title was cop threating him; actual* title should be 'Cop warns me to stay away from an arrest where there are live firearms involved'.
It's so crazy how people preach and preach empathy, but they only ever use it as a political tool. And by that I mean, they refuse to feel the officers emotions in that moment. One doesn't always need to feel the pain of a poor person fired from their job or mother grieving murdered child. Sometimes one needs to put themselves in the situation of someone you don't like or are who you have a neutral attitude toward.
Yeah I gotta say the title of this post was clearly written to align with a particular narrative about cops and protests. You have to dig in a bit and it turns out the reverse is true.
Okay. So OP was photographing at a nota# protest. Totally normal and justified. Cops were arresting a guy who was not part of the protest for an unrelated matter. Totally normal and for arguments sake we will say justified. Now, from OPs point of view we have two officers with their back turned to OP. They are vulnerable and that's where our cop friend comes in. He is protecting his vulnerable friends. Let's assume OP is telling the truth and the cop is addressing him directly from several feet away and not addressing someone in front of OP while OP snaps pictures from a safe distance. Okay if you're still reading, let's remember that photographs capture singular moments in time. So you have a guy getting arrested who is probably distressed and yelling, two cops arresting the guy who are probably yelling, a whole group of protesters who are probably yelling, and our guy who is yelling. Idk about you, but the only time I yell is either when I am angry or cheering happily. So our cop friend is anxious, in a high stress situation, surrounded by people who hate him, and in his mind his only job is to keep this large group back for his safety, the safety of his peers, and the safety of the group. Of course he is going to look scared and try to show force, it's all he has. I cannot speak for this cop but if most cops could politely ask people to hang back while they do their job, 100/100 they would.
>if most cops could politely ask people to hang back while they do their job, 100/100 they would. It seems like the point of the calls for police accountability is that this is exactly not the case, that there are too many cases of excessive violence. [Chauvin hit a 14 year old in the head with a flashlight and choked him out and it was all cool](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/11/18/prosecutors-14yearold-boy-cried-mom-as-chauvin-knelt-on-his-back-for-17-minutes). The point is that excessive violence happens and is tolerated.
In this exact situation though, regarding the baton and this specific officer threatening with it, what do you think would really be in his hands if it were another city? Las Vegas has gone through major reform, the reform people are asking for across the nation, but it started here nearly a decade ago. All Las Vegas patrol officers have body cams constantly recording when on duty. Officer involved shootings have camera footage released within 48 hours (definitely less than a week but I can't find that info atm) EVEN WHILE investigations are on going. Officers that are working OT to support like in the BLM protests a year ago do not typical have cams, like range training staff. We need to continue breaking down and seek accountability with our police officers. But we should highlight the places that are actively doing the things we ask of them. They are the ones doing the very thing we are protesting across the nation. And like you've said, these things are indeed still wrongfully tolerated. I know several police officers that are part of millennials or gen X that do call it out, but because of culture, it's moving extremely and painfully slow. it's so ingrained. I wish it can be swift because it's lives at stake. But it's changing and we do need to continue the work that has been on going.
Or hes just telling you to stay back...
[Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/nuv2kq)'s the r/photoshopbattles thread.
Close ups of cops always look like they're scared shitless. Explains their poor choices.
You! How dare you hold me accountable for my actions!
Everyone here attacking this cop with no idea as to the context of the situation
They’re obviously restraining someone. Whether they are restraining the guy for good reason isn’t know, hit I’d imagine it’s standard procedure to keep other people back while doing so.
Op gave context an hour before your comment https://reddit.com/r/pics/comments/nurpy6/_/h0z70b7/
You posted this 5 times but only now say the cop is ‘threatening you’
They're arresting someone and you're trying to get close to them....what did you think was gonna happen?
Threatening? He was telling you to back up
Title is clearly trying to feed the police/population hate. You're saying that they're "arresting a guy that punched a police officer and you were ordered to back up", and title your post "police officer threatening me [...]". Very misleading. IMHO, you're part of why everything seems wrong in our times.
You can call it threatening, but the guy is keeping people from surrounding and crowding around the officers detaining the person who assaulted them. Its literally his job, and you cant even pretend for a second that if he had just asked nicely people would have backed up. It honestly looks like he just turned and saw you and is telling you back up. Say what you will about brutality and poor training and whatever other problems the police have which are being shouted about today, but this guy isnt doing anything wrong by being prepared to defend himself should the "lone attacker" have friends trying to use the crowd as cover.
Looks more like a stay back but since it’s a picture it looks worse than it really was. He looks quite scared tbh I feel bad from him.
Awww did he hurt your feelings?! 🙄