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The cop was doing his job.

posted 8 years ago by larosat
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I don't give a shït if it was a black guy. He kept looking at the cops over his shoulder and started to run away. That's suspicious behavior period. And while there have been some trigger happy asshôle cops; when a cop approaches you and tells you to freeze, do it. Don't move, follow instructions and 99.9% you won't have a problem unless you're if course wanted by the law. If you were treated in a manner unfavorable to you; report it. Don't turn around, stupidly run or reach for something. Eventually at least some bad cops will be weeded out without the loss of innocent lives.

[–] recklesscow 8 years ago

The looks his partner gave him as soon as he started to follow him down the street pretty much gave away the fact that his partner had a habit of antagonizing black people in the area. His look said "Not this again." It conveyed all we needed to know about that cop's character and was not an accident on the director or actor's part.

[–] Volley2020 8 years ago

Except the partner just joined up from the academy, he looked like a rookie, so he really doesn't know what his partner is all about when it's about stopping people on the street because they look suspicious.

[–] magemaximus 8 years ago

we don't know how long he has been his partner for. it could have been long enough to know what the other person said. but the show did give us another hint about the behavior of the older police officer. when the chief said he needed to write a report on the excessive force he used on one of the arrested suspects, it gave us a hint.

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[–] larosat 8 years ago

I never said the cop wasn't racist and he st least, definitely profiles black people. Regardless Carter was acting suspicious ( he even did it on purpose so he could get caught ) and the cop was doing his job. Now if Carter had waved hello or minded his own business; then it'd be another story and I'm fully aware that happens quite a bit. I am talking in the context of this particular scene.

[–] magemaximus 8 years ago

am i missing something here. the main char looked suspicious on purpose and ran away because he knew the police officer would go after him.

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[–] larosat 8 years ago

And my main point is the bio was doing his job because he saw a suspicious acting character. Doesn't matter if he first noticed it because he was black. The character acted suspicious. There is nothing else to get.....

[–] dos_azn 8 years ago

Yeah he was doing his job, if this was the 1960s.

If Ari Gold saw Chappie he would say:
"Chappie makes Elysium look like Citizen ƒvcking Kane"

[–] magemaximus 8 years ago

lmao

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[–] larosat 8 years ago

Right because nowadays idiots like you think that suspicious ACTING characters shouldn't be approached to avoid hurting their feelings.

[–] dos_azn 8 years ago

Chasing after suspicious looking people was him doing his job. You could say its a bit of racial profiling, but black folks wear face masks, shades, baggy clothes with enough room to hide m-60 machine guns underneath and then always wonder why they get stopped by police.

Everything after that, that depends on which job he was doing. Did you mean he was doing his job as a cop or as the president of the local KKK?

If Ari Gold saw Chappie he would say:
"Chappie makes Elysium look like Citizen ƒvcking Kane"

[–] larosat 8 years ago

He approached a suspicious suspect. Doing his job. Period.

[–] sschwind92868 8 years ago

Rewatch it. The police never detained him. The simply lit him up. His first line to him was "drop the bag" after he had stopped on his own and turned to face the cops. You really need to know your rights between what is a causal encounter and what defines detention by the police.