r/nextfuckinglevel • u/bendubberley_ • 1d ago

A police officer in Mexico prevents someone's suicide attempt, on a bridge, with no safety equipment.

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u/armpitchoochoo 1d ago

Hence why it's not possible to call out a good cop. There aren't any because they aren't calling out the bad ones 

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u/podcasthellp 1d ago

Listen…. If you truly believe this then you should never call the cops. By your logic they’re all bad, right?

Didn’t think so. There are a majority of good cops. We see the bad ones because it pulls views. Crime has gone significantly down since the 70s 80s 90s and 2000s. These are facts. If there’s only bad cops then this wouldn’t happen.

Yes cops do bad things too often. No, not every cop is bad. These two things aren’t mutually exclusive. Use your brain or don’t call the cops since they clearly make every single situation worse.

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u/idealfailure 1d ago

No, that's a terrible argument. We can still utilize the services of a government service while also actively calling them out on their wrongs too. Your mentality is just excusing the bullshit they pull because in your view "not all cops are bad" well NO shit Sherlock! Remember, they work for the people (supposedly). You dont excuse the wrongs of an organization just because some of them do good. If we did, then there would be no accountability at all.

Crime has gone down since those times, while that is true it doesn't help your argument.

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u/podcasthellp 1d ago

So you agree with me…..

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u/street593 1d ago

Crime going down has nothing to do with the efforts of cops. Rising living standards, economic stability, with access to Healthcare and education does 99% of the work.

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u/podcasthellp 1d ago

Those factor in definitely. I’m not sure why you’re trying to argue with me when we agree with eachother. You just can’t see past your immediate reality + get out of your feelings to understand that not every cop is evil. I know you call them when you feel unsafe so why would you call someone that you think is bad to come protect you? You wouldn’t. Which means you know that not all cops are bad……

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u/street593 1d ago

For starters I'm a completely different person than the one you started this conversation with. I simply wanted to point out that you were giving police too much credit for crime rates.

Since I'm here though I'll share my opinion. I would never call the police unless I'm legally required too. I carry a gun because when my safety is on the line I won't have time to wait for police to come rescue me.

If I find a dead body in the woods or get into a car accident I'll call police. Otherwise fuck them. I don't want them anywhere near me.

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u/podcasthellp 1d ago

Wait a second…. You’d rather kill sometime than the police? How brave of you

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u/podcasthellp 1d ago

Changed that fast? Happy to meet the new you

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u/street593 1d ago

Might be surprised to learn there are multiple people on this website. Anyone can join in on the conversation.

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u/Complex_Condition828 12h ago

You must not notice the non-stop PR on cop social media and beyond. It’s sickening.

And I don’t call the cops bc the last time I was in danger with a male predator at my job and 2 underage females, I called 3 times while the younger girls hid and guess what? They never even fucking came. Just said on the third call that they were too busy to even double-check the perimeter, so I did - with the help of a brother who had shown up with a gun to protect these little girls. And probably would’ve been prosecuted if something went awry since that’s the way this bullshit works. Eff all this police propaganda

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u/MasterpieceStrong261 9h ago

This is the take of a white dumbass who only knows other dumbass (and/or rich) white people. There are a lot of people in this world who have never & will never call the cops because they know that the presence of cops is dangerous for them.

Cops do not prevent, deter, or solve crimes. This is a basic, objective fact. Again, it’s actually unbelievable that you would want to weigh in on this discussion without knowing this extremely basic information.

Your argument is not a threat or a gotcha (it’s a common white dumbass take, like y’all are reading the same playbook somewhere), just a self-report that you in no way have the understanding, knowledge, or empathy to be taken seriously in this conversation.